Chris McKee

Community Organizer

Christopher McKee, Jr. began organizing with MVOC in June of 2009 as an organizing fellow working primarily with clergy and faith-based organizations within the Valley.   A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Christopher was reared in the Valley and graduated from Youngstown State University in 2006 with a B.A. in History with a minor course of study in Religion.

Licensed as a Baptist minister in 2003, and ordained to the Christian Ministry in 2007, Christopher began graduate theological education at Yale University in the fall of 2006 and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree in the spring of 2009; Christopher's research interest focused on Systematic Theology and Church History.  During his time at Yale Christopher served multiple congregations in Connecticut, ministered throughout the East coast, and spent a term in Cambridge, England examining inter-denominational dialogue within an Anglican seminary.

In addition to Christopher's work engaging clergy within the Collaborative, Christopher is a staff pastor with the Christian Revival and Discipleship Center of Youngstown, Ohio.

Holding the worlds of ministry, activism, and the academy in balance, Christopher has just begun doctoral studies in the department of History at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA). Christopher research will focus on the development of religious institutions within twentieth century urban African American communities.