About our Minister Coordinator
Lisa Larges, Minister Coordinator for That All May Freely Serve, (TAMFS), felt the call to ministry early in life. She graduated from St. Olaf College in 1985, and received her M.Div. from San Francisco Theological Seminary with honors.
A lifelong Presbyterian, Lisa became a candidate for ministry in the Twin Cities Presbytery as an open lesbian. Lisa has sought ordination over 20 years and has been approved by the Twin Cities Presbytery and the Presbytery of San Francisco. Each time her ordination was blocked through judicial actions.
In 2002 she was called to serve as the Regional Partnership Coordinator with TAMFS, and became Minister Coordinator in 2007 when TAMFS’ Minister Director, the Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, retired.
In her statement of conscience, Lisa wrote, “The provision (G.6-0106b) is a mar upon the Church and a stumbling block to its mission.”
