The Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell is the Associate General Secretary for Justice and Advocacy and Director of the Washington Office of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA.

In that capacity she helps to provide an active voice for social justice on behalf of the NCC's 36 Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, historic African American and Living Peace member faith groups which include over 45 million persons in more than 100,000 local congregations in communities across the nation. 

Rev. Girton-Mitchell is a native of Indiana. She is inspired in her ministry by a very supportive spouse, Mr. James A. Mitchell and resides in Silver Spring, Maryland. 

Rev. Girton-Mitchell received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Ball State University and a Master degree from Indiana/Purdue University in Indianapolis. She graduated with honors from Chicago Kent College of Law.  Rev. Girton-Mitchell has been admitted to the Bar in Illinois, the District of Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court.  

She received her Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington. Rev. Girton-Mitchell was licensed to preach at the Christ Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis in 1998.  

She was ordained at Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington in 2004 and now serves as Minister for Christian Discipleship and Missions. She is also a member of the Millennium Building Committee. 

Rev. Girton-Mitchell is a life member of the National Council of Negro Women, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Washington Urban League. She also holds membership in the National Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, Women's Bar Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and is Vice Chair of the Board of Wesley Theological Seminary. 

Rev. Girton-Mitchell has received numerous awards including the National Bar Association Presidential Award, the Charlotte Ray Award, named in honor of the first African American woman lawyer in the United States, and she is the recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash Award, the highest award given to any civilian by the State of Indiana.