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North Park Campus Pastor Named to Top 20 Leaders List

CHICAGO, IL (January 23, 2002) - Rev. Alise D. Barrymore, campus pastor at North Park University (NPU) in Chicago, has been named one of 20 outstanding young African-American ministers under age 40 who are playing a major role in shaping the future direction of the African-American Church.

The list was published in the Winter 2001-2002 issue of the African-American Pulpit. The same issue also published one of Barrymore's sermons.

A native of Detroit, Michigan, Barrymore attended Yale University where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in African and African-American studies with a history emphasis. She received her Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago. She is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Ministry degree program at McCormick, focusing on spirituality. Her academic honors include the Jesse Haley Award for Imagination in Preaching, the Ellen and James Taylor Award in Preaching and the Arthur A. Hays Fellowship in Church History.

Barrymore has served as campus pastor since January 2001. In this capacity, she is responsible for the weekly chapel services, provides pastoral care for the undergraduate population and larger academic community and contributes to the academic life of the campus through writing and adjunct lectures. She also provides regular worship services at a center for developmentally delayed adults. Before coming to North Park, Barrymore served as minister for youth spiritual life at New Faith Baptist Church in Matteson, Illinois.

The African-American Pulpit is a journal that covers many topics relevant to today's African-American pastor. Ecumenical in outlook and theologically diverse in style, each issue features sermons, narratives, essays, interviews, stories, and articles by African-American pastors that reflect the many aspects of preaching methodology and sermon construction.

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