Tabitha P. Lewis

Mother Lewis is delighted to begin her ministry as Priest-in-Charge at All Saints Church. She most recently served as Vicar of St. Anselm’s Episcopal Church in Nashville and Chaplain to Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee State University, where she helped renew campus chaplaincy and deepen parish engagement. Her parish work centers on women’s empowerment, faith-based community development, and bridging divides to bring people together for shared ministry and community building.

Previously, as an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Mother Lewis pastored three congregations in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania from 2013–2022, leading each through major capital campaigns that strengthened their spiritual life and physical infrastructure. As an Episcopal priest, she guided St. Anselm’s through a season of resurgence, expanding faith formation and community outreach while overseeing multiple construction and building improvement projects. Before parish ministry, she worked in Historic Preservation, focusing on African American Heritage Preservation and African American Sacred Places.

A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Mother Lewis earned a Bachelor of Science in African History with a minor in Political Science from Coppin State College in 2001, and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School in 2011. Her favorite scripture is John 14:12: “Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.” This promise continues to shape her preaching, teaching, and pastoral presence.

Mother Lewis is excited to join the vibrant community of All Saints. She looks forward to discerning the pastoral needs of the parish, growing and learning alongside the congregation, and imagining new ways to respond to the needs of the Hoboken community as together you seek to share God’s love with others.

Mtr. Tabitha comes to All Saints with her daughter, Malaika, a precocious three-year-old who loves spaghetti and singing and dancing to “I Like to Move It” from Madagascar, and Zuri, her first “baby,” a five-year-old Weimaraner mix who delights in affection, belly rubs, and chewing on a blue Chuckit ball.

She may be reached at tlewis@allsaintshoboken.org.