Minister at Southside Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Martha Carroll has been minister at Southside since 1996. Martha graduated from Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado, in 1977 with an M.Div. She was ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1979, after serving two years as a United Methodist minister. Martha's family includes her partner, Sandra Stratton, who teaches at Ivy Tech; their daughter, Kate and daughter-in-law, Stephanie, who live in Nashville, Tennessee; and Grace, the cat who showed up at Southside's door on Blessing of the Animals Sunday 3 years ago and stayed for worship; Sophie, a 2 year old mostly English Pointer, found abandoned on a street in Nashville by Kate, and Teddy, newest member of the family, a 6 month old Border Collie mix from Pet Rescue.