Rev. Dr. Jamie Washam

Rev. Dr. Jamie P. Washam became the 37th settled minister of the First Baptist Church in America in 2015. The native Texan earned degrees from the University of Texas, Harvard Divinity School, and Vrije Universiteit. She was ordained an American Baptist minister in 2001 by the Samuel Stillman Association of Massachusetts. Prior to pastoring in Providence, she served churches in Chicago, Illinois and Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. She was president of American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin in 2013-2014 and the elected president of the American Baptist Home Mission Society from 2020-2025. She makes her home with her family in Rhode Island and counts it a joy to follow in the way of Jesus in the church gathered by Roger Williams. Beyond the Meeting House, you can often find her in the garden.