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 Pastor Chris Shelton became Pastor of the Broadway Presbyterian Church in August of 2011.
Chris Shelton sang his way into the Presbyterian family. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Chris grew up in a loving Southern Baptist Church. While studying Drama and Music at Texas Woman's University, Chris was a paid choir member at Trinity Presbyterian Church there in Denton, TX. The creative Spirit was particularly alive at Trinity, and the worlds of theology, the arts, justice, curiosity and imagination found new life for Chris – and an unexpected journey began.
After college, Chris made the leap from Texas to New York City, earning his Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. Union is a community that draws together students and faculty from a wide variety of backgrounds and faith expressions. While at Union, Chris worked in the seminary’s daily chapel program – connecting his background in the theatre with the holy playground of worship.
Chris was ordained into service as Co-Pastor of three congregations in the Palisades Presbytery, NJ. In 2007 he joined the passionate people of Hudson River Presbytery (a regional community of 88 churches) as Congregational Connections Presbyter – where he worked with social-justice seekers from across the Hudson Valley, engaging in ministry together in local prisons, the storm ravaged Gulf Coast, and in deeply challenging but inspiring communities in Peru, among others. In his four years in Hudson River, Chris preached in more than 50 churches, delighting in the diversity of the PC(USA).
Chris is thrilled to be serving the Broadway Presbyterian Church. “Broadway is such a wonderful community of welcome, creativity, and courage,” he says. “I look forward to the journey together.”
“The church of Christ in every age, beset by change but Spirit led,
Must claim and test its heritage and keep on rising from the dead.”
- Fred Pratt Green
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