First American Baptist Church

Rev. Patricia A. Wilson Cone was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and reared in Cocoa, Florida by her proud grandparents, the late Deacon Gene Cone and Carrie Cone, since the age of 3 years old. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida A&M University in Speech Pathology. She also received a Master of Library Science at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts; a Master of Divinity Degree from Howard University Divinity School in Washington, D.C.; and a Doctor of Divinity Degree from Tennessee School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. at Union Institute/ University, in Cincinnati, OH in Sept 2008. Her concentration is in Pastoral Counseling and Theology, where she developed Cone?s Spiritual Counseling Center and a framework for Men?s His-Story Month Project. On March 5, 2012, she assumed the position of Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC) here in Anchorage, AK. This position ended October 2021.She is now serving as an ACPE Certified Educator on a contract level and Pastoral Counselor with Cone?s Spiritual Counseling Center, which she founded in 2021.

She has served as Interim Pastor of an American Baptist Church, an Associate Pastor, and Director of the Chaplaincy Department in the Washington, D.C., and Maryland areas. She received her Clinical Pastoral Education training from St. Elizabeth?s Hospital in Washington, D.C. In the Reserve Chaplaincy for eight years she served as the Chaplain for the 92nd Field Hospital and 2290th Hospital.