[6] Her Harvard thesis was titled "An analysis of representative official statements by the World Council of Churches on the problem of race" (1976).

[7] Weller was president of the National Council of AME Zion Young People, and secretary of the United Christian Youth Movement.

[1] Karefa-Smart served the Episcopal Diocese of Washington as an ecumenical officer, and associate in the Center for Theology and Public Policy.

She taught Christian ethics at Howard University School of Divinity,[10] and was the first female professor to gain tenure there, in 1979.

[1][5] The World Council of Churches stated, in tribute, that Karefa-Smart was "a champion for global ecumenism over the course of a long and distinguished career.