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Jamie Noling is the Associate Campus Pastor at Azusa Pacific University. Jamie comes from Gordon College, where she directed student ministries. A native Californian, Noling earned her Doctor of Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, her M. A. in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and B. A. in communication from Pepperdine University. She has worked in Christian higher education for the last six years.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Felix Huang is a senior here at Westmont College majoring in Communication Studies and minoring in Religious Studies and Economics & Business. He loves Westmont, and desires for a vibrant culture of prayer to develop and thrive among the student body and faculty/staff alike. The son of Taiwanese immigrants who came to the United States three decades ago, Felix is passionate about ecumenical and intercultural dialogue, and longs to see the fulfillment of the eschatological vision of saints from every tribe, tongue, and nation worshiping the Lamb.

Fr. Gregory Boyle – best known as Fr. Greg by all who meet him -- was born in Los Angeles, one of eight children. After graduating from Loyola High School in Los Angeles in 1972, he decided to become a Jesuit and was ordained a priest in 1984. He received his BA in English from Gonzaga University; an MA in English from Loyola Marymount University; a Master of Divinity from the Weston School of Theology; and a Sacred Theology Masters degree from the Jesuit School of Theology. Prior to 1986 Fr. Boyle taught at Loyola High School and worked with Christian Base Communities in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He was appointed as Pastor of Dolores Mission in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1986 where he served through 1992. He then served as Chaplain of the Islas Marias Penal Colony in Mexico and Folsom Prison, before returning to Los Angeles and Dolores Mission. Homeboy Industries traces its roots to “Jobs For A Future” (JFF), a program created in 1988 by Fr. Greg at Dolores Mission parish. In an effort to address the escalating problems and unmet needs of gang-involved youth, Fr. Greg and the community developed positive alternatives, including establishing an elementary school, a day care program and finding legitimate employment for young people. JFF’s success demonstrated the model followed today that many gang members are eager to leave the dangerous and destructive life on the “streets.” In 2008 Father Greg celebrated the 20th Anniversary of this important work. Homeboy Industries, now located in downtown Los Angeles, is recognized as the largest gang intervention program in the county, and has become a national model.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

John Ortberg, is passionate about "spiritual formation," which is how people become more like Jesus. His teaching brings Scripture alive and invariably includes practical applications and warm humor. John is the author of many books, including "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat" and "The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Growth for Ordinary People", and his latest book, "Faith & Doubt". He has also contributed to many other books and periodicals.

Libby Vincent is a pastor and teaches systematic theology for Fuller Seminary in Northern California. She is passionate about integrating the truths of Christian faith with the realities of daily life. She has a particular interest in working with students and young adults and also speaks regularly at Christian conferences

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Through his best-selling book, Joy at Work: A Revolutionary Approach to Fun on the Job, successful entrepreneur and CEO Dennis Bakke describes a way for business leaders to organize their operations and relate to the workforce that yielded positive results for him at AES, the energy company he co-founded and led until 2002. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound, Harvard Business School and the National War College. As CEO of Imagine Schools, he oversees charter schools in 10 states.

Peter Thorrington has donated his time, talent and treasure to Opportunity International since 1990. He joined the Opportunity International-US Board in 2004 and is now Chairman of the Board of Directors. Peter’s interest in Africa has added value to Opportunity’s operations in Mozam-bique and South Africa. He serves on the board of Banco Oportunidade de Mozambique and Opportunity Finance in South Africa, and is a member of the Opportunity International President’s Council. Prior to working with Opportunity International, Peter served as Presi-dent and Chief Operating Officer at UTi Worldwide Inc (UTIW) where he had been a director since its formation. The company went public on NASDAQ in 2000. He has held previously many other positions includ-ing joint chief executive of BAX Global Inc, president of WTC Interna-tional Inc, co founder and managing director of Rand Freight Ltd in South Africa. Peter received a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor’s of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Natal, both in South Africa. Peter is a member of Life Covenant Church and serves as a Trustee of Westmont College.

