Bishop Flunder is also an ordained Minister of the United Church of Christ. She received a Doctor of Ministry degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo California. She has been named as one of the first religious leaders to encourage and even embrace Carlton Pearson after he was declared a heretic for announcing he was gay in support of the universal reconciliation doctrine in 2005.

In 2011, she received a Robert C. Kirkwood Community Leadership Award from the San Francisco Community Foundation. Within the United Church of Christ she also served on the UCC Unified Governance Working 

In 2013 she received the award of being a Distinguished Alumna of the Pacific School of Religion. On December 1, 2014, Flunder was honored with being a keynote speaker in the for the World AIDS Day at the White House in Washington D.C., where she told of the damaging effects of homophobia and stigma on the victims that are faced with living day to day having HIV. She also spoke about AIDS education in general. The very next year she was granted a guest speaker spot at the American Baptist College for their Garnett-Nabrit Lecture Series. 

Since 2015 she has been a member of the board of trustees of the Starr King School for the Ministry. As well as also serving as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

Bishop Flunder has served as past President of the Board of Directors for the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ, as a Board Member of the Shanti Project, as Chair of the San Francisco Inter-religious Coalition on AIDS, Chair of the Black Adoption Placement and Research Center, Founding member of the African American Interfaith Alliance on AIDS, Member of the Alameda County Ryan White Consortium, a member of the San Francisco HIV/AIDS Planning and Prevention Council, a consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust, and as a Member of the California Ryan White Working Group.

TELEVISION AND FILM PORTRAYALS

She was portrayed in a three part finally of the miniseries 'When We Rise' in 2017 by actress Phylicia Rashad for the network ABC. Her role on the show was to highlight the compassion of the church and the commitment of it's members. As well as the home the church provides in a tough mostly African-American community inside of San Francisco.

In 2018 she was played by Joni Bovill in "Come Sunday" by Josua Martson. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and then was release by Netflix.