After obtaining her Masters, King moved to Chicago and worked as a social work administrator, leading the city’s public housing outreach program. There, she met Rev.
Johnnie Colemon, who was the first female African American minister she had ever met, and who inspired her decision to enter the ministry. King then worked as the director of administration of Christ Universal Temple, Rev. Colemon’s church, She started a Bible study group with 12 members, which grew to become Hillside Chapel and Truth Center. In 1971, King founded the Hillside Chapel and Truth Center. In 2001, King was named the Development Chief of the Assin Nsuta village in Ghana, West Africa, an area with historic routes in the Slave Route Site. She was the first woman to be ordained as a chief in the region. Her stool name is Nana Yaa Twunmwaa I. She was a guest lecturer at
Harvard Divinity School Summer Institute for Ministers, and was also involved with Association of Global New Thought, Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Regional Council of Churches, the
American Jewish Committee, Life Members of the
NAACP, Academy of Certified Social Workers,
National Association of Social Workers, Life Member of the
National Council of Negro Women, the
National Women's Law Center, Chaplain of the City of Atlanta Police Department, and the Mayoral Appointee to the Ethics Board of Metro Atlanta. On November 5, 2018, the Atlanta City Council unanimously adopted a proposal to rename the Interfaith Chapel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in her honor and it was done the following year. Dr. King was a contributor to the
Parliament of the World's Religions. In 2015, she was a keynote speaker at the inaugural women's assembly at the convening in
Salt Lake City. In 2018, she gave addresses at the Parliament in Toronto. == Honors ==