Biography
The Reverend Dr. Brandon Thomas Crowley is an African American pastor, author, and scholar in religion, theology, and queer theory and Lecturer in Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School. Crowley has served as the senior pastor of the Historic Myrtle Baptist Church in West Newton, Massachusetts, since 2009 and has earned degrees from Harvard University, Boston University, and Morehouse College. Dr. Crowley’s first manuscript is Queering Black Churches: Dismantling Heteronormativity in African American Congregations with Oxford University Press. Beyond his pastoral and academic roles, Dr. Crowley is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the African American Lectionary and serves as a member of the Council of Religious Practitioners and Scholars for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Dr. Crowley was ordained in the Progressive National Baptist Convention of America, Inc., and licensed by the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
