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Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell

Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell is a native Memphian who was ordained as an elder in non-denominational ministry in 1994. She graduated from Hamilton High School and went on to Vanderbilt University in Nashville to earn the school’s first bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing in only three years.

Dr. Mitchell continued her education at the Marquette University Graduate School of Journalism and has worked as a writer and editor of several news and magazine publications.

She earned a masters and doctorate in Religious Education from United Bible College and Seminary in Orlando, Fla.

Dr. Mitchell has worked as Religion Editor of the Tri-State Defender for more than eight years.

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» Caldwell-Guthrie principal is leading by example
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/12/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
 

LaWanda Hill is principal of the newly merged Caldwell-Guthrie Elementary School. Both the school and its administrator are generating high expectations for exceptional achievement this school year.

» Evangelism, media essential in ‘the Great Commission’
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/12/2010 | Religion | Rating:  printer version
 

Personal evangelism for many Christians extends well beyond their comfort zone. But talking to strangers about “the gospel of Jesus” is second nature for pastors. Right?

» ‘A referendum on Willie Herenton’
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/6/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
 

The people of District 9 had spoken and done so overwhelmingly. And in this election, Dr. Willie W. Herenton was not the candidate of choice.

» Goodbye ‘Lorenzen’
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/5/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
 

Four hours before the memorial service officially began for homegrown hero Lorenzen Wright, the first of what would be a crowd of thousands began to assemble outside the FedExForum.

» National Night Out a ‘shut down’ event on Tate St.
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/5/2010 | News | Unrated  printer version
 

People on the 700 block of Tate Street in South Memphis this past Tuesday came from behind their locked doors and gathered with hundreds more for the 12th Annual National Night Out.

» Churches, pastors out to ‘rebuild village’ in Douglass community
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 08/4/2010 | News | Unrated  printer version
Pastors in the north Memphis community of Douglass united three years ago to form the Douglass Pastors Consortium, with a shared vision of matching a time “when peace and harmony was felt throughout Douglass”.

» New advocate ‘waging holy war’ on high infant mortality
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 07/29/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
 

Nicole Gates, 38-year-old mother of four, is finally in “the place God destined for her”. It is her “ministry and call to wage holy war” on the high infant mortality rate in Shelby County.

» A community ‘well worth the investment’
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 07/22/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
 

This is a story of a family’s never-ending love for a community.  “If you stayed in Hattie Martin’s house, you worked every Saturday cutting yards and cleaning up the whole block,” recalled Willie Martin who was raised in Lauderdale Subs.

» Hurting economy generates ‘new clientele’ for social service agencies
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 07/22/2010 | Business & Economics | Rating:  printer version

For many formerly well-to-do patients, there is a culture shock, Dr. Scott Morris, executive director of the Church Health Center (CHC) said. “These new clients have come to us in stunning numbers,” Morris said.

» Lauderdale Subs find a path to hope
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 07/15/2010 | News | Rating:  printer version
On a recent Saturday, approximately 50 Lauderdale citizens met at Morning View Baptist Church “to reorganize and devise strategies to fight rampant crime and decay.”

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