The Calling: Meet Diantha McLeod

A local pastor devoted to helping provide more learning opportunities for women.

All across the Upper Cumberland, there are everyday people who are lead to do more than everyday things.

Diantha McLeod preaches at Burton’s Chapel in Algood, Kynett in Sparta and Wright’s Chapel United Methodist in Cookeville. She serves as pastor for the three churches that make up the Cookeville Parish of the Caney Fork River District. She talks with Denna Hornby about growing up in a time of civil unrest. They talk about her call to the ministry and beginning a nonprofit to help women further their education.