Rev. Bridgette Gloster is a native of a Natural Step, Arkansas and relocated to the North Carolina area with her husband in 2010.  She began her ministry in the Washington Conference and was ordained an Itinerant Elder by the same. She has served as an associate minister in congregations in Maryland, DC, and NC having received her first pastoral appointment in 2013 to St John AME Church in Nebo, NC.  She is presently the proud pastor of Springdale A.M.E. Church in Burlington where she serves alongside her best friend, husband, and partner-in-ministry, Rev. Dr. Clay Gloster, Jr. She and her husband are the proud parents of four adult children.

Rev. Gloster holds a B.S. in Computer Networking, a Master of Divinity from Howard University, and has completed graduate studies in Organizational Leadership at Gonzaga University. She is presently a doctoral candidate at Payne Theological Seminary where she is pursuing the Doctor of Ministry degree with a focus on Pastoral Care.