The Reverend A. Vanessa Hawkins

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The Reverend A. Vanessa Hawkins grew up in Henderson, North Carolina. She is a graduate of North Carolina Central University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English/Media Journalism in 1984.  After working a number of years, she returned to school to pursue a calling into the ministry.  In 1995 she received a Master of Arts in Christian Education from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia.  In 1997 she received a Master of Divinity from Johnson C. Smith Seminary at the Interdenominational Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Rev. Hawkins was ordained in 1998 as the Campus Minister for South Carolina State University and Claflin College in Orangeburg, South Carolina.  She later served for four years as a mission partner in Grahamstown, South Africa, as an Old Testament lecturer at the College of the Transfiguration.

She returned to the United States and later served for over two years as a pastor in Dublin, Georgia.  The Rev. Hawkins now serves as the Associate for the Black Congregational Enhancement Office, where she is charged to assist the PC(USA) in addressing the needs of the African-American congregations.  She is currently a member of Savannah Presbytery.

Contact Vanessa at (888) 728-7228 x5697 or by email.