Pastor Sabrina Ellis is a graduate of Notre Dame College of Cleveland, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. Recognizing her call to ministry, she pursued higher education at Ashland Theological Seminary, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree, with an emphasis in Clinical Pastoral Counseling. In June of 2011, Pastor Ellis received her Doctor of Ministry Degree in Transfo
rmational Leadership from Ashland Theological Seminary. Pastor Sabrina Ellis is the founder and president of Living in Victory Ministries, which is a ministry developed primarily to assist women with enhancing their relationship with God through spiritual formation and understanding their purpose through identity formation. As host for the Helpmeets’ Session of the African American Joint College of Bishops, Pastor Ellis organizes and facilitates the workshops for women who are married to men of God who have become bishops in the Body of Christ. Delano Ellis, II, Senior Pastor of Pentecostal Church of Christ in Cleveland, Ohio and President of the Joint College of African American Bishops. Pastor Ellis serves alongside her husband as Pastor for Administration at Pentecostal Church of Christ. Courtney Clayton Jenkins currently serves as the Pastor of Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. She is a graduate of Spelman College (Atlanta, GA), where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Jenkins received her Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton, NJ) with a concentration in Preaching and Congregational Ministry. Jenkins founded HIP 4 HOP Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit ministry focused on preparing the next generation of leaders for the church. Jenkins serves as a member of the board for Project Love, United Black Christians and the Local Church Ministries. She has worked intentionally on anti-racism training, youth rights of passage programs, teaching life skills to those of low-income and teaching African-American history as a form of building up community. Jenkins works with a number of community based initiatives which help to develop pride in one’s community and the importance of giving back. Courtney Clayton Jenkins is married to her seminary sweetheart The Reverend Cory C. Jenkins, Senior Pastor of the historic Shiloh Baptist Church, and a 2003 graduate of Morehouse College. Courtney are excited about sharing a life of love and ministry together.