Steve Tice graduated from Messiah College, Pennsylvania, in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education. He continued his education at Ohio University where in 1983, he received a Masters of Music in Composition. While at Ohio University, Steve and his wife Audrey met Andy Puleo and became involved with the Navigator OU campus ministry. In 1985, they moved to the NY Metro area to help the Puleos open a ministry at New York University. They joined Navigator staff in 1988 and served at NYU until 1994 when they transferred to Navigator Church Ministries. In 2013, Steve completed his doctoral studies, receiving a Doctorate of Worship Studies degree from the Robert E. Weber Institute for Worship Studies in Florida.

In addition to their work with The Navigators, they have served several churches in music ministry, and they own The Malverne School of Music on the south shore of Long Island. Steve has a passion to help churches understand the relationship between Worship and Discipleship, applying this passion through his teaching at Alliance Theological Seminary and the New York School of the Bible, as well as through his work with the Navigators. They have two married sons, Jeremy and Jonathan, and three grandchildren.

Since ordination in 1986, Mike and Lisa Plunket have been involved in starting and pastoring churches in Mexico City, Mexico and in Atlanta, GA. In all they have been the organizing pastor of 5 churches in urban and suburban settings. While in Atlanta, Mike supported the church planting work by teaching in the local high school and serving as the Community School Director in a suburb of Atlanta. His responsibilities included the continuing education program for adults in the community and intervention programs for at-risk children in the area.

Starting new churches or church planting is a true faith venture, especially when you begin with few people and little money. The experience in church planting led Mike and Lisa to discover some of their passions in ministry. Their main emphasis is prayer. Mike says, ?We love to be involved in prayer as a discipline and as a ministry. We have been a part of training prayer leaders, pastors, and missionaries all over the US, in Africa, Latin America, and Europe. We love to see people get a vision for what they can do through prayer.? Another passion of their ministry is inner or emotional healing. As people advance in their spiritual journey, they encounter resistance to their growth in maturity. Mike explains, ?We love to see people overcome that resistance and experience healing. We find that those who experience that kind of healing are effective witnesses of Jesus? power and love, as they experience joy and satisfaction, and God uses them to bring healing to others.

The Plunkets moved from Georgia to New York in 2004 and have faithfully served the congregation of Risen King Alliance Church since that time. Their ministry at Risen King has brought ?new life to rocky places? and has transformed the lives of many individuals and families in Rockland County. Pastor Plunket also recently became Dr. Plunket, as he graduated from Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY with his Doctorate of Ministry (DMin) on May 10th. Mike also teaches as an adjunct professor at Nyack College and at Alliance Theological Seminary.

David Opderbeck earned his Ph.D. in Systematic and Philosophical Theology from the University of Nottingham and his M.A.T. from Fuller Theological Seminary. He also holds a B.A. in History from Gordon College, a J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School, and an LL.M. from New York University Law School. David's theological research interests include political theology, theology and science, and theological ethics. At ATS, he has taught History of Christianity, Christian Ethics, and Theology and Science / Bible and Science. He is currently working on three books: "The End of the Law," theological and philosophical investigation of law and neuroscience (forthcoming with Wipf & Stock); "Law and the Mission of God," a missional theology of law (forthcoming with Fortress Press); and "Cyberspace and Theology," an examination of metaphors of "place" in "cyberspace" in light of the doctrine of creation and the incarnation (forthcoming with Fortress Press). David is also Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology at Seton Hall University Law School. Prior to his academic career, David was a Partner at the law firm McCarter & English, LLP, and he currently is Counsel at the law firm Gibbons, PC.

Representative Theology Publications:
Lex Machina Non Est: A Response to Mark Lemley?s ?Faith-Based Intellectual Property,? 55 U. Louisville L. Rev.219 (2018).
Can Origen Help Us Understand Adam, New Blackfriars, Preprint 15 February 2017, available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nbfr.12277/abstract.
Towards a Theology of Intellectual Property as Social Relations, 10 ST. THOMAS L.J. 738 (2014).

Representative Law Publications:
The Skeleton in the Hard Drive: Encryption and the Fifth Amendment, 69 Fla. L. Rev. __ (2018) (forthcoming).
Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, and the Economic Loss Doctrine, 75 Maryland L. Rev. 935 (2016).
Cybersecurity and Executive Power, 89 WASHINGTON U. L. REV. 795 (2012).

