Rev. Dr. Debra J. K. Bronkema

Rev. Dr. Debra J.K. Bronkema began her role as Director of New Worshiping Initiatives with Hudson River Presbytery in 2023. She is also the Executive Director and leader of connect.faith Inc., a new worshiping community that began in 2018 as an online ministry, where creativity, spirituality and justice meet. She’s been an ordained Pastor for over 30 years, most recently serving as Pastor of Pleasantville Presbyterian Church, in Pleasantville, New York for over 16 years, completing her call in December of 2023.

Debbie earned her D.Min from Columbia Theological Seminary in 2011, with an emphasis in Creative Writing as a Spiritual Practice, and leads programs and retreats on this topic throughout the country.

In 2018 Debbie published her first novel, Finding Manna, the story of a young woman searching for the life that is hers to live. Her book, Midweek Meditations is a collection of devotions, published in December of 2020. In September 2022, Debbie published Writing toward wholeness: exploring creativity and spirituality, with Cyclical Publishing.