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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.

Articles by this Author
» 5 years and counting: Mult-cultural ministry continues its Memphis evolution
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 06/5/2008 | Religion | Rating:  printer version

The first week in June five years ago, three, thirty-something ministers relocated to Memphis.

Their mission – build a multicultural ministry that promotes racial reconciliation – had been honed through prayer and contemplation...


» Theft of copper from church seen as need for outreach
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 06/5/2008 | News | Rating:  printer version

Nelse Nelson, New Bethel Temple COGIC deacon, said copper thieves caused so much damage it looked as if a bomb had exploded. (Photos by Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell)

When Pastor Aaron Litzsey preached his sermon entitled “Break the Bondage” last Sunday, he never dreamed that thieves would target New Bethel Temple COGIC for a brazen copper burglary...

» Haiti: Memphis to the rescue
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 05/15/2008 | Religion | Rating:  printer version

Doris T. Hill and Ruth Paul-Caudle have a relationship
that spans thousands of miles and a large body of water, yet they’ve
never been in the same room...

» Farewell to the 'rabbi"
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell | Published 05/8/2008 | Religion | Rating:  printer version

Dr. Reuben Henry Green

Praised as a “giant among theologians” and a mentor to hundreds of ministers, Dr. Reuben Henry Green’s funeral did what he had done thousands of times in life: captivated a church audience...