Leah Gaskin Fitchue, the first woman to be president of a historically black theological seminary, heads the 160-year-old Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. The school is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Previously, Fitchue was a consultant in leadership development and organizational and community transformation for church and faith-based organizations. She is also the first African-American woman president of the Association of Theological Schools. She belongs to the Christian Community Development Association and the Association of Urban Theological Education & Ministry and is a regent of Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry and International Urban Associates. She is an ordained Itinerant Elder in the AME Church.
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| Locations | Ohio, United States of America |
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| Faiths | Anglican/Episcopalian, Christianity, United Methodist Church |