BiographyChaplain Yolanda Walker is a native of Nashville, Tennessee and accepted her call into ministry and preached her first sermon on December 15, 1996. She completed her Bachelor's Degree in Sociology from Tennessee State University. In 1998 she attended Seminary at the Morehouse School of Religion at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia where she graduated with a Master of Divinity in Psychology of Religion and Pastoral Care. She also completed additional graduate course work in marriage and family therapy at the Trevecca Nazarene University. She has an Honorary Doctorate Degree and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Theology Degree. She was ordained in ministry in 2003 and serves as Elder in her local congregation.
While in Seminary, she volunteered and served in ministry for the Baptist, Methodist, and Church of God in Christ Denomination. She also, served as a Public Relations Director for Student Government and Chaplain for the Women Seminarians. She completed a unit of (CPE) Clinical Pastoral Education with the Emory Health Care System and Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia and later served as an On Call Chaplain for both Hospitals.
In addition to chaplain duties, she has served as a pastoral counselor for the Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee where she counseled with individual, couples, and families for non profit organizations which included the YWCA Newstart, Project Return, Reconcilation, and McKendrie Village Nursing Home. Currently, she serves as Chaplain and Volunteer Coordinator for the Tennessee Prison for Women. In addition to her many responsibilities she has served as a facilitator for parenting, boundaries, substance abuse, and anger management. She has served as a life coach and counselor to youth, women and men and has worked with a very diverse cliental.
Chaplain Walker is a Registered Addiction Specialist Intern with the Breining Institute in California and is a proud member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, Tennessee Correctional Association, and the American Probation & Parole Association. She serves on the Advisory Committee for the Theotherapy Project and Rest. She is also Co-Founder and Executive Director for Tri-Fold Outreach, which is a non profit organization that provides Christian Counseling, Curriculum Resources, and Community Outreach Services to prisoners and ex-offenders. Chaplain Walker has been interviewed and quoted in various media broadcast and publishing which include: CBS Channel 5 News, ABC News, (CTN)ChristianTrinity Network "The Bridges Show", (TBN)Trinity Broadcasting Network Second Chance for Prisoners, and The Christian Post. Currently, Chaplain Walker is working on a new book that should be released by Fall of 2009 through Author House Publishing.
Chaplain Walker is a gifted speaker, life coach, teacher, counselor, and intercessor. Her passion is to help bring healing and restoration to individual lives that have been wounded through addictions, abuse, relationships, rejection, and incarceration. God has given her a great assignment to help those who have been forgotten and in many cases left for dead. With God's help she will continue to pursue avenues to reach the lost and disenfranchised through Christian Counseling, Curriculum Resources, and Community Outreach Services. To God Be the Glory!