PASTOR COREY L. KENNARD
LEAD CHAPLAIN
ST. JOHN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER
As the Spiritual Care Lead at St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Corey L. Kennard works as part of a healing team with clinical staff to provide patients with spiritually-centered holistic care. He serves on the system’s Mission and Spirituality Council and is a site coach and mentor
for hospital leadership. He is also Pastor of Kingdom Equipping Ministries, a Christian teaching fellowship in Redford, Michigan.
Kennard earned a Master of Arts Degree in Christian Ministry from Ashland Theological Seminary and is a faculty member of “APPEAL”, Duke University’s Institute on Care at the End of Life national training program. Further service to the community includes his work as a former youth and community pastor, spiritual advisor to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), and current Board member of the Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition. Author of “Goliath Must Fall”, Kennard has written motivational columns for the Detroit News and is an avid blogger.
Pastor Kennard has been married for 17 years to his wife, Kristen, and they have three beautiful children: Kayla Ariana, Kourtney Lael, and Corey Lynn II.
