Rev. Amina S. McIntyre (Artist. Scholar. Minister) is a practical theologian and playwright. An Atlanta native, she is the only daughter (second of three children) of Sgt. Victor B. McIntyre and Rev. Lavonia K. McIntyre. Rev. McIntyre received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, a Master of Arts in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana, a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky, a Master of Theological Studies from Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and Master of Arts in Religion from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
One who loves to learn, Rev. McIntyre has also taught a variety of classes, workshops, and has presented on conference panels. She has taught at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Pittsburg Theological Seminary, and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She has presented at numerous conferences including the American Academy of Religion, FORWARD Conference, and Society of Pastoral Theology. Rev. McIntyre was in the 2019-2021 Forum for Theological Education Doctoral Cohort and a 2022-2023 Forum for Theological Education Doctoral Fellow. She has also served as Co-Facilitator for several ministry cohorts through Created 2 Create an arts-based Fellowship for artists interested in ministry at Park Ave Baptist Church. Additionally, she is a regular cohort facilitator for The Ministry Collaborative a subsidiary of Macedonian Ministries, and the Sun-Walking Fellowship. She also served as the Assistant Director of the Sun Walking Fellowship Grant and Visiting Assistant Professor of Practical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
As a playwright, Rev. McIntyre has had productions and readings with various theatres including Actors Express, Out of Hand Theatre, Lenoir-Rhyne University, 7 Stages Atlanta, Atlanta History Museum (permanent “Gatheround” Exhibit), Oakland Cemetery, and Vanderbilt University. Her selected awards and grants include: 2013-2014 and 2022-2023 City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Individual Artist Grant, 2014 City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Award, 2015 Ethel Woolson Lab Recipient through Working Title Playwrights, 2022 Tennessee Playwrights Project Playwriting Fellow, 2022 Taurean Blaque Playwright Award, 2025 South Arts Grant, and the 2025 Tanne Foundation Award. She is currently commissioned through the Art Earth of Soul Kollective and Horizon Theatre through the 2021 Emerging Playwright Cohort of the Black Women Speak Project. Her play, On the Third Day, was produced at the Vanguard Repertory Theatre in Atlanta, GA in August 2018 winning a Suzi Bass Award; her play How to Make a Home, won the 2025 Suzi Bass Gene-Gabriel Award for Playwriting. Rev. McIntyre’s most recent production is Theatre du Reve’s Queen Bess.
Rev. McIntyre is a Ph.D Candidate of Religion at Vanderbilt University, completing her dissertation entitled Reclaiming Imagining: Engaging Care Receivers’ Imagination through Artistic Process. She has published in the American Journal of Play and in the anthology, Imagination in an Age of Crisis: Soundings from the Arts and Theology (Wipf and Stock). Her ministry led her to release the book 30 Days of Peace and Praise, a devotional guide with daily activities, and plays Living Right and The Angels Academy Trilogy. She has been a supply pastor at St. Lewis CME church and Lampkins Chapel CME Church. McIntyre is the co-Founder of Hush Harbor Lab, a new play development company for Black artists in the Atlanta area, and Assistant Professor for Pastoral Care/Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She is Clergy in Residence at Westside Community CME Church.