| Summary: | Minister and civic leader Reverend Elaine Flake was born July 2, 1948, in Memphis, Tennessee. Elaine received her B.A. degree in English from Fisk University and her M.A. degree in English from Boston University. She completed her M.Div degree from the Union Theological Seminary and was awarded an honorary D.D degree from United Theological Seminary. Flake and her husband, former Congressman Reverend Floyd Flake, became co-pastors of the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral in 1976, one of the largest churches in the United States. Flake also co-founded the Allen Christian School in 1983, and became its educational director. Since 1999, she has been a contributor to books including the Women of Color Study Bible and Souls of My Sisters: Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell Their Stories, and Heal Their Spirits. In 2007, she authored God in Her Midst: Preaching Healing to Hurting Women. She has also served as the national chaplain of The Links, Inc.
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