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Rev. Dr. John Oswalt is a distinguished Old Testament scholar and ordained United Methodist minister. He graduated from Taylor University, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Brandeis University. Oswalt has held faculty positions at Asbury Seminary (three terms), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wesley Biblical Seminary, where he also served as interim...

Dr. Martin Ott is an international leadership consultant based in the U.K. He hold a doctorate from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. He has worked with aid agencies, policy lobbying, higher education, and project management. Ott has published widely in the areas of management, international development, politics, and theology. Over the...

Rev. Dr. Emlyn Ott currently serves as Director of Doctor of Ministry Programs, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Leadership at Bexley Seabury Seminary. She is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and has served as a parish pastor, campus minister, pastoral counselor, leader, and...

Brandon P. Otto is an independent scholar, author, translator, and homemaker. He has recently published a translation of sermons by St. John of Ávila with TAN Books, and has also self-published numerous translations, portions of which previously appeared in Homiletic & Pastoral Review. (Source and photo: hprweb.com)

Fr. Richard Joseph Ounsworth is prior and priest at Holy Cross Priory, Leicester, teaches scripture for Blackfriars, Oxford, and is the Editor of Torch. (Source and photo: english.op.org)

Rev. Todd Outcalt has been a United Methodist pastor for thirty-five years, and is the author of more than thirty books in six languages. (Source: ministrymatters.com; photo: ivpress.com)

Jan Overduin (1943–2023) was a distinguished organist, conductor, and music educator who served as professor of organ, theory, and conducting at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1978 to 2003. Born in the Netherlands, he studied organ, improvisation, and choral conducting under prominent teachers including Peter Hurford, Marie-Claire Alain, Jean Langlais, and Wilhelm...

Melissa Overmyer is a Catholic evangelist and the founder of Something Greater Ministries. She is the author of three books and co-author of a six-week study written by six women authors on six different women in the Bible and how the truths drawn from their stories can be applied to your own life....

Dr. Chris Stoffel Overvoorde (1934–2019) was an artist and professor of art at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI for over 30 years. He also served as a Reformed Worship editorial consultant with regards to the use of the arts in worship for almost 30 years. (Source: reformedworship.org)

Fr. Bryan Owen was baptized and raised in the United Methodist Church. A hunger for liturgical worship and the weekly celebration of Holy Eucharist led him into the Episcopal Church, where he was confirmed on the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Bryan is...