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.

Anna Shuman graduated from Nyack College in 2013 with her Bachelor's degree in Youth Ministry. She continued her schooling at Alliance Theological Seminary pursuing focused study on New Testament Literature and received her M.A in Biblical Literature: New Testament in May of 2015. Anna hopes to use this focused study to write curriculum that encourages family spiritual growth as well as personal spiritual growth.

Anna began her career in Youth Ministry with an internship at Calvary Alliance Church. She served at Calvary from 2010-2013 throughout her undergraduate degree. While pursuing her graduate studies, Anna served as the Director of Children's Ministry for The River from 2014-2016. In this position Anna produced curriculum for the Sunday morning children's ministry, ages 2-11, and wrote two original Vacation Bible School programs. Currently, she has returned to Calvary Alliance as the Director of Children's Ministry where she serves alongside her husband David, the Director of Youth Ministry. Anna began teaching at Nyack in January of 2016 covering subjects like the Life of Jesus, New Testament Literature, and Strategic Curriculum Development.

David and Anna met at Nyack in the Youth Ministry department at Nyack and married in December of 2012. They currently live in Milford, CT with their son, Zeke and their daughter Aria. Anna, who was part of the Nyack Volleyball and Softball programs, has traded in her glove and bat for a lightsaber and drumsticks and spends most of her free time playing Star Wars and drumming with her kids.

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).

Dr. McLeod is a graduate of Drew University. He has been the Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries at Nyack College NYC for fourteen years, before which, he served as Adjunct for five years, preparing young people for ministry. He now serves on the Rockland Campus.

Dr. Russell McLeod has been a pastor for over thirty-eight years now, after serving for four years as a staff worker with Inter schools and Inter varsity Christian Fellowship. He served as senior pastor at Grace Chapel in Trinidad West Indies for nine years and has been for the last twenty-seven years pastoring Olivet Gospel Church in the Bronx.

Russell is married to Angela since June 24, 1978 and they are the happy parents of three adult children - Yoli-Ann, Mallon and Alex, who are now all happily married. The three spouses respectively are - Damion, Isabel, Tori. One granddaughter Roselyn. It is nice to note that all his children and their spouses have either attended and graduated from Nyack /ATS. What a wonderful thing!

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.

The Reverend Charles Oliver Galbreath serves as the Senior Pastor of Clarendon Road Church (CRC) in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to his responsibilities at CRC, Pastor Charles also has the privilege of serving as the Director of Field Education and Partnering Professor of Practical Theology at Alliance Theological Seminary in New York City. In 2017, he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination. Pastor Charles currently serves on the SUNY Downstate Medical Center?s Community Advisory Board, he is the treasurer of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council, and Vice President of the Association of African American Church of the C&MA. Pastor Charles has served as a member of the District Executive Committee for the Metropolitan District of the C&MA and Co-Chair of the 45th Council District Committee in Brooklyn, NY.

Pastor Charles received his undergraduate degree at Nyack College, graduating magna cum laude. He also holds graduate degrees in divinity and theology from Alliance Theological Seminary, and Princeton Theological Seminary. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Fordham University?s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education. In 2011, Pastor Charles was awarded the Young Alumnus of the Year Award at Nyack College and in 2017 he was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at Fordham University.

The son of a preacher and pastor, Pastor Charles was raised in the Baptist and Pentecostal traditions, yet his journey has weaved him through an amalgamation of experiences from Mainline to Evangelical. He has served in ministries in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Harlem, Queens and Brooklyn, New York.

Charles is married to his college sweetheart Flobien Vidal Galbreath. Together they are the proud parents of their son, Charles Oliver Galbreath, Jr. (C.J.) and daughter, Malia Marie Galbreath.

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.

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.

Tom has been teaching at Nyack since 1989. He has a B.A. from the University of Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Upon graduation from college, he worked with Campus Crusade for Christ for four years. In addition to being an Adjunct Professor of Bible, he is also the part-time pastor of Dunwoodie Baptist Church in Yonkers, New York.

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.

