Patricia
Outlaw teaches pastoral counseling and spiritual formation. She was the
first woman to graduate from Beeson Divinity School’s Doctor of
Ministry Program (2002). She is the author of
Soul Food for Hungry Hearts and has contributed a chapter to
Giving Ourselves to Prayer: An Acts 6:4 Primer for Ministry. Her
research interests include pastoral counseling, small-church
development, and women’s issues. Before joining the faculty, Outlaw
headed a private psychological counseling practice and worked with
numerous hospitals and schools. Outlaw has taught at Towson State
University, St. Mary’s Seminary and University, and Morgan State
University. She is an ordained minister in the African Methodist
Episcopal [A.M.E.] Church, and has served as a pastor and an associate
minister in Baltimore area churches. She is the pastor of
St. Paul
A.M.E. Church, Adamsville, Alabama.
