Jean Jeffress
Rev. Jean Jeffress (she/they) is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and currently serves as the Associate Pastor at Plymouth Jazz and Justice Church in Oakland, CA. As a queer pastor, Jean is always working to pry up the dusty floorboards of lazy, tired interpretations of the biblical text. Rooted in biblical study and committed to liberative imagination, Jean seeks to make the bible accessible (even the terrible texts) to anyone who is interested.
They have work published in The Expositor & Review, Resipiscence: A Lenten Devotional to Dismantle White Supremacy, GEEZ Magazine, as well as being a contributor
to THE WORD IS RESISTANCE PODCAST, a project of Showing Up for Racial Justice.
Jean lives in Oakland with her partner Carol and their two cats, Miss Cheevus and O Hella No.
Upcoming Programs by Jean Jeffress
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]
Lenten Book and Bible Study: Jesus' Last Week
Cosponsored with Plymouth UCC Jazz & Justice Church in Oakland, CA We will not cede Jesus to Christian nationalism. In this time when the gospel, distorted beyond recognition, is wielded as a weapon against beloved members of the Body of Christ, we will come together to learn about a radical and little-known Jesus. […]