Michael McBride

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Field of Study: Stop the Violence (Congregations Ending Violence)

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Pastor Michael McBride (known as “Pastor Mike”) is a native of San Francisco with 20+ years of active ministry. In 2005, he graduated Duke University’s Divinity School, with a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Ethics and Public Policy. Pastor McBride founded The Way Christian Center in West Berkeley, and serves as the Lead Pastor. In 2012, Pastor McBride became the National Director for the Lifelines to Healing/LIVE FREE Campaign with the Faith In Action Network (formerly PICO National Network), a campaign of thousands of faith leaders and congregations across the United States committed to addressing gun violence and mass incarceration of young people of color. He has served on a number of local and national task forces with the White House and Department of Justice regarding gun violence prevention, boys and men of color and police-community relationships. In 2015, he was appointed by President Obama to serve a term on the White House Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Council to address Poverty and Inequality. He is one of the national leaders in the movement to implement public health and community centered gun violence prevention programs like Operation Ceasefire, which has contributed in 30% reductions of gun related homicides in Oakland and many other cities across the country. He has been a frequent contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, the Huffington Post and many other media outlets.