The Rev. Dr. Jay Augustine: Synod Gathering 2024

The North Carolina Synod is honored to welcome the Rev. Dr. Jay Augustine as Synod Gathering's first Keynote speaker. Dr. Augustine is Senior Pastor of St. Joseph AME Church, Durham, professor, and author.
Prior to Dr. Augustine’s current pastoral service, he led Historic St. James AME Church (1844), in downtown New Orleans, the oldest predominantly black, Protestant congregation in the Deep South, while simultaneously teaching at Southern University Law Center. He recently served as a visiting professor at North Carolina Central University Law School and as a consulting faculty member at Duke University Divinity School, where he is also a member of the Board of Visitors and a missional strategist with the Center for Reconciliation.
Augustine’s most recent books are When Prophets Preach: Leadership and the Politics of the Pulpit (Fortress Press, 2023) and Called to Reconciliation: How the Church Can Model Justice, Diversity and Inclusion (Baker Academic, 2022). After graduating from Howard University, with a degree in economics, Augustine served as a decorated infantry officer in the United States Army. He earned his law degree at Tulane University. He served as a law clerk to Chief Justice (then-Associate) Bernette Joshua Johnson at the Louisiana Supreme Court before practicing law and serving in both publicly elected and appointed offices in Louisiana. After accepting the call to ordained ministry, he earned his M.Div. degree at United Theological Seminary before completing a fellowship at Princeton Theological Seminary and earning his D.Min. at Duke University. Dr. Jay Augustine is married to Michelle Burks Augustine. They are the parents of two college students.
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