Dr. Tremper Longman III is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. He earned a B.A. in Religion at Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in ancient Near Eastern studies from Yale University. Tremper has authored or co-authored twenty books and written numerous articles.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

A former Westmont basketball player, a successful businessman and a longtime Warrior supporter, Dave Odell is Westmont's athletic director. Odell, who has served as an adjunct professor in the economics and business department for the past six years, has a long history of involvement with Westmont athletics. A men’s basketball player from 1985-1989 and a scholar-athlete, he has maintained a close connection to the Warrior program. From 2002-05, and again since 2007, Odell served as the chair of the Warrior Sports Advisory Board, which provides advice for the athletics program and assists in fundraising. At the request of former Westmont President Stan Gaede, he also served as a member of the Presidential Task Force on Athletics commissioned in 2005. Odell’s Westmont pedigree extends to his parents, Westmont alumni Bill and Gayle Odell. Bill Odell serves as the athletic director at Azusa Pacific and coached the men’s basketball program there from 1991-2007. His sister, Susie Maga, played volleyball for Westmont, earning All-American honors in 1990, and works as the athletic director for St. Margaret’s High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Odell’s wife, DeAnna, another Westmont alumna, ran cross country and track during her college days.

Kevin G. Harney is the Teaching Pastor and Evangelism Champion at Faith Church in Dyer, Indiana and Central Wesleyan Church in Holland, MI. He is also on the Teaching Team of the campus ministry at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. Harney is the author of several books.

Rino and his wife Brenda have just begun their 20th year as the senior/ lead pastors of South Coast Church in Goleta. They moved to the area with a knowing in their hearts that God had sovereignly call them to restart a church that had “almost” closed many times but finally did in the summer of 1990. The journey has been one of many challenges but great rewards. Rino severs as presbyter of the Central Coast of the Assemblies of God overseeing 19 churches.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

J. Budziszewski received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1981, and is a professor in the departments of Government and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Budziszewski is an ethical and political philosopher. He is also a nationally-known authority on the tradition of Natural Law, which is germane to intelligent design because natural teleology is at heart a design concept. Much of his work focuses on the repression of moral knowledge -- on what goes wrong when we try to convince ourselves that we don't know what we really do. Another of his interests is the intersection of philosophy with theology. Budziszewski's scholarly books include Evangelicals in the Public Square (2006), What We Can't Not Know: A Guide (2003), The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and the Fall of Man (1999), and Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law (1997), which received a Christianity Today book award. Budziszewski's works appear in both scholarly and popular venues, and he has also written several books for young people

Dr. Jerry Root serves as the Associate Director of the Institute of Strategic Evangelism. In this role he heads up Wheaton College's Campus Evangelism Initiatives to make "a lifestyle of evangelism" part of what it means to be a whole and effective Christian at Wheaton College. Jerry also teaches evangelism courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Jerry was born and raised in Southern CA and grew up in a Christian family but did not become a Christian until his freshman year at Whittier College. He has pastored three different churches over twenty three years, and nineteen of those years were invested in student ministry. While pastoring he taught courses in Philosophy and on C.S. Lewis for ten years at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. Jerry is visiting professor at Biola University, Talbot Graduate School of Theology in La Mirada, CA and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. Before transferring to ISE, Jerry was a full time assistant professor since 1996 with the Christian Formation & Ministry Department. Jerry has lectured and preached in 16 countries, 25 states and has lectured in 38 colleges or university campuses. He has written "CS Lewis and A Problem of Evil: An Investigation of a Pervasive Theme" and co-edited "The Quotable C.S. Lewis," and has produced study guides and booklets on Friendship Evangelism. He has contributed to other books and had presented a number of lectures on C.S. Lewis, evangelism and spiritual formation.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Angela has served as the Director of Campus Life since 2007 and in this position variety is the greatest norm. Highlights of the role include discovering students’ passions, advising WCSA and WAC (Westmont Activities council) and improving the experience of Westmont students through leadership training and creative new programming. Angela is a Westmont alumna with a BS degree in Psychology and she earned a Masters degree in Higher Education from the University of Vermont. She previously worked as an RD and Asst. Dean of First Year Students at Dartmouth College.

Cathleen went to Wheaton College and is now an award-winning religion columnist for Religion News Service and Sojourners Magazine in Washington, D.C. and author of the critically acclaimed The God Factor: Inside the Spiritual Lives of Public People, Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace, The Dude Abides: The Gospel According to the Coen Brothers, and the forthcoming The Thread: Faith, Friendship and Facebook.

Dr. Sheard joined Westmont in October 2008. He comes from Spring Arbor University in Michigan where he served as vice president and CIO for five years. At Spring Arbor, Sheard oversaw the development of a private, statewide network covering more than 1,800 miles and servicing 14 regional sites as well as the main campus. He was also instrumental in developing and overseeing Spring Arbor University online, which has grown from 19 students earning degrees over the Internet to 400. Sheard graduated from University of Sioux Falls, earned a master’s of divinity degree at Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in higher education leadership from Seattle University. Previously, Sheard worked at Apple Inc., Consonus Inc. and Informix Software Inc.

