Barbara D. Jones

Barbara D. Jones currently assist in leading efforts towards diversity at Mission to the World (MTW). After serving four years with Campus Crusade’s Here’s Life Inner City ministry, the Lord then challenged her to broaden her thinking about the importance of both local and global missions by calling her to serve with MTW, a global […]

Amy Bagby

Amy received her B.A. in Elementary Education from Covenant College, M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Mercer University. Currently she holds the position of Associate Professor of Education at Covenant College. In addition to academic work, Amy is a wife and mother […]

Cyril Chavis

Cyril is from Virginia Beach, VA. During his first year at the University of Virginia, Cyril recognized that he was a sinner who was rebelling against a God who had a glorious design for his life. Cyril recognized his desperate need and gave his life to Jesus Christ, experiencing the life transforming grace of God. Soon afterwards, […]

Omari Hill

Omari was born and raised in NYC. After a brief stint at New York University studying Computer Science, he was licensed as a Baptist minister at Burke Avenue Baptist Church and completed a degree in Biblical Studies at The Criswell College in Dallas. After deciding to become a walking enigma (a Black Presbyterian!), he graduated […]

Christina Edmondson

Christina Edmondson

Blessed by an array of academic, professional and lived experiences, Christina is committed to bringing diverse people together to promote personal and team flourishing. Christina holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Tennessee State University, a MS degree from the University of Rochester in Family Therapy, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Hampton University. […]

Kellie Brown

Kellie Brown, a native of St. Louis, MO, has lived in Charlotte since 2003. Charlotte offered the unique opportunity for her to help plant a multiethnic, PCA church with a black lead pastor, her husband, Howard. Since joining the PCA in 1993, Kellie has served as an assessor for the Church Planting Assessment Center, and […]

Tony & Tanya Myles

Tony & Tanya Myles

Tony Myles, Senior Pastor of New City Fellowship-St. Louis, was born in St. Louis and lived for several years just a few blocks from the church office location. He graduated from Covenant Seminary in 2006 and he and his family moved to Knoxville Tennessee where Tony served as church-planting pastor for 2 years. Having lived […]

Suzanne Bates

Suzanne Bates

Suzanne Bates, MA, LPC, and PhD Candidate at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, brings a wealth of experience from the counseling field into the classroom and her work as Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Professor of Counseling at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. In addition, she has served as staff counselor at […]

MyChelle Richardson-Pinkerton

MyChelle Richardson-Pinkerton

MyChelle Richardson-Pinkerton, M.A., is a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of Tennessee. She is a member of Journey Psychotherapy Center, a private practice in Chattanooga, TN. She enjoys working with couples, families, and individuals struggling with relationship difficulties, sexual issues, depression, and anxiety. She also works with those dealing with emotional challenges […]

Lance Lewis

Lance Lewis

Rev. Lance Lewis was born and raised in Philadelphia where he graduated from Temple University. He has served within the Presbyterian Church in America for nearly 30 years. Throughout his pastoral ministry, Pastor Lance has emphasized the importance of redemptive ethnic unity to the witness of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Along with […]