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Daniel Kirk earned a Ph.D. in New Testament from Duke University and taught in a variety of institutions over a ten-year teaching career. He is the author of "A Man Attested by God: The Human Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels" (2016), "Jesus Have I Loved, but Paul? A Narrative Approach...

Dr. Alex Kirk is Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Beeson Divinity School, trained as a philologist and theologian with expertise in Old Testament language and interpretation. He completed his PhD in Theology & Religion at Durham University, studying Proverbs under Walter Moberly and Stuart Weeks, and published...

Rev. Dr. Bryant Mays Kirkland (1914-2000) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) in the United States. He led New York City's largest Presbyterian congregation for over 25 years, from 1962 to 1987. He later served as president of the American Bible Society and interim minister at the...

Rev. Dr. Nathan Kirkpatrick is an Episcopal priest who consults with congregations and organizations. For 16 years, he was a director of numerous education programs for Duke Divinity School, and from 2014 to 2021 was director of Alban at Duke Divinity. His portfolio over the years included directing the United...

Rev. Doug Klassen is the executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada. (Source and photo: mennonitechurch.ca)

Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. His lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held to be as important for...

Rev. Terrance W. Klein is a priest of the Diocese of Dodge City and author of Vanity Faith. (Source and photo: americamagazine.org)

Ralph Walter Klein (1936-2021) was an American Old Testament scholar. He was Christ Seminary-Seminex Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He was a graduate of Concordia College, Concordia Senior College, Concordia Seminary, and Harvard Divinity School. He was ordained as a pastor in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod in 1966, and taught at Concordia Senior College...

Alaina Kleinbeck is the Associate Executive Director for Coordination Programs at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. She and her team support more than 300 grantees in the Thriving in Ministry and Thriving Congregations Coordination Programs. Alaina has served ministries and organizations in suburban St. Louis, urban Houston, Central America and...

Rev. Serena Kleppinger currently serves as the lead pastor of Darby Creek Church of the Nazarene in Orient, OH. She is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and has served the Church for over 20 years as part of the Metro New York and New England districts. She graduated from...