Oral history interview with Carol West, 2008 May 29.

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Oral history interview with Carol West, 2008 May 29.

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Interview with Reverend Carol West, pastor of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth, concerning her childhood in Greenville and Irving, Tex.; early years in a Unitarian Church congregation; education at North Texas State College and Texas Christian University; career as a public school English teacher; experience of "coming out" to self, friends, and family; experience as a member of MCC Fort Worth; decision to enter ministry; training in suicide prevention, trauma debriefing, and hostage negotiation; ordination at MCC Dallas; political activism during AIDS crisis, particularly at Parkland Hospital; work as an associate pastor and AIDS chaplain at MCC Dallas; work with AIDS Outreach Center of Fort Worth and AIDS Interfaith Network of Dallas; receiving "call" to pastor Celebration Community Church; demographics of congregation.

137 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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