Rev. Natalie Renee Perkins serves as Executive Minister for Digital Church at Middle Collegiate Church, helping to build and hold its online church and community. She received her Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 2015 and was awarded the Karen Ziegler Feminist Preaching Prize. She became an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ denomination in 2020. Natalie also serves as a chaplain/spiritual life advisor for NYU Global Spiritual Life. As a theologian, she lectures and works with extracanonical texts.
In addition to her religious work, Rev. Perkins is a professional performer– seen in the national tours of “Hairspray” and “Rent,” as well as international performances with major cruise lines and the USO Show Troupe. She continues to sing with symphonies and in regional theaters across the country.
Rev. Perkins is also a composer and an author. Her album, Songs of Your Truth, is available on all major music platforms, and her first book, In Trembling Boldness: Wisdom for Today from Ancient Jesus People, published by Broadleaf in the summer of 2023, is available wherever books are sold.
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Through Love, we are each created in God’s image and filled with the Divine Spark. No matter whom we love, no matter how we look, no matter where we are on our journey, God’s imprint is in every person of every race/ethnicity, every gender, and every sexual orientation. We believe God speaks many languages and is calling us on many paths to peace—Shalom. We believe that Love put on flesh—brown, poor, Jewish baby flesh—and came to live among us. We believe God lives among us still; we are the living body of Christ. We are the hands, feet, and heartbeat of God. We believe the Spirit of God calls us to freedom, and we are not free until all of us are free.