Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus
Cofounder and Executive Director
Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus is a preacher, poet, feminist theologian, and spiritual director. She is the author of Thy Queendom Come: Breaking Free from Patriarchy to Save Your Soul (2021) and Preacher Breath (2015). She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Nevertheless She Preached and the founder of The Soul of Preaching Project.
Kyndall is a sought-after public speaker whose piercing insights into the human spiritual condition are delivered with poetic and rhetorical brilliance. She has written for various publications including Sojourners, Faith and Leadership, Working Preacher, Good Faith Media, Review and Expositor, Baptist News Global, and The Upper Room Disciplines. She is an award-winning preacher and spoken word artist. She spent eight years as a Senior Pastor in Baptist churches in Texas, where, among other things, she left a legacy of fighting for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the church. Kyndall is a queer woman and the single mom of two adopted children who are the biggest joys of her life.
Rev. Brittany Graves
Rev. Brittany Graves is a writer, dreamworker, spoken word artist and all-around advocate. She is passionate about empowering people to lean into unlearning, decolonizing, and dreaming as radical resistance. Brittany is co-host and creator of Nuance Tea, a podcast redefining what it means to be clergywomen of color and inviting listeners to steep into their power. She is a sound healing enthusiast, plant lover, and a trauma-informed inspiration who enjoys the beauty of taboo conversations by making them normal. To keep up with Brittany follow her Instagram accounts @ambitiouslybrittany / @spirit.free.healer & join her Patreon community at www.patreon.com/revbrittanygraves
Andrea Miller
Andrea K Miller (she/her)is a truth teller and justice seeker on a journey of liberation for herself and others. Breaking free from Conservative Christian spaces, she’s a fellow sojourner and wilderness wanderer exploring life at the intersection of evolving faith and discovering her own Divine Feminine within.
Andrea is storyteller and host of the Herstory Speaks Podcast which she created as a platform for brave women to share their stories over vulnerable conversations. With a passion for liberation and collective storytelling, she believes nothing has the power to both break us and heal us like sharing our stories and authentic voices.
Andrea is also certified as a Reiki practitioner and currently seeking certification as a Somatic Coach for women. She leads women circles and workshops focused on women’s healing especially from religious trauma. It is one of her great honors to walk alongside other women ready to reclaim themselves and their inherent right to their own lives and choices.
With a degree in Communication, she’s worked in church ministry and in the non-profit arena while also being a mom to two amazing humans- Grace (20) and Mary (14). Andrea currently lives in Kansas City with her family. As an introvert and enneagram 5, you can usually find her on a solo walk in nature connecting with the earth or settled on her porch with a good book.
Find her on IG @herstoryspeakspodcast @libertatingeve and at https://herstoryspeaks.com
Rhonda Smith
For native Texan, Rhonda Smith, her life's work became clear to her following a near-fatal accident involving an 18-wheeler in 1999. After the wreck, she left her role as Corporate Benefits Manager for Dell and founded Spirit Reins, a nonprofit organization healing children and families impacted by trauma. Rhonda is a 1994 graduate of Texas A&M University with a B.B.A. in Finance and a professional background in human resources management. She is also a trained Equine Specialist in Natural Lifemanship. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA), Eagles Wings Retreat Center and the Executive Committee for One Voice Central Texas. She is fiercely passionate about racial justice and equity, smashing the patriarchy, and healing the wounds caused by childhood and spiritual trauma. Rhonda and her wife, Jill, live on a horse ranch in Liberty Hill, TX.
Rev. Michelle Freeman
Reverend Michelle E. Freeman is a native of Austin, TX and grew up in the Missionary Baptist faith. Michelle met and fell in love with Georgia Chambers, also a native Austinite, in the Fall of 1994 and they united in covenantal relationship in June 1996. Together, in June of 1996, they found the Metropolitan Community Church of Austin. While attending a Christian Retreat in Dickinson, TX in October 2004, Michelle said “YES” to God’s call on her life for a future in ordained ministry.
Michelle received her first call to ordained ministry serving as Pastor and Teacher at Parkside Community United Church of Christ in Saukville, WI in 2017. On January 6, 2018, in a packed Spirit-Filled service at Grace UCC in Houston, Michelle was ordained as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Church of Christ. She also served as Senior Pastor of First Congregational Church UCC in Riverside, CA.
Reverend Michelle legally married Reverend Georgia Chambers on July 3, 2015, right after the Supreme Court ruled same-gender marriage legal in all 50 states. Reverend Georgia is a Board-Certified Senior Chaplain at Ascension St. Vincent Medical Center-Evansville, IN. They also spoil their beautiful 6-year-old Chihuahuas, Margarite and Manolo. Reverend Michelle is currently enrolled at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK studying for her Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) degree.
Reverend Michelle is a new Board Member of Nevertheless She Preached (NSP) and is honored and humbled to serve this amazing organization. Reverend Michelle was transformed while attending NSP in September 2022. The voices echoed so many of her inner voices.
Cofounder
Rev. Natalie Webb
Rev. Natalie Webb is the senior pastor of University Baptist Church in Austin, TX, a faith community that is “rooted in faith, progressive in action.” She’s also a current doctoral candidate at Baylor University where she studies the New Testament, and particularly the letters of Paul. Natalie is passionate about integrating spirituality and justice in the local church, so you might find her marching in protest one day and leading contemplative prayer the next. The best and most important parts of her life are her brilliant theologian spouse, Brandon, and their superhero-obsessed 5-year-old and snuggly-but-adventurous 1-year-old. When she’s not preaching or writing (and after the kids are in bed), Natalie loves to wind down with a nice glass of red wine and a trashy reality T.V. show.