Before her call to Old South Church, she served as Minister and President of the Massachusetts Conference of the UCC (2001-2005). Nancy has degrees from Macalester College (B.A.), Yale Divinity School (M.Div.) and Chicago Theological Seminary (D. Nancy oversaw the church’s 350 th anniversary celebrations, the installation and dedication of the church’s Columbarium, the establishment of (G)RACE Speaks (sacred conversations on race), and steered the church through an upending pandemic. The Church exercised ecumenical and interfaith leadership, for instance, in hosting worship services on the inauguration of Deval Patrick as Governor and Marty Walsh as Mayor, convening the leadership who planned services and events on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, addressing growing instances of Islamophobia, and ministering to the city following the 2013 bombings at the Boston Marathon Finish Line. The Church, recognized in 2011 as a United Church of Christ (UCC) “Center for Excellence,” grew in its vocation as a teaching church and developed an exciting Vision for the 21st Century. Under Nancy’s leadership, Old South Church grew in worship services, attendance, participation, programming, national profile, and financial stewardship. Taylor served from 2005 to 2022 as the 20th senior minister and chief executive officer of Old South Church the dual nature of the role reflecting Old South’s dual identity as a thriving urban church, and an historic leadership institution in Boston (and, as such, steward of storied events and personages, of a National Historic Landmark Building, as well as a collection of rare books).
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