Expanding Our Roots: Rev. Christopher Golding

"Expanding Our Roots: Global Conversations With 821" is an online interview series hosted by The 821 Project. The purpose of the series is to showcase the cultural diversity, global connections and social consciousness of the people of southeast Louisiana as well as those who work to expand southeast Louisiana's roots to the world through works that promote social justice and global citizenship.

The series presents community organizers, community leaders and residents living in southeast Louisiana who come from different parts of the world or who work to promote global citizenship, multiculturalism and social justice in our regional community.

This interview is with Rev. Christopher Golding. The Rev. Christopher Golding is an Australian ex-pat and vegan priest and is currently discerning new full-time ministry opportunities with The Episcopal Church in the United States. Christopher is a spouse and parent of two and has been an ordained minister for ten years, working in rural and urban contexts in Australia, Hawaii, and Louisiana. Having a love for pastoral ministry, school chaplaincy, and environmental and interfaith spirituality, Christopher was most recently the Associate Priest of St. Luke’s Church and School, Baton Rouge.

To learn more about Rev. Golding's journey, visit https://veganpriest.org/