In Memory – Rev. Katherine K. Shivers
August 12, 2015
The legendary Rev. Katherine K. Shivers, pastor emeritus and founder of Tabernacle Christian Forum Church in Compton, passed away in Los Angeles on July 10. A pioneering preacher in the 1960s and 70s, Pastor Shivers was one of the first African American women to be ordained a Baptist minister in Los Angeles. Her daughter, the Rev. Kathy Shivers-Ward, said, “My mother will be greatly missed. She was a living testament to God’s word in the book of Joel that His daughters as well as His sons will prophesy. “She founded and built a church during a period when females were