Rev. Deborah Lewis

Director of Clergy Support

Deborah has served on the Mission Rivers District staff for one year, walking alongside clergy through conversation, resourcing, and pastoral care. Her work is grounded in a simple conviction: healthy clergy lead healthy congregations, and supporting pastors and their families in this beautiful and difficult calling benefits the whole church. That belief shapes everything from one-on-one check-ins by phone, email, and handwritten notes to in-person visits across the district and gatherings that tend to the whole person, from hiking and bread baking to baseball games and poetry workshops.

Deborah holds an MDiv from Candler School of Theology at Emory University and an MEd in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from William and Mary, where she completed an independent study focused on clergy care and care for clergy families. She worships most Sundays at Williamsburg UMC, her mother’s home church and the congregation where she was confirmed.