The mission of WJoy-A Spiritual Care Ministry is to assist others to experience more abundant and joy-filled lives, as intended by God, through the aid and leading of the Holy Spirit.
We provide spiritual care to individuals both clergy and lay, small groups, congregations, and other faith-based organizations. The Reverend Ineda Pearl Player, M.A., M.Div is an American Baptist minister, spiritual director, chaplain, and pastoral counselor. Her divine call is to make the world better by using her spiritual gifts to help others live more abundantly and to experience truth, joy, and justice by surrendering all to the Spirit.
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Rev. Pearl’s theology of ministry seeks to assist others to lift themselves through knowledge, encouragement, and spiritual guidance.
With an inner conviction that spirituality and justice go hand-in-hand, the goal of her ministry is to communicate the ideals of the faith, enabling followers of Christ to mature and become confident disciples, spiritually healthy, able and willing to follow Christ in providing and advocating for those who are marginalized. Rev. Pearl is a follower of Jesus, the Christ—one who subscribes to Christ’s greatest command—to love unconditionally. In that light, she opens-wide her ministry, ecumenically and interreligiously, to love and to serve all who would come. One of her passions was being in service as President and CEO of The Chaplaincy Institute, an interfaith seminary and community.
Rev. Pearl received both her Master of Divinity with concentration in Christian Spirituality, and her Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California. She completed one unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Maintaining her affiliation with SFTS, Rev. Pearl additionally earned a Master of Arts in Religion and Psychology from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California where she is currently earning a PhD in Historical and Cultural Studies in Religion, concentrating in spirituality and religious history. Rev. Pearl holds a BA in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and worked as a land-use planner, facilities professional, and construction industry executive for thirty years. She is editor and co-author of Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction published in 2019 by Church Publishing, Inc. Discover more about her scholarship at inedaadesanya.academia.edu.
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As Associate Minister of Spiritual Life for the Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, California, Rev. I. Pearl provides individual spiritual direction and pastoral counseling.
She has led contemplative retreats, taught seminars and short courses on various aspects of Christian spirituality, hosted and facilitated the annual Spirituality and Hermeneutics Forum for ten years, and authored a regularly published column entitled “Spiritual Life Note” for the congregation and community. Serving with and supporting the senior pastor, The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson, as part of her pastoral team, Rev. I. Pearl also enjoys the opportunity to preach the Gospel and participate in weekly prayer, study, and worship services.
Our Ministries
We offer a variety of spiritual care ministries. These include spiritual direction, pastoral counseling, and more.
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