Pastor Christine was ordained in 2005 in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) while serving as the pastor of Canton Christian Church in Canton, MO. She received Ministerial Partner Standing with the United Church of Christ in February 2010.
Pastor Christine also received her PhD from Drew University in Madison, NJ, in 2005 in Christian Ethics. Her partner, Kristin, is also an ordained CC (DOC) minister with Ministerial Partner Standing with the UCC who is serving the Fulton UCC in Fulton, MO. Her son is attending Emory University in Atlanta, GA and her daughter will be attending Washington University in St. Louis as a Freshman in the fall of 2013. Pastor Christine likes to read, garden, practice Zentangling and hike.