Rev. Michael Burch was raised in Northern California. He served faith communities on both coasts before coming to Shell Ridge Community Church in 2018 as a transitional minister.
Rev. Burch was ordained in American Baptist Churches, USA, in 1994. He completed seminary training in the Graduate Theological Union-UC Berkeley joint MA program and later at Brown University.
Rev. Burch has taught in religion departments in California and Rhode Island universities, and continues to serve as visiting faculty at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (GTU, Berkeley).
Rev. Burch's ministry experience began in historic New England churches including The First Baptist Church in America (ca. 1638) in Providence, RI, a birthplace of religious liberty. He has also served at
Providence Community Church, RI (ca. 1805) and Lime Rock Baptist Church, RI (ca. 1831).
After returning to California Rev. Burch served at a non-denominational interfaith congregation in Berkeley prior to coming to Shell Ridge. He is a board member for BOCA (Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action), an interfaith non-profit that organizes faith communities for social action.
Rev. Burch was ordained in American Baptist Churches, USA, in 1994. He completed seminary training in the Graduate Theological Union-UC Berkeley joint MA program and later at Brown University.
Rev. Burch has taught in religion departments in California and Rhode Island universities, and continues to serve as visiting faculty at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (GTU, Berkeley).
Rev. Burch's ministry experience began in historic New England churches including The First Baptist Church in America (ca. 1638) in Providence, RI, a birthplace of religious liberty. He has also served at
Providence Community Church, RI (ca. 1805) and Lime Rock Baptist Church, RI (ca. 1831).
After returning to California Rev. Burch served at a non-denominational interfaith congregation in Berkeley prior to coming to Shell Ridge. He is a board member for BOCA (Berkeley Organizing Congregations for Action), an interfaith non-profit that organizes faith communities for social action.