Dr. Onorio Chaparro is an adjunct professor of ATS and the Director of Christian Education at the Christian Cultural Center (CCC). After graduating with his BA in Sociology from Hunter College in 1998, Onorio joined ABC Sports Online as an associate producer for two years before transitioning to Marketwatch's Online Editorial News Services. Experiencing a call to the serve the church, Onorio entered Princeton Theological Seminary, graduating in 2005 with his Masters in Divinity. That same year, he was ordained as a minister by the Christian Cultural Center (CCC) in Brooklyn, New York. There he began full-time work as a member of the clergy and Director of the International Christian Brotherhood (ICB), the Men?s Fraternity founded by Dr. A.R. Bernard with a current membership of 1500 men.

Onorio oversees a comprehensive discipleship process at the church, from the conversion of new believers, to the education and assimilation of new members. He coordinates the formation of faith-based curricula in CCC?s Spiritual Life Institute and the Connect Groups Ministry. Above all, as a teacher and mentor, Onorio lives to equip people to discover their own unique purpose, as well as pathways for ongoing personal growth. He resides in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where he was born and raised, with his loving wife of seventeen years, Adrienne A. Chaparro and four dynamite children, Jeremiah, Ariana, Isaiah and Elisha.

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.

Ingenerio Civil, Universidad de Buenos Aires; M.S., SUNY Buffalo; Ph.D., Rutgers University; M.Div., Seminary of the East; Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Alex Tufano graduated from Nyack College in 2013 with a Bachelor's degree in Youth and Family Studies. He then proceeded on to Fuller Theological Seminary and received his Master of Arts in Theology and Ministry (emphasis in Youth, Family, and Culture) in 2017. Alex is passionate about excellence in youth ministry, and while he?s not formally studying at the moment, he continues to learn to that end.

Alex is currently the Minister of Students at Pascack Bible Church in Hillsdale, NJ. He began at Pascack as a volunteer during his studies at Nyack in 2011, and progressed to an intern, part-time, and now full-time for the past 3 years. Alex has directly applied many of the things he learned in the Nyack YFS department, and is excited to help the students in his Seminar and Practicum class do the same.

Alex met his wife Kate at Nyack, and they were married in May of 2015. They have a daughter, Evelyn, and re enjoying every moment of parenthood. Alex is a big fan of board games, cooking, and all things superheroes. He also blogs weekly to encourage excellence in youth ministry at Uncomfortable Youth Ministry.

Joseph Terry, who pursued studies in Philosophy and Astrophysics in the University of Rochester, was born and raised in Brooklyn New York, where he teaches in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Political Science at Kingsborough Community College at the City University of New York. The courses he teaches are The History of Classical Philosophy, The History of Modern Philosophy, Logic and Argumentation, Moral Philosophy, Biomedical Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion. He is also an adjunct at Alliance Theological Seminary in NYC.

He is a pastor at New Life Fellowship Church in Queens overseeing various ministries, building curriculum for theological courses, and teaches. In addition, Joe is the host of podcast programs called Imago Dei. You can follow him on Twitter @bktheologian.

Sarah obtained her Bachelor Science in Early Childhood with a concentration in Music from SUNY Fredonia. After completing her degree, she was an educator and subsequently became a principal of a small Christian school in upstate New York. For four and half years, Sarah served as a missionary with a focus on drama and music. Sarah also earned a Master of Divinity in church development at Alliance Theological Seminary in 2011. She has worn many hats at Nyack, working with the assessment team, the Office of Spiritual Formation, and as an area coordinator for Simpson Hall. She worked as Student Activities Director, enjoying her work in the development and training of student leaders, as well as in student clubs and activities.

Currently, Sarah is serving as the Executive Pastor at Bedford Community Church. She continues to be involved in the training of young leaders and the spiritual development of many. She is also pursuing her Consecration with the C&MA.

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.

Born and raised in Maine, Sarah Kotecha left for warmer climates to attend and graduate from Columbia International University in Columbia, SC with her Bachelor's degree in Bible and Psychology in 2003. As much as she loved the 9-10 months of summer in SC, she moved back to the northeast to pursue her counseling degree. She continued on to get her Master's degree in Counseling at Nyack College's Alliance Graduate School of Counseling (AGSC) completing her program in December 2006.

