The Rev. Camille Henderson-Edwards

Senior Executive Director for Advocacy

The Rev. Camille Henderson-Edwards is the Senior Executive Director for Advocacy providing strategic leadership and policy oversight for the General Board of Church and Society’s (GBCS) efforts in Civil and Human Rights, Peace with Justice, Economic, Health and Gender Justice and Environmental Justice.

Camille directs and shapes policies that drive systemic change, ensuring alignment across departments, advocating for justice in the U.S. and across the world. She leads staff to create programming in support of UMC General Conference resolutions, representing denominational positions in the US Congress and before Administrative offices of the government. She is also responsible for collaborating with United Methodist Annual Conferences to build existing networks, to coordinate grassroots activists and actions, and to provide support for the local United Methodist Church on specific social justice issues.

An elder in full connection within the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, Camille served as an associate pastor at Cascade United Methodist Church, Atlanta Georgia before joining the General Board of Church and Society. She also has previous experience with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Children’s Defense Fund, and The Carter Center’s Human Rights Program.

“My ministry within GBCS allows me to journey with faith communities in creating comprehensive responses to unjust conditions,” Camille said. “I am particularly concerned with issues of gender-based violence and committed to ensuring that the Church curates sacred space for women and girls to flourish.”

Camille holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Spelman College and a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

“As a womanist theologian and practitioner,” Camille said, “I’m inspired and motivated by the witness of Black women. Ultimately, it is my desire to serve as a public theologian to further develop the intersection of social justice and the life of the Church.”

Email: chedwards@umcjustice.org
Phone: 202.488.5631