Rev. Jessica Chapman Lape

Rev. Jessica Chapman Lape writes, speaks, and practices at the intersection of pastoral theology, culture, and healthcare. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, Rev. Chapman Lape is a clinical chaplain for Kaiser Permanente, a Ph.D. Candidate at Claremont School of Theology, and a community trained doula.

Rev. Chapman Lape believes African American women have experienced mistreatment in American healthcare for far too long. Her dissertation entitled, “MissTreated: A Womanist Clinical Pastoral Theology on African American Women’s Mistreatment in U.S. Healthcare,” advocates for indigenous Black birthwork to be regarded as spiritual care in order to interrupt the ever-present story of mistreatment. With her scholarship encompassing both pastoral theology and Black reproductive healthcare, Rev. Chapman Lape is committed to advancing birthwork as a theoretically and theologically grounded profession of spiritual care.

Rev. Chapman Lape is a proud HBCU alumna and proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.