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Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a theologian and psychologist whose mission is to serve as a catalyst for healing, justice, and reconciliation in the Christian church and beyond. Dr. Chanequa has earned degrees from Emory University, the University of Miami, and Duke University. A candidate for ordination in the United Methodist Church, she is licensed to practice psychology in Georgia and North Carolina. She is currently Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling in the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University. Her first book, Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength, examines the impact that the icon of the StrongBlackWoman has upon the health and well-being of African American women. Born and raised in Atlanta, Dr. Chanequa is married to Delwin Barnes, a mechanical engineer. They are the proud and very happy parents of one son, Micah.

Why I Quit Church For Lent

Chanequa Walker-Barnes
March 8, 2017
Church Life, Theology
11
I quitchu, the institutional church, to join the church in the wild, the church in the catacombs.

Stop Conflating #BlackLivesMatter with Violence Against Police

Chanequa Walker-Barnes
July 29, 2016
Politics, Race
11
Racism happens all the time without my permission. I don’t get to choose the risk. I am – my Blackness is – the risk. It is not the same.

Confessing a Silence that Kills

Chanequa Walker-Barnes
May 18, 2016
Church Life, LGBTQ+, Practical Justice
21
My silence may have made the Tyler Clementi’s of the world feel that they are alone.

A Lament for Sandra Bland…And for Me

Chanequa Walker-Barnes
July 16, 2015
General, Practical Justice, Race
"No one cares or they'd do something...they'd say something...they'd do something."

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