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Samuel Stevenson joined the adjunct faculty in 2002 as a small group facilitator in vocational formation. He is currently director of the Bridging Faith Communities Project, funded through the Jessie Ball duPont Foundation.

In Indiana, Stevenson worked in the state psychiatric system as a social worker. He helped design and implement comprehensive community mental health services in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. For nine years, Stevenson served as a mental health consultant and mental health services manager for the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States Public Health Service. He was also an adjunct instructor in sociology at Dekalb Community College of Dekalb County, Georgia.

Stevenson served at First United Presbyterian Church in Athens, Tennessee, during his seminary studies and preparation for the office of minister. He was ordained to the office of Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1984 and served as pastor at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Wilson, North Carolina. He began his pastorate at Grace Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1990. Respected for his compassionate care, enabling leadership, spiritual counsel, and communal connections, Stevenson is responsible for racial ethnic concerns, campus ministry, examinations, church redevelopment, presbytery, and synod reunion for the reuniting Presbyterian Church.

Stevenson is married to Mable Hicks Stevenson, former director of Host Homes of Catholic Social Services of the Charlotte Diocese. The couple has one daughter and two grandsons.