Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. As a biracial Japanese-white woman, she has navigated the joys and tensions of a hybrid identity. Elissa is currently Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Covenant College, in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Her teaching and research focus on the intersections of race, gender, and […]
Christiana Fitzpatrick
Christiana Fitzpatrick grew up in rural Pennsylvania, lived in Philadelphia for 13 years, and has lived in Chattanooga, TN area since 2007. She most recently served as the Director of Global Education for Covenant College, where she worked from 2007-2019, guiding students through cross-cultural experiences and serving as a resource and support for students of […]
Charles & Charlotte McKnight
Charles McKnight III, M.Div, Reformed Theological Seminary, is co-pastor of West Charlotte Church, an intercultural church plant committed to the urban west Charlotte community. He also currently serves as a regional fellowship coordinator for the African American Presbyterian Fellowship (AAPF). Prior to planting West Charlotte Church, Charles served as a pastor at Christ Central Church […]
Carl Ellis
Carl Ellis began his ministry in 1969 as a Senior Campus Minister with the Tom Skinner Associates in New York. He studied under Francis Schaeffer at LÁbri in Hermoz sur Olon’ Switzerland, completed his Masters in Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and holds a D.Phil from Oxford Graduate School. In 2015, Dr. Ellis was appointed […]
Alicia Jackson
Dr. Alicia Jackson is an Associate Professor of History at Covenant College. Her research interests include Reconstruction Era, African American history, and Southern history and folklore. Her most recent publications include Having Our Own: The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church and the Struggle for Black Autonomy in Education, and Southern Cultures: Essays Honoring Charles Reagan Wilson. […]
K.A. Ellis
K.A. Ellis is passionate about theology, human rights, and global religious freedom. She is the Director of the Center for the Study of the Bible and Ethnicity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where she is also a Robert Cannada Fellow for World Christianity. Since 2006, she has collaborated with the Swiss-based organization, International Christian […]
Irwyn Ince
Reverend Dr. Irwyn Ince serves as a pastor at Grace DC Presbyterian Church and director of the Grace DC Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission. Dr. Ince is a graduate of City College of NY (B.E.E.E, 1995), Reformed Theological Seminary (M.A.R., 2006), and Covenant Theological Seminary (D.Min., 2016). In January 2006, after an eleven year career with […]
Mika Edmondson
Mika Edmondson is the pastor of New City Fellowship OPC, a cross-cultural church plant in Southeast Grand Rapids. He graduated from Calvin Seminary, where he wrote a dissertation on Martin Luther King Jr.’s theology of suffering. He enjoys writing and speaking about how King’s life and legacy inform our understanding of the gospel. He is […]
Denine Blevins
Born in Queens, New York, Denine received her undergraduate degree from Hampton University and holds a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education. In 2006, she co-founded a Christian substance abuse recovery home for women. From 2007-2013, she served as a missionary in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. After that, Denine returned to New York and […]
