Hope & Health

Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond, M.D. is Co-Pastor of Bethel AME Church, Boston, MA, and the Swartz Resident Practitioner in Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School (HDS).

Dr. White-Hammond served as a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center from 1981-2008. From 2001 through 2003, Dr. White-Hammond traveled to war-torn South Sudan to participate in an elaborate “underground railroad” to facilitate the freedom of more than 10,000 people enslaved in northern Sudan during the civil war. The experience prompted her and five other women to co-found My Sister’s Keeper, a humanitarian and human rights organization that champions social justice for women and girls in conflict zones. Read more about Rev. Gloria White-Hammond →

Rev. Dr. Michael David Bailey is the Co-Pastor of The First Cathedral and shares leadership with his father, Archbishop LeRoy Bailey, Jr., Senior Pastor. He is a creative leader and a critical and strategic thinker. He also is a prolific preacher and a cultural trendsetter for this generation.

Doctor Bailey has sensed the call of ministry in his life since his youth. He began in ministry as a teenager. He accepted his calling to the ministry and preached his initial sermon at the age of 17 in April of 2002. Then he was ordained at the age of 19 after successfully completing an ordination hearing and council. In 2011, he became the Youth Pastor and Youth Director and served that ministry faithfully for over 5 years before becoming the Co-Pastor. Read more about Rev. Dr. Michael David Bailey→