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Reverend Kristi Lounsbury felt the call to ordained ministry while serving as the Youth Moderator of North Central Presbytery her first year at Bethel (College) University. Although Kristi had always been involved in her home church, Shinar CPC, in New London, Iowa, the call was not easy to discern in the late 1980’s when women were not accepted much in local churches.

She graduated from Bethel in 1989 and was awarded the CPWM Scholarship in 1988. She attended Memphis Theological Seminary and graduated in 1992. While in Seminary, Kristi served as SGA president and received the Virginia H. Ingram CP History Award. May 2022 will mark 30 years Kristi has served as an ordained minister in the CP Church.

She has served in Falkner, (MS), Greeneville, (TN), McMinnville, (TN), and Denton, (TX) as Pastor of Denton CPC and Chaplain at the Cumberland Presbyterian Children's Home. She has served with the Missions Ministry Team of the Ministry Council since January 2019 as the Director of Congregational Ministries.

In May, Kristi will graduate with a second master’s degree in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy with a certificate in Strategic Fundraising from Bay Path University (Long Meadow, MA).  This summer she will be busy helping with Convention, ENGAGE and a mission trip to Belize.

She, and her son, Will, live near Krum, Texas. When she has time, she enjoys gardening, photography, and traveling. 

Music is provided by Pierce Murphy, Caldera Blue. 
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