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

Paul in the Fall: A Book Study of PAUL WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN

October 12 - November 2, 2025

If you find the Apostle Paul hard to read and hard to understand, you are not alone. In this hybrid book study, we will read from Dr. Pamela Eisenbaum’s Paul Was Not A Christian: The Original Message of the Misunderstood Apostle. Dr. Eisenbaum is an expert on early Christianity. Her book reveals the true nature […]