The Emmaus Episcopal Ministry offers a safe place for everyone! This includes those who may have questions, or concerns with their Faith journey, those who are seekers, those who’s faith is known by God (Creator) alone, and those who may feel hurt or rejected from society or community they were apart of. Please come and check us out.

Whitney Kimball Coe is a deacon in The Episcopal Church, currently serving as Curate of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kingsport and as chaplain of Emmaus Episcopal Campus Ministry. Whitney is also Vice President of National Programs at the Center for Rural Strategies, where she leads the Center’s Rural Faith Initiative, an effort to shine a light on the ways rural faith communities are serving their neighbors. Until 2023, she led the Rural Assembly, a nationwide movement striving to build better policy and more opportunity for rural communities across the country. As an organizer, speaker, moderator, and writer, Whitney has shared her perspectives on community and civic courage with audiences around the world. She has been featured on stage at the Aspen Ideas Festival and the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit, and as a guest on the radio program On Being with Krista Tippett. Whitney holds a Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School and a Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies from Appalachian State University. She lives in Johnson City, TN, with her husband Matt, and daughters, Lucy and Susannah.

whitney@emmausetsu.org