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Rev. Dr. Jonathan Page is the director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. Previously he was director of Connection and Innovation for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church and has served as a pastor in churches of a variety of sizes and contexts. Jonathan holds a Doctor of Education with a degree focus in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School.
Carla Works is Associate Professor in New Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary. Her research interests include Pauline studies, the New Testament’s use of Israel’s scriptures, biblical ethics, and theological interpretation.
David McAllister-Wilson is president of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. He is author of A New Church and A New Seminary: Theological Education Is the Solution (Abingdon Press, 2018), available at Cokesbury and Amazon.
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