MINISTER KATHY A. KUYKENDALL

  Minister Kathy A. Kuykendall has been actively ministering in children’s and teen ministry for over 20 years.  She founded the Women’s Fellowship in her local church in 1990 and since that time it has become a place where women from the membership and community gather every other month for meetings to seek answers from the Lord on important issues facing Christian women.  She has a very popular Tuesday afternoon Bible Study at the Passaic County Jail in Paterson where the inmates gather weekly with great anticipation.  She is also the Director of the Women-to-Women Mentoring Program housed in the parsonage of the Agape Christian Ministry Church.  Through this endeavor the program has mentored over 250 women from our community during its first year. 

Minister Kathy has been a licensed minister of the gospel since 1997.  She was also a certified and tenured public school teacher for the Paterson Public Schools for over 12 years. She was educated at Ramapo College of New Jersey earning an undergraduate degree in Sociology. Her graduate work in education was done at William Paterson University, Montclair State University, and Jersey City State University.  She currently serves as President of the Passaic County Board of Education.  She also serves as a commissioner on the Board of The Passaic County Status of Women.  Min. Kathy is an active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors. 

Minister Kathy has been happily married to Dr. James A. Kuykendall, Founder and Pastor of The Agape Christian Ministries Church in Paterson, NJ, for the past 25 years.  They have one daughter, Tanisha Vonetta, and one grandson, Te’Ras Trae Samuels.