Rev. Dr. Vanessa D. Booth serves as the Senior Pastor of Lamb of Life Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to being called to Lamb of Life, Dr. Booth served as an Associate Minister at the New Psalmist Baptist Church under the direction of Bishop Walter Scott Thomas, Sr., Pastor. 

In September 2009, Dr. Booth was elected to serve as the second pastor of the Lamb of Life Baptist Church.  Under Dr. Booth’s leadership the church has grown significantly in membership and ministry. She has established partnerships with businesses and organizations in East Baltimore to collaborate on initiatives in an effort to better serve the community at large.

Dr. Booth is a former Executive Committee member of the Female Clergy Support Group of Maryland, a former Executive Committee member of Sisters In Ministry, Inc., she serves as the Vice Chair for the Powell Recovery Center Board of Directors, and she is an active member of the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.,

Dr. Booth earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Information Systems from the Notre Dame of Maryland University, a Master of Divinity degree and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC, and she is one of 50 students selected to attend the 2014 Engle Institute of Preaching at Princeton Theological Seminary.  

Dr. Booth is married to Dale Michael Booth.  Together, they share two daughters, five grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

My favorite scripture is Habakkuk 2:2-3: Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.