Author of The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected are Redefining Community. Jesse is a Christian speaker and musician as well as author, and he has quite a few insights about faith and culture, as well as how to "best manage your technology so your technology won't manage you." He also has an M.A. in Counseling from Santa Clara University.

Cheri Larsen Hoeckley arrived at Westmont in 1997, and she found a home here, teaching, enjoying great company, and continuing to learn with this community of believers. Her favorite venues for gathering with students and colleagues outside the classroom include Tuesdays with Morals and Mesa Hispana. She has also been known to organize marathon readings of novels in Reynolds Hall. Because she is convinced that traveling with students offers teachable moments beyond what we find in the classroom, she has twice led Westmont’s Europe Semester and also the Sri Lanka Mayterm.

Michele served in full-time vocational ministry for seven years before transitioning to work at Westmont. She shares her heart for spiritual formation through her role as Director of First Year Experience and Special Programs at Westmont, as well as serving as adjunct teaching faculty for Antioch University Santa Barbara. A veteran speaker at college retreats and conferences, Michele holds a B. A. in Psychology from the University of California at Davis and an M. A. in Education from Azusa Pacific University. Among her other responsibilities, Michele greatly enjoys advising the many gifted students who work on Orientation and Spring Sing. Her favorite part of her job is getting to know students over a cup of coffee.

Dr. Judith M. Dean is currently a Lead International Economist in the Research Division, of the Office of Economics, US International Trade Commission, where she specializes in international trade and development research. Her recent work combines these interests with the environment. In a series of empirical studies using Chinese data, she has explored the possibility that trade growth is beneficial for the environment, that foreign investors create pollution havens in poor countries, and, most recently, that foreign investment and production fragmentation may impact the pollution intensity of trade. Other China-related work includes an exploration of the vertical specialization in China's trade. She is also continuing her work on trade restrictions and economic development, with a new focus on the utilization of US trade preferences and their implications for growth and investment. Dr. Dean holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Prior to joining the ITC in 2000, she spent many years as Associate Professor of Economics at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University.

Rick Ifland has been a self-employed entrepreneur since his junior year at Westmont and has spent the past thirty years developing people, improving productivity and promoting quality on a worldwide basis with his experience in business development and executive management. He is a member of the Westmont Board of Trustees where he chairs the Strategic Planning Committee. He also serves as the Chairman of the Bright Hope For Tomorrow Building Campaign. Rick holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from Westmont, an MBA from the University of Kentucky, a Master’s degree in International Law from Oxford University and a Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) for leading efforts to help non-literate, rural poor women participate in the historic elections in Afghanistan and Iraq and prevent the spread of HIV/ AIDS throughout Africa.

Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. Rah is formerly the founding Senior Pastor of the Cambridge Community Fellowship Church (CCFC), a multiethnic, urban ministry-focused church committed to living out the values of racial reconciliation and social justice in the urban context. Soong-Chan was a plenary speaker at the 2003 Urbana Student Missions Conference, the 2005 Summer Institute for Asian American Ministry and Theology, the 2006 Congress on Urban Ministry, the 2007 ECC Midwinter Conference, the 2007 Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference and the 2008 CCDA National Conference. Soong-Chan received his B.A. in Political Science and History/ Sociology from Columbia University; his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; his Th. M. from Harvard University; and his D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is a contributor author to Growing Healthy Asian-American Churches (IVP). He is the author of The Next Evangelicalism, on the changing face of American Christianity and on the cultural captivity of the American evangelical church (2009).