Manohar James (PhD, Asbury Theological Seminary) is a Minister of Intercultural Ministries at High Point Church, Madison, WI. He also serves as the Executive Director of Serving Alongside International, a mission organization in the USA which annually equips more than 800 Christian leaders in various parts of India. Manohar is passionate about cross-cultural missions besides teaching in seminaries and ministering at church.

Manohar has served in India for more than 20 years as an evangelist, church planter and a seminary professor. While church planting in India, he suffered beatings for the sake of preaching the gospel and for bringing people to Christ. He has spoken in various churches, seminars and conferences in India, Singapore, Malaysia and USA. He serves on the board of various Christians ministries both in India and the USA, encouraging them to persist in their calling and mission. He lives in Madison, WI with wife, Jasmine and his son Jason.

Nathan Hieb has ministered for seventeen years among immigrant congregations, the urban poor, and youth countercultures in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and New Jersey; has served on mission projects in South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, Europe, and Latin America; and ministers full-time at Monmouth Chinese Christian Church. He received a B.A. in Philosophy and Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota, an M.A. in Intercultural Studies and an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. In addition to teaching at Alliance Theological Seminary, he serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mission Theology and Urban Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, teaches occasionally at Crown College, and has taught at Princeton Theological Seminary. Fortress Press recently published his first book, Christ Crucified in a Suffering World: The Unity of Atonement and Liberation. Nathan and his wife, Bonnie Lin, are deeply committed to equipping the next generation of Christian leaders for the global church. Bonnie works for ScholarLeaders International, an organization that serves Christian theological leaders from the Majority World, and is a Ph.D. student in Practical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Kevin Gillen, a retired Lieutenant from the Fire Department for the City of New Rochelle, NY, where he served for 22 years, is an Partnering Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology. He is the Lead Pastor of Ridgeway Alliance Church in White Plains. NY. Professor Gillen is passionate about the diversity of the ATS Faculty and student body combined with the international nature of the C&MA and how it converges in the classroom. There is a constant and healthy challenge for us to think through theology and practice faith dynamically.

He received a B.S in Church & Organizational Management from Nyack College and an MDiv. from Alliance Theological Seminary, where he also earned Doctorate. He is currently hoping to publish a practical guide to theology for use in the local church. His ministry focus has been to build bridges to the community of White Plains through serving needs of the city, partnering with Kraft Foods and the Food Bank for Westchester as well as the Department of Social Services in order to better serve the needy.
Kevin and his wife Alyssa have four children: Caleb, Cassidie, Serena, and Scarlet. He enjoys all sports and likes to read and write. He really loves to travel with his family and taking in Broadway shows with Alyssa. Don?t let the tough firefighter aesthetic fool you; on the inside, Kevin is the soft and sensitive type and likes to garden.

It is Craig Fee?s desire to demonstrate the art of being a scholar/practitioner. As a scholar Craig has degrees from Wheaton College (BA in Bible and Education), Nyack College (Masters in Organizational Leadership) and from Walden University (Doctorate in Management/ Leadership and Organizational Change). As a practitioner Craig is using his leadership knowledge and gifts as an Elder with the Bridge (House Church Network) in New York City, where he is also a House church leader.

Craig has spent four decades starting, organizing, training and leading small groups, managing small group ministries, and developing small group leadership. As a professor with Nyack?s Organization Management program and ATS he combines his passion to teach, his love for small group ministry and brings to bear his insights into the practical working of organizations.

Chuck had a childhood calling to the ministry of the Word. The Lord used this calling to lead him into vocational ministry as a pastor, missionary, and seminary professor. He currently is ministering itinerantly with his wife Ingrid, with a special emphasis on the development and care of church and mission leaders. Chuck has identified himself as an apostolic teacher in the fivefold manifestations, and thus he is most alive in service in his anointings to teach and preach toward kingdom advancement. His special interests include spiritual authority and warfare, exegeting culture for strong communication and evangelism, and missional theology and practice to help the church cross natural boundaries with the gospel. He has found directing pilgrimages to historical revival places to be life transforming for himself and the pilgrims.

His publications include several articles and book reviews. He has also authored the following books:
Jonah and Me: On Mission with God, Beaufort Books, 2017
Leadership Wisdom: Growing in the Art of Leadership, Beaufort Books, 2016
The Bold Christian: Using Your God Given Spiritual Authority as a Believer, Beaufort Books, 2013
El Cristiano Atrevido, Beaufort Books, 2013

Dr. Shawn Craigmiles has most recently been the pastor of Clover Bottom Baptist Church near Versailles, Kentucky. He stepped away from the pulpit in March of 2018 to take a teaching position at Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. Prior to returning to school for my graduate studies in 2007, he had pastored churches in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Shawn has been married to his wonderful wife, Janet, since 1995, and now resides in Lake Wales, Florida.

