Currie Burris has served as pastor of Silver Spring Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Silver Spring, Maryland for 17 years.  In over 38 years of ordained ministry, Currie’s experience has combined a commitment to work for peace, justice and human rights, service to the church, and spiritual formation.  He has worked in ministries with homeless people, refugees and new immigrants, as well as in multiracial/multicultural church contexts.

Rev. Burris has a Doctor of Ministry in “Spirituality and the Suffering of God” from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC.  He is also a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He has traveled and served the church in Cameroon, Kenya and Zimbabwe. He is married with children, grandchildren, and plays the piano, guitar and hammer dulcimer.