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Rev. Dr. Jane Patterson is Seminar Leader for Communities of Calling Initiative at the Collegeville Institute. She was previously Associate Professor of New Testament at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX, where she also served as Director of Community Care. In addition to Biblical Studies, she teaches in the...

Rev. Ben Patterson has been campus pastor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA, since 2001. He is a contributing editor to Christianity Today and Leadership Journal, and was a contributing editor and editorial writer with The Wittenburg Door. He is the author of over eight books. He previously served...

Scott Pauline is a Catholic writer. (Source: hprweb.com)

Rev. Paul Christian Paulsen (1881-1948) was a Lutheran pastor and hymnwriter. He emigrated to America from Denmark in 1904, was ordained in 1911, and served as a pastor in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, California, and Alberta, Canada. (Source: hymnary.org)

Archimandrite Kirill (Cyril) Pavlov (1919–2017), born Ivan Dmitrievich Pavlov, trained as a technician, worked at a metallurgic plant, then served six years in the Soviet military through World War II, fighting at Stalingrad and earning the title "Hero of the Soviet Union." After demobilization in 1946, he enrolled at the...

Joel Payne works with the local Peruvian church in Huancayo, a city high in the Peruvian Andes, with his wife Rhiannon. He previously worked for RESOUNDworship.org, Christian Aid, as the Minister for Prayer & Worship at St James Church in Muswell Hill, and he spent a decade at St Michael...

Dr. James R. Payton Jr. is Professor of Patristics and Historical Theology at McMaster Divinity College and Emeritus Professor of History at Redeemer University, where he taught for 30 years. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in Religion and Theology from Bob Jones University, a Master of Divinity and Master...

Dr. Eric Paździora is a composer whose music has been performed and published around the world. His compositions examine the balance between ancient traditions and contemporary concerns. Eric has also collaborated on several projects with award-winning author Jane Yolen, including the art song "Cell Phones in the Pockets of Dead Children,"...

Nancy Pearcey is a Christian author and cultural analyst whose career centers on writing, teaching, and public commentary. She has published several bestselling books on worldview, science, and cultural issues, and her work appears widely in newspapers, magazines, and policy outlets. Professionally, she has worked as founding editor of BreakPoint...

Fr. Gregory Pearson is Master of Novices and Vocations Director in the Diocese of East Anglia. (Source and photo: english.op.org)