Covenant Conversation: Chicago — Keynote with the Rev. Jamie Frazier

The Rev. Jamie Frazier, Lead Pastor at The Lighthouse Church of Chicago, examines collective liberation and justice through an intersectional lens at Covenant Conversation: Chicago.

The Rev. Jamie Frazier, affectionately known as Pastor J, loves working at the intersection of race, sexuality, and religion. A celebrated orator, Jamie addressed the historic March on Springfield for Marriage Equality, as well as helped open the 2014 LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Summit with words of encouragement and hope. He’s appeared on CNN and several local Chicago news affiliates, been featured in Newsy, and his church work was referenced in The Washington Post. Pastor J has keynoted and presented workshops at various academic institutions ranging from The University of Chicago to DePaul to Loyola University. His passion and hard work was recognized by Chicago Theological Seminary when he received the inaugural 2017 Bayard Rustin Award for Outstanding Service and Commitment to the Work of Social Justice. Lastly, in 2019 Rev. Frazier organized a movement for Black Queer liberation into an organization Lighthouse Foundation, which is a non-sectarian, nonprofit social justice organization that advances justice for Black LGBTQ+ people across Chicagoland through empowerment, education, and entertainment.