Abby Thornton comes to Broadneck with a wide variety of ministry experiences as hospital chaplain, worship leader, camp director, and coordinator of international trips to Jamaica and Cuba.  Yet it is in serving God in the local congregation that Abby finds her passion and purpose.  Abby loves the way the church brings diverse people together on a common journey –a journey of asking questions, finding our places in God’s story, serving our community and world, and becoming family to one another.  Having previously served four churches in North Carolina and Virginia, she now looks forward to experiencing and exploring this journey as pastor of the remarkable community that is Broadneck Baptist Church.

Abby is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and holds a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia and a Master of Divinity from Duke University.  In addition to her work at the church, she loves being outside in God’s creation, spending time connecting with friends and family, hanging out in coffee shops, pursuing work as a writer, travelling to new places, and (of course!) avidly following UVA Football and Duke Basketball.