Nominee for Regional Presbyter/Stated Clerk

Sallie is a native of Dallas and a lifelong Presbyterian, who grew up in the Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church of Dallas. She received her Bachelors degree from Austin College in 1978, with a major in English and minor in music. After a brief stint in advertising where she worked for the Dallas Times Herald and two advertising agencies, Sallie discerned the call to ministry and entered Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, where she earned the Master of Divinity degree in 1987.

In 2007 Sallie earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, where she studied preaching with the Association of Chicago Theological Schools.  Her thesis is titled "Preaching in Fallow Time: Nurturing Deep-Rooted Growth Through Word and Sacrament."

Welcome to the Presbytery of Santa Fe!  The name, Santa Fe, means "Holy Faith" and stands for the centrality of Christ as well as for its rich heritage in the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico.

History

In 1867, the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe was founded by the Rev. David McFarland, sent from Pennsylvania by the Board of Domestic Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The Presbytery was founded soon after that and consisted of just two churches in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, and was part of the Synod of Kansas. In 1871 the Presbytery became part of the Synod of Colorado until 1889 when the Synod of New Mexico was formed. Work begun in Albuquerque in the 1870's and 1880's by Sheldon Jackson and James Menaul resulted in the organization of the First Presbyterian Church of Albuquerque in 1880. Subsequent Albuquerque area churches and those in the southern part of the state formed the Rio Grande Presbytery, and in 1807, also the Presbytery of Pecos Valley.