Interviewee | WEST, Rev. Carol (b. 1949) |
Professions | Pastor |
Interview ID # | OH 1658 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth. Childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at NTSC and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of “coming out” to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to enter ministry; training in suicide prevention, trauma debriefing, and hostage negotiation; ordination at MCC Dallas; political activism during AIDS crisis, particularly at Parkland Hospital; work as associate pastor and AIDS chaplain at MCC Dallas; work with AIDS Outreach Center of Fort Worth and AIDS Interfaith Network of Dallas; receiving “call” to pastor Celebration Community Church; demographics of congregation. |
Interviewer(s) | Michael Mims |
Physical Description | 59 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |