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Peter J.B. Carman, Minister  Peter John Bodden Carman began his service as Binkley Baptist Church’s new Minister on May 15, 2009. He comes to Chapel Hill from Rochester, New York, where he has been Senior Pastor of Lake Avenue Baptist Church since 1992. Following his studies at Haverford College and Yale Divinity School, he had previously served churches in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and Lincoln Rhode Island.Peter’s past ministry has included leadership in urban neighborhood organizing; peace concerns; racial reconciliation; interfaith dialogue; and working for full inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the life and leadership of the Church and in the wider world.
Peter was initially drawn to Binkley Church because of the congregation’s willingness to live out faith in the area of social concerns, its ecumenical stance and its multiracial legacy. As he got to know the congregation better, he was touched as well by the personal warmth, compassion and honesty he found here, and by Binkley’s long-time commitment to hospitality for refugees and others.
Peter is married to Lynn Carman Bodden, an Intentional Interim Minister and consultant in the United Church of Christ. They have two adult sons, Luke and Benjamin. Luke is in an Urban Teachers master's degree program in Chicago, and Ben is a student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he majors in Government. |
