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Rev. Dr. Anita Monro is an ordained Minister of the Word (Presbyter) of The Uniting Church in Australia. In 35 years of ordained ministry, she has worked in a range of congregations, church agencies and teaching institutions. From 2013 to 2022, she was Principal of Grace College, a tertiary...

Rev. Dr. Shawnthea Monroe currently serves as pastor of The Peoples Church, East Lansing, MI, previously serving at Plymouth Church UCC (Shaker Heights, OH), First Congregational Church UCC (Moorhead, MN), and Trinitarian Congregational Church (Concord, MA). Dr. Monroe holds degrees from the University of Minnesota, Yale Divinity School, and Chicago...

John Samuel Bewley Monsell (1811-1875) was an Irish Anglican clergyman, poet, and hymn writer. He served as a chaplain and rector of several churches in Ireland after his ordination in 1835. Transferred to England in 1853, he became rector of Egham in Surrey and was rector of St. Nicholas Church...

Jonathan Montaldo is an internationally recognized writer, editor, retreat and conference presenter whose work promotes the legacy of Thomas Merton and his teaching on the monastic contemplative tradition, a still vibrant and accessible path for those seeking to transform the quality of their daily lives. He served as the Associate...

Juan Martínez Montañés (1568-1649), known as el Dios de la Madera (the God of Wood), was a Spanish sculptor. He was one of the most important figures of the Sevillian school of sculpture, and is known for developing the encarnación sculpting technique. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Dr. Maria Monteiro serves as Lecturer in Church Music at Baylor University in Waco, TX, and as music director at Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana (First Mexican Baptist Church), in San Antonio, TX. Before joining the Baylor faculty in 2020, she taught for seventeen years at Baptist University of the Américas,...

James Montgomery (1771-1854) was a Scottish-born hymn writer, poet and editor. (Source and photo: Wikipedia)

Rev. Dr. Brandt Montgomery currently serves as the Vicar of St. Mark's Church in Boonsboro, MD, as well as the Chaplain of Saint James School in Hagerstown, MD. He previously served at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Lafayette, LA as Chaplain of Ascension Episcopal School, then as Associate...

Dwight L. Moody was a prominent American evangelist who set the pattern for later evangelism in large cities. In 1856 he moved to Chicago and prospered as a shoe salesman but in 1860 gave up business for missionary work. He worked with the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA; 1861–73), was...

Rev. Heather A. Moody is minister of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Poughkeepsie, NY. She is a graduate of St.  Olaf College and Pacific School of Religion, and was ordained in the fall of 2005. Along with having served in several other church positions, she also previously served on the...