PASTOR P.K. Roberts

PASTOR P.K. ROBERTS
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PASTOR P.K. ROBERTS

is a native of Monticello, Mississippi and an alumna of Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi and the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, Georgia.She earned a Master of Divinity specializing in Psychology.She was awarded a Doctorate of Humanities from the Panama City Theological Seminary, Panama City, Florida.Following her ordination from the Church of God in Christ, Pastor Roberts completed Clinical Pastoral Education at clinical Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, after which she served as Chaplain for female offenders for Atlanta Advancement Center.Commissioned as an Army Chaplain in January 1986, Pastor Roberts` first duty station was Fort Rucker, Alabama, where she served as Chaplain for the hospital and 1-13th Aviation Battalion.Subsequent assignments include Nurnburg, Germany, Saudi Arabia (Desert Storm), Fort Stewart and Fort Gordon, Georgia.She pastored chapel services at each assignment.In 1995, Pastor Roberts reentered the civilian sector and became the founding pastor of Shekina Glory Church in Jesup, Georgia.She served as president for the National Council of Negro Women (Savannah Section), president of the Hinesville Ministerial Alliance, and as a member of numerous organizations and boards.In addition, she conducted workshops, seminars and preached throughout the United States.In November 1997, Pastor Roberts answered the call to return to active duty military chaplaincy.She was assigned as Chaplain for 702nd Military Intelligence Group and Senior Pastor for Interfaith Worship Service, Fort Gordon, Georgia.She served as the 516th Signal Brigade Chaplain located at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, with unit coverage in Alaska, Mainland Japan and Okinawa.In 2002, she was assigned to Presidio of Monterey as Chaplain and Pastor to the cadets and cadre.Later she served as Operations, Plans and Training Chaplain and Associate Pastor for Ord Military Chapel.

P.K. Roberts, chaplain in the U.S. Army at the Defense Language Institute, also spoke, emphasizing King's message of love and the need to keep his legacy in mind and heart.The national holiday, she said, was not simply a remembrance of a life cut short, but rather a celebration that our nation has come so far in reaching equality.But there is still more work to do, she said.

Roberts, whose family home in Monticello, Miss., was burned to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan when she was a little girl, said young people need to be reminded of what King preached.

"History has shown us you can kill the dreamer, but you can't kill the dream," she said.