Rev. Katherine “Kay” Farley is the Co-Pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado with her husband the Rev. Douglas Farley and their daughter Angela Faith. She is a Past-President of the American Baptist Churches of the Rocky Mountains Region.

She received her Master of Divinity Degree from Boston University School of Theology in Boston, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Arts Degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, Nursing Degree from Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama and Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Aspen Theological Seminary in Aurora, Colorado, and other degrees.

Upon graduating from Boston University in 1992, she moved to Denver and became the first African American to hold an administrative position at the Iliff School of Theology. During her tenure she successfully encouraged the school to officially declare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday a holiday.

Rev. Farley has not only been ordained by GOD, but also the National Baptist Convention USA, Incorporated, and has received a Certificate of Recognition of the Ordination to the Christian Ministry by the American Baptist Churches USA. She’s featured in the Profiles of Distinguished Women of Colorado and is the recipient of several honors and awards.

Rev. Farley is the first woman and person of color to serve as Interim Pastor of the Historic First Baptist Church of Denver, Colorado where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached in April 1962. She is a former member of ABCUSA Board of General Ministries, Iliff School of Theology Board of Trustees in Denver, Colorado, and a former member of the Denver’s Mayor Citizens Oversight Nominating Committee.

She is an active Life Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Her favorite Scripture is, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thy own understanding, in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy path” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

She gives God ALL the Glory for the things He has done and is doing in her life!