R. Janae Pitts-Murdock is the Interim Senior Pastor at Light of the World Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a PhD candidate in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Indiana. She holds graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon University (MSPPM), United Theological Seminary (MDiv), and the University of Memphis (MBA), and a baccalaureate degree from the University of Michigan (BA).