Gayle Beebe became Westmont eighth president July 1, 2007. He comes from Spring Arbor University, where he served as president for seven years. He earned doctorate in philosophy of religion and theology from Claremont Graduate University, an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker Center at CGU and an M. Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He was general editor of the Renovare Spiritual Formation Study Bible and co-authored (with Richard Foster) Longing for God: Seven Approaches to the Christian Life.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Britt Merrick grew up in the little town of Carpinteria. In his childhood years Britt’s singular passion was surfing, and soon he was making surfboards along side his father (Al Merrick) at the Channel Islands, Inc. surfboard factory for some of the best surfers in the world. Britt was also handling the famous company’s advertising, marketing, and amateur surf team. Shortly after re-committing his life to the Lord in his early twenties Britt began to teach bible studies at his parent’s home for the surfer kids in Carpinteria. These bible studies eventually led to Britt teaching and preaching at a Friday night college ministry at a local church in Santa Barbara. Under his leadership, this ministry grew from about 10, to almost 700 people. In the fall of 2003, sensing a further call to ministry, he and his wife and some close friends started a church called Reality in his hometown of Carpinteria. Reality Carpinteria is active in, and passionate about: youth, community transformation, birthing other churches, sending missionaries overseas, and equipping the next generation of leaders. The Reality network of churches has grown to include churches in Santa Barbara,Ventura, Los Angeles and Stockton, CA, London , San Francisco and soon Boston.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Dr. Jon Ireland is the founding and Lead Pastor of Ocean Hills Covenant Church in downtown Santa Barbara. He has been married to his best friend Nathalie for 27 years and they have a 17 year old daughter who really wants to go to Westmont next year. He never ever got straight A's in school, has always driven a convertible, and his favorite book is "The Same Kind Of Different As Me." Jon has a love for adventure - he ran with the bulls in Pamplona, climbed the Matterhorn in Switzerland (not Disneyland), and hitch hiked across America. But most of all, his passion is living a fully surrendered life following Jesus, mentoring next generation leaders, and taking guys on road trips to places they have never been before - geographically, relationally, physically, and spiritually.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Caryn Reeder joined the Religious Studies department in 2007 and teaches Life and Literature of the New Testament and New Testament Greek. She is a proud graduate of Atwood-Hammond High School, and also holds a BA in Religion and Psychology from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; an MA in Biblical Exegesis from Wheaton College, also in Illinois; and an MPhil in Old Testament and PhD in New Testament from the University of Cambridge (the one in England). Her doctoral dissertation, The enemy within: Biblical and intertestamental traditions of family violence, traces the place of legislated violence in the family in the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Jewish texts, and the New Testament. She is currently engaged in preparing this research for popular dissemination. Dr. Reeder is also researching some more cheerful topics, including Aemilia Lanyer's reinterpretation of Genesis 1-3 in Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum, the creative potential of texts identifying the early church as a family, and the oddities of Californian culture.

2010 Oscar® nominee and Student Academy Award® Winner, Gregg Helvey, has traveled the world to film in countries such as El Salvador, China, Kenya and England on projects ranging from National Geographic and BBC1 documentaries to independent fictional films. As a filmmaker, Helvey seeks to combine his passion for social justice with powerful story telling.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

For over ten years the Reverend Ben Patterson has been the Campus Pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. As Campus Pastor, he is responsible for organizing the college’s chapel program, which meets three mornings a week, mentoring students, counseling, and encouraging every person in the Westmont community to grow toward their full maturity in Christ. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today, Leadership Journal, and was previously a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenberg Door. Ben has written several books including: Serving God: The Grand Essentials of Work & Worship, Waiting: Finding Hope When God Seems Silent, Deepening Your Conversation with God, The Prayer Devotional Bible, He Has Made Me Glad, and God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Coming out in the spring of 2011 is Ben’s most current work, Muscular Faith. Ben served the New Providence Presbyterian Church of New Jersey from 1989 until his appointment as Dean of the Chapel at Hope College in 1993. From 1975 to 1989 he was with the Irvine Presbyterian Church of California, of which he was the founding pastor. Ben was also minister of youth and adult education at the La Jolla Presbyterian Church of California. Previous to that he was assistant minister to college students at the First Baptist Church of Pomona, California working with the Claremont Colleges.

Russell Willingham is the Executive Director of NCM. He oversees individual counseling, group counseling and the overall vision of the ministry. He speaks at events around the nation on issues related to sexual brokenness, the healing process and spiritual formation. He has found much wholeness from Jesus for the broken areas of his own life that date back to childhood. He is the author of two books, Breaking Free and Relational Masks (both published by InterVarsity Press).

Telford Work is associate professor of theology at Westmont College. He is the author of the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible: Deuteronomy (Brazos, 2009), Ain’t Too Proud to Beg: Living through the Lord’s Prayer (Eerdmans, 2007), and Living and Active: Scripture in the Economy of Salvation (Eerdmans, 2002). He is also a contributor and signatory of In One Body through the Cross: the Princeton Proposal for Christian Unity (Eerdmans, 2003). He is on the board of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and associate editor of Pro Ecclesia. His Ph.D. in religion (theology and ethics) is from Duke University, where he minored in New Testament and Islamics and distinguished himself by failing to attend even one basketball game. He also holds an M.A. in theological and biblical studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, at whose Santa Barbara extension campus he teaches, and a B.A. in political science from Stanford University.