Cari Jackson

Hi, I'm Pastor Cari Jackson. I'm the founder and director of Center of Spiritual Light.

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Rev. Cari Jackson, Ph.D. (affectionately known as Pastor Cari) brings vast experience as a pastor, teacher, counselor, facilitator, and organization development consultant. Rev. Jackson previously served as senior pastor of the historic First Congregational Church of Stamford, interim senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, associate pastor for congregational life at The Church St. Paul and St. Andrew (United Methodist), interim pastor and lecturer at Union Theological Seminary, and associate worship coordinator at The Riverside Church in New York City.  Prior to entering professional ministry, Cari Jackson had an extensive career in human resources, curriculum design, organization development, management training, and mediation in a cross-section of business and community service organizations.  Pastor Cari is the author of The Gift to Listen, the Courage to Hear (Augsburg Books, 2003). She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Christian Social Ethics from Drew University, where her dissertation, Double Talk, examined the aspects of black preaching that disempower black churchgoers in exercising their own social agency and moral authority. Her other degrees include a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from Oberlin College.