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- Rev. Vaughn stands in the Ebenezer Baptist Church’s famous sanctuary.
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- Pictured above with McNeil are (left to right) Rev. Vaughn’s sister-in-law, Linda; his brother, Robert; Waverly Jones, one of McNeil’s closest friends and Rev. Vaughn’s godfather; his wife, Rev. Dr. Kimberleigh Jordan and Rev. Vaughn.
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- In conversation after worship with Tameka Bell, the church’s director of communications, and African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Carolyn Tyler Guidry, the second female bishop elected in the AME church.
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- Revs. Warnock and Vaughn display their school pride at the church’s College Sunday service.
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- Mom, Dad and brother Caleb drop James off at Duke for the start of his sophomore year.
Ask Rev. Dr. John Vaughn ’82 and he’ll tell you himself: “I do not fit the stereotype of when people think of the traditional Black pastor.” From his youth, when he worshipped at the First Baptist Church of Worcester, Rev. Vaughn always found comfort and acceptance at church. After graduating from Holy Cross, he enrolled in seminary at the Pacific School of Religion in California. Since then, Rev. Vaughn has used his training not to preach from a pulpit, but to lead operations at churches, nonprofits and organizations working toward racial and social equity.