Yale Divinity School

Distinction in Congregational Ministry Recipients

2007 Rita Ferrone '83 M.Div., Mount Vernon, NY

2007 Otis Young '57 B.D., Lincoln, NE

2006 Thomas S. Neilsen '76 M.Div., New Glarus, WI

At the heart of YDS is the commitment to train women and men for the lay and ordained ministries of the Christian church. The award for Distinction in Congregational Ministry is awarded to a lay or ordained individual who has shown exceptional pastoral competence in the work of developing the ministry and mission of local congregations.