Doug Bortner began teaching at Nyack in 2008. He earned his undergraduate degree in Youth Ministry and Psychology from Nyack College, a Master of Arts in Ministry Leadership from Biblical Theological Seminary, and a DMin from Alliance Theological Seminary. Doug in an ordained minister in The Christian and Missionary Alliance. He has served in various pastoral positions, Director of Candidate Development for the Alliance, and currently as the Assistant to Superintendent of the Metropolitan District of the C&MA. He teaches Nyack Heritage, Introduction to Pastoral Ministry, and Introduction to Spiritual Formation.

Jose Carlos Montes is an adjunct professor of Urban Ministries. He is a writer, teacher, trainer, speaker, and advocate of captivity theology and holistic ministry, and has produced dozens of related materials. With Reverend Doctor Raymond Rivera, he co-produced the book, Liberty to the Captives: Our Call to Minister in a Captive World. He also has taught, co-taught, and assisted in teaching courses at several East Coast seminaries, including Church Administration, Church and Community Engagement, Church and the Urban World, Church as a Social and Cultural Institution, Urban Church and the Poor, Urban Community Development, and Urban Theology.

Jose is a 15-year organizational executive, and has nearly 30 years of experience in organizational, community, family, and youth development, as well as community service and organizing, public education, and philanthropy. Presently, he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Puerto Rican Action Board (PRAB), a comprehensive human services organization that provides early childhood, youth, family, energy conservation, and social services to approximately 30,000 individuals and families annually from 12 sites across Central New Jersey. He has raised over $60 million toward community and faith-based initiatives, has helped found several organizations and groups, and has served on many boards and steering committees. He also has provided thousands of hours of pro bono capacity building assistance to several fledgling institutions.

Jose is an ordained minister of word and sacrament, and was the Associate Pastor and an Elder of the non-denominational Sanctuary Church in the Bronx. He holds a Master of Divinity in Bible and Theology from the Alliance Theological Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Yale University. He also is a product of the South Bronx and its public schools. Jose and his wife have two children, and reside in Central New Jersey. He has nine siblings and over 25 nieces and nephews.

Jeffrey Duerler is an Adjunct Instructor of Hebrew Bible at Alliance Theological Seminary. Dr. Duerler lives with his wife and two daughters just outside Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is the Senior Minister at LifeSpring Community Christian Church.

In April 2015, he completed his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Duerler earned his B.S. from Toccoa Falls College (Toccoa, GA), where he studied Youth Ministry. After graduating in 1997, he attended Alliance Theological Seminary to complete an M.Div. in Biblical Studies. During that period, he taught Biblical Hebrew at the Manhattan Campus, and since then, he has been an adjunct instructor in Old Testament courses. His scholarly research has focused on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the Hebrew Bible, and his teaching ambition is to integrate biblical and theological education with both spiritual formation and practical ministry training.

Recreational interests include running, hiking, mountain biking, boating, and bowhunting. Jeff loves to get off the beaten path to explore something new. When he was in high school, he thought Christianity was just for young kids and elderly women, but when he encountered the real Jesus, everything changed. His passion today is to help others know, love, and serve a Jesus who doesn?t just offer eternal life for the future but who calls us to brave, adventurous, abundant living now.

Brian Davis served as an international worker with the Christian & Missionary Alliance from 2007-2017. In Senegal, West Africa, he was involved in church planting and community development in close partnership with a local church whose vision is to minister among the local Wolof people primarily using health, education, and chronological Bible storying to demonstrate the love, truth, and power of Jesus. At this point there may be approximately 300 followers of Jesus among the 5 million Wolof people of Senegal.

Brian and his family have now transitioned to ministry in New York City, where there is a significant Wolof diaspora (approx 30,000) and West African immigrant population (over 200,000). They are site coordinators of Envision-NYC, whose mission is to is to facilitate the development of missional leaders in and for diaspora communities. To this end they are persistently partnering, faithfully sowing, humbly serving, and practically equipping in and for the diaspora communities of NYC.

Prior to serving overseas Brian studied at Moody Bible Institute (BA), Southern Connecticut State University (Teaching Certification), and Alliance Theological Seminary (MA, Intercultural Studies). He taught in New Jersey public high schools and was ordained and served as a pastor of young adults and missions.

Brian is married to Michelle. They have four children and live in Manhattan. Brian enjoys traveling, rock climbing, and exploring with his kids.