 She's the first woman to serve as senior minister at the Central Congregational Church in Providence. She grew up on a farm in rural Middlebury, Connecticut, graduated Wellesley College, received her Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School. Reverend Spencer came to Rhode Island in 1988, where she championed radical inclusion before the term existed. It basically means that we're all equal in God's eyes. Doesn't seem so radical, more like inclusive and loving.