The Rev. Dr. MarQuita A. Carmichael's Bio:
Rev. Dr. Carmichael was installed as the 20th Pastor of the Antioch Baptist Church in Susan, Virginia on September 9, 2012.
She is also the author of “A Drop of Oil”, published by Blackwoman Press and is a contributor to Dr. Ella Pearson Mitchell’s “Those Preaching Women Volume 5” published by Judson Press. Additionally, her submissions to Dr. Katie G. Cannon’s “Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista Ethics Seminar Journal” were published by Dr. Cannon in May 2009. She is a 2005 graduate of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and has completed a clinical residence in pastoral care and counseling at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Her sermon entitled, “The Silence We Keep” was awarded first place in the Faith Trust Institute’s National Sermon Contest for 2010. Rev. MarQuita Carmichael earned a doctoral degree, in 2012, at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
MarQuita is known for her sensitivity and commitment to others. She embraces the challenges and joys of ministry with grace and care while seeking to empower the people of God to live lives in authenticity with one another and before God. Her call from God was to preach good news and deliverance from societal, emotional, and systemic ills to the people of God through a challenging, empowering, relevant and relational Word from The Eternal, which speaks to the conditions of this age. It is her sincere hope, that we engage God and each other in ways that lead to restoration of health for ourselves and our communities.
She is also the author of “A Drop of Oil”, published by Blackwoman Press and is a contributor to Dr. Ella Pearson Mitchell’s “Those Preaching Women Volume 5” published by Judson Press. Additionally, her submissions to Dr. Katie G. Cannon’s “Womanist, Feminist, Mujerista Ethics Seminar Journal” were published by Dr. Cannon in May 2009. She is a 2005 graduate of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University and has completed a clinical residence in pastoral care and counseling at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. Her sermon entitled, “The Silence We Keep” was awarded first place in the Faith Trust Institute’s National Sermon Contest for 2010. Rev. MarQuita Carmichael earned a doctoral degree, in 2012, at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology
MarQuita is known for her sensitivity and commitment to others. She embraces the challenges and joys of ministry with grace and care while seeking to empower the people of God to live lives in authenticity with one another and before God. Her call from God was to preach good news and deliverance from societal, emotional, and systemic ills to the people of God through a challenging, empowering, relevant and relational Word from The Eternal, which speaks to the conditions of this age. It is her sincere hope, that we engage God and each other in ways that lead to restoration of health for ourselves and our communities.
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