# Clergy & Seminarians ## expand\_more We have established a Pastoral Care Line. If you would like spiritual or pastoral care during a difficult time, please call or text 617-595-9044 and a clergy-person will follow up with you shortly. [### Matthew Ichihashi Potts ](/people/matthew-potts) [matthew\_potts@harvard.edu](mailto:matthew_potts@harvard.edu)Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in the Faculty of Divinity The Rev. Matthew Ichihashi Potts M.Div. '08 Ph.D. '13 was appointed the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals in 2021. Prior to his appointment, Matt served as Associate Professor of Religion and Literature... ![The Rev. Matthew Potts Banner](/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/250212MatthewPotts2_Banner_0.jpg?h=5287840b&itok=ZoKxkuRA) [### Emmanuel K. Akyeampong ](/people/emmanuel-k-akyeampong)Minister for Worship and Formation in the Memorial Church Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies Emmanuel Akyeampong is the Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He was appointed a Loeb Harvard College Professor from July 2005 through June 2010. Akyeampong is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy... ![The Rev. Dr. Emmanuel K. Akyeampong](/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/thememorialchurch/files/200219emmanuelakyeampong1_0.jpg?itok=xLs8dL8D) ## Seminarians [### Marty Martinage MDiv II ](/people/marty-martinage-mdiv-ii)Seminarian Marty Martinage (they/them) is a Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School, discerning a call to congregational ministry. Their mother was a youth pastor, and, according to apocryphal family history, Marty regularly held baptisms for their... ![Marty Martinage](/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-12/251026MartyMartinage.jpg?itok=-hQep7ve) [### Elizabeth Propst '23 MDiv III ](/people/elizabeth-propst-22) Seminarian Elizabeth Propst joined the Memorial Church in 2018 as a Harvard College first-year, and she’s overjoyed to continue serving the church community as a Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. Born and raised in western North Carolina... ![Elizabeth Propst](/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/thememorialchurch/files/221003_elizabethprobst_1_hshot.jpg?itok=8e-KaHw5) [### Amy Sexauer MDiv III ](/people/amy-sexauer-mdiv-ii) Amy is a second-year Masters of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. She grew up all over the world in a military family and received her undergraduate degree in Systems Management from the United States Military Academy in 2009. Amy served for... ![Amy Sexauer, Seminarian 24-25](/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/thememorialchurch/files/240916amysexauer1_01.jpg?itok=VG_0DfXX)