Darlene Garner

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A native of Columbus, Ohio, Rev. Elder Darlene Garner was brought up in the National Baptist Church and attended the Episcopal Church before joining Metropolitan Community Church in 1976.

She was ordained as Metropolitan Community Church clergy in 1988.

She has served as Associate Pastor of MCC in Philadelphia, PA, and as Pastor of MCC in Baltimore, MD and MCC of Northern Virginia. She also convenes a biannual Conferences for African-American Leaders in MCC. Garner has been a member of the Board of Elders since 1993 and now serves Region 6 which covers Antarctica, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, [El Salvador]], French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and the U.S. States of Arizona, California (Southern), Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.

She is the mother of four children and has seven grandchildren.