Recent video messages
- Video: General Minister and President asks us to have courageous imagination (Dec. 18, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President calls us to stand with Jesus (Dec. 11, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President reflects on the image of the peaceable kingdom from Isaiah 11 (Dec. 4, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President calls us to give thanks in every situation (Nov. 20, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President reflects on how the U.S. election affects the Church (Nov. 13, 2020)
- Video: Rev. Terri Hord Owens discusses how naming our truths to one another allows us to build a world where all can flourish. (Nov. 6, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Who is your neighbor? Rev. Owens explores the role of “loving thy neighbor” in being the church we say we are: an anti-racist, pro-reconciling church (Oct. 23, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President – “We are called to be a tiny reflection of [God’s] glory, love, and power in the world.” (Oct. 16, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President invites our participation in the Reconciliation Ministry special offering.
- Video: General Minister and President draws connections between reconciliation, justice and the environment (Sept. 18, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President reminds us that “they need Jesus.” (Sept. 4, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President calls us to work for justice in every way possible (Aug. 28, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President encourages us to take sabbath moments no matter how small (August 7, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President remembers John Lewis and our call to an active love (July 31, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens invites us to reflect on who God is (July 17, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens reflects on favorite passage (July 10, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens urges us to hold on to hope (June 12, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens invites the Church to action (June 5, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens invites the Church to reflect and lament (May 29, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens invites the Church to ecumenical memorial service May 24 and opportunity to speak up June 20 (May 22, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens calls for the Church to be a movement for justice (May 15, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens acknowledges mother figures, graduates (May 8, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens offers words of encouragement, caution (May 1, 2020)
- Video: Unitarian pastor Jake Morrill of Oak Ridge, TN, produced this video on how to come back together (April 28, 2020) transcript
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens offers words of caution (April 24, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens checks in for Eastertide (April 17, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens offers a word to the Church (April 3, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens offers encouragement (March 27, 2020)
- Video: General Minister and President Terri Hord Owens speaks to the Church (March 20, 2020)
Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens
- Rev. Hord Owens’ biography
- Rev. Hord Owens’ resume
- Rev. Hord Owens’ speaker biography (228 words – 7/8/2020)
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Rev. Hord Owens was elected as the General Minister and President on July 9, 2017. A Disciple since young adulthood, Hord Owens was dean of students at the University of Chicago Divinity School and pastor of First Christian Church of Downers Grove, IL prior to her election.
Hord Owens’ resume includes more than 20 years in corporate America leading diverse teams in data management before she entered seminary. For 15 years, she served as the dean of students at the University of Chicago Divinity School, shepherding a varied student body in both background and theology.
Hord Owens is widely sought after as a preacher, speaker and workshop facilitator. Her ministry and intellectual interests include a theology of reconciliation, cultural intelligence, developing inclusive and multi-cultural congregations, and the mentoring of youth and young adults. She is married to Walter Owens, Jr., with whom she celebrated 30 years of marriage prior to her election. They are the proud parents of an adult son, W. Mitchell Owens, III.
Office of General Minister and President
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General Minister and President Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens
Associate General Minister and Administrative Secretary of the National Convocation Timothy M. James
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