October 10, 2022
The AAR is saddened to share that Rev. Dr. Jerrolyn S. Eulinberg passed away on October 5, 2022.
From Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc.:
“[…]As the director of the MICAH Institute, Dr. Eulinberg led and assisted clergy in dealing with financial challenges that clergy often face, work made possible by a grant from the Lilly Foundation. She provided much-needed education and assisted in resource development for the clergy cohorts before leaving her post in 2020.
An ordained elder in the African American Episcopal (AME) Church, Dr. Eulinberg received her Master of Divinity from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and her Doctor of Philosophy from Chicago Theological Seminary in theology, ethics, and the human science-sociology of religion.
Her dissertation, entitled A Lynched Wall Street: A Womanist Perspective on Terrorism, Religion, and Black Resilience of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre was published as a book by Cascade Press. Her book remains an extraordinary contribution to theology, ethics and literature marking the history of violence in this country, being published in 2021 marking the one-hundredth-year commemoration of the Tulsa Race massacre.
She was beloved by the participants in the MICAH Institute. Rev. Rochelle Andrews, upon hearing of her death, said, ‘No! I am only a part of the program because she told me about it. Then I invited someone, and we invited others to apply. There is literally a line of people serving and a part of Proctor/MICAH because of her! We were blessed to know her,’ said Rev. Andrews.
In addition to her work at SDPC, Dr. Eulinberg served at Greater Institutional AME Church in Chicago, and shared her interest in the intersection of terrorism, economics and the law while also demonstrating the power of traditional communalism and Black resilience. She was a womanist scholar whose work was highly regarded and respected by the likes of the late Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Dr. Teresa Smallwood, and Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas.
‘We were blessed to have her with us,” said Dr. Carruthers. “This program that she directed demands not only knowledge of the issues clergy face but a keen intellect and inquisitiveness to delve deeper into those issues. Dr. Eulinberg provided all of that, and we are grateful.'”