The Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is the Senior Minister and Public Theologian at Middle Collegiate Church. She earned her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Drew University in Psychology and Religion. A womanist theologian, Jacqui has preached at the Festival of Homiletics, the Wild Goose Festival, The Children’s Defense Fund’s Haley Farm, The American Church in Paris, and was a featured speaker on the Together national tour with best-selling author Glennon Doyle. Dr. Lewis is also the Roosevelt Institute 2025 Freedom of Religion Laureate.
Her books include The Power of Stories; Ten Essential Strategies (with John Janka); Becoming Like Creoles (with Curtiss de Young, et al), and the children’s book, You Are So Wonderful! Harmony/Penguin Random House published her book, Fierce Love: A Bold Path to Ferocious Courage and Rule-Breaking Kindness That Can Heal the World in 2021. Her next book is the Just Love Story Bible for Children (Beaming Books, 2025). Dr. Lewis’ work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, the front page of The New York Times, Essence, Ebony.com, the New York Daily News, The Associated Press, and more.
