Reverend Antoinette Gatewood-Sykes is the Assistant Pastor of New Covenant Community United Church of Christ in Baltimore, Maryland and serves under the leadership of her Pastor and friend, Rev. Brian Murray.

She is a member of the executive council for Sisters in Ministry (under the leadership of Dr. Leah E. White), was included in the first group of inductees into the Female Clergy Support Group (under the leadership of Apostle Karen Bethea) and is the First State Assistant (Designate) for Maryland in Kingdom Destiny Fellowship International.

Her formal education has culminated in the following: a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religious Studies from Hampton University; a Master of Arts in Theology, a Master of Arts in Church Ministries from the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore, MD, and an earned Doctor of Ministry from Knox Theological Seminary in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.