Sarah began her counseling career with an internship at Nyack College's counseling center. From 2005-2006 she worked as a counselor offering individual and group therapy as well as supervising an undergraduate social work intern on the weekend crisis hotline. She led a process-oriented group for one of the social work classes alongside the director of the counseling services. After graduating, Sarah continued practicing as a therapist working towards full licensure in New York and New Jersey. She obtained her license as a Mental Health Counselor in New York in January 2017. Sarah currently works as a therapist in private practice in Nyack as well as in Parsippany, NJ. Her delight is helping people break free from lies and step into the freedom that truth brings, however that may look for each person. Sarah has been teaching at Nyack since Fall 2017. She loves helping students make personal and practical connections to the academic material.

Sarah met her husband Chris at AGSC. He also was studying to become a therapist. They married in July of 2007. Chris and Sarah enjoy serving on the healing prayer team at their church. Sarah helps lead an emotional healing/discipleship group at her church. When Sarah isn't counseling or teaching at Nyack, she loves to travel, whether internationally or domestically. She loves living in Rockland County with so much access to great hiking trails. During the warmer months of the year, you can often find her out on a hike with her husband or a friend. She dreams of one day hiking the West Highland Way in Scotland, a 96-mile hike that takes about 8-9 days to complete.

Emmanuel has a passion for writing, people, and Christ. He loves combining these three by writing stories that teach people biblical truths in fresh new ways. He is currently the Creative Arts coordinator at Nyack College and coordinates dance, step, painting, Gospel music, and rapping into chapel services. He enjoys performing spoken word as well, but his passion is writing science fiction and fantasy novels that convey biblical truths. He is also an adjunct professor teaching Introduction to Spiritual Formation.

When he's not writing or doing ministry, Emmanuel loves watching movies, reading, and doing parkour stunts.

Dan Haugh is an Adjunct Professor of Youth and Family Studies and is also the Associate Pastor at Round Hill Community Church in Greenwich, Ct. Dan spent four years living in France serving as the Associate Pastor of Youth and Young Adults at The American Church in Paris and prior to that call, was the Youth Pastor at Bedford Community Church of the C&MA. Dan received his Bachelors degree in Biblical Studies & Theology, with a minor in Youth Ministry from Gordon College and then received his Master of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary.

He is frequent seminar leader and presenter on topics ranging from ministry to millennials, social media in the church and emerging youth ministry. Dan recently presented a paper at the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry conference in Sydney, Australia and is currently writing, speaking and publishing articles on science and youth ministry. His recent article can be seen at the Youth Worker Journal February 2017 addition and is entitled "Helping Youth Discover Faith Through Science."

Dan has been married to his wife Lauretta for almost ten years and has twin boys Jack and Blake. He loves traveling international and experiencing new cultures and believes that one's spiritual journey can best explored and enhanced in the intersection of faith and culture. He enjoys hiking, boating, baseball, good coffee and all New England sports teams.

Dr. Charles Hammond, an ordained & licensed Christian minister is the Dean of Students at Nyack College for the NYC Undergraduate campus community. He has been an administrative faculty member at Nyack/ATS since the Spring of 2005. His goal is to serve as a mentor in the lives of Nyack's diverse student community and watch God transform men and women into world changers.

Charles also serves on the pastoral staff at the Brooklyn Tabernacle church since 1988 to the present. His ministry has taken him throughout the country as well as across the globe to Europe, Israel, the Philippines in addition to the Islands of Haiti and the Dominican Republic preaching the gospel & equipping future leaders.

Charles holds a B.S. in Business Administration from New York University and an MPS in Urban Ministry from ATS. He completed his doctoral degree program at Trinity School of the Bible & Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. He currently serves on several not-for-profit boards locally in the Tri-State area.

Dr. Hammond has been married to his wife, Myrna since 1981. They have two adult children: Charles III and Melinda and three grandchildren: Tekoa, Avery and Jax.

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.

Kay is a student of the Old Testament currently pursuing her PhD in New York City. Her current research centers around the flood story and its history of interpretation. Other interests include: biblical poetry, biblical interpretations in modern children's literature, and teaching/pedagogy. She resides in Central New Jersey with her husband David and their dog, Chewie, and her hobbies include reading, baking, and rooting for the Yankees. Kay serves as Assistant Worship Leader and director of the Gospel Choir at her church, where she also teaches courses in biblical languages, most recently Intro to Hebrew. Courses taught at ATS include: The Greek Bible and the Western Mediterranean World, Reading the Old Testament.