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Dr. Thomas B. Slater served as professor of New Testament Language and Literature at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University in Macon, GA for 13 years before being named professor emeritus at the occasion of his retirement. He graduated from Arkansas Tech University, Perkins School of Theology, and Southern Methodist...

Rev. Dr. Mike Slaughter, pastor emeritus and global church ambassador for Ginghamsburg Church, served for nearly four decades as the lead pastor. He is also the founder and chief strategist of Passionate Churches, LLC, which specializes in developing pastors, church staff and church lay leaders through coaching, training, consulting and...

Dr. Howard J. Slenk (1931–2025) was a professor of music at Calvin University for 28 years and served as the organist and music director at Woodlawn Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He directed a variety of choirs and ensembles during his tenure at Calvin and wrote A Well-Appointed...

Rev. Dr. Jeanyne B. Slettom is an academic publisher and public scholar whose primary interests are process-relational and transdisciplinary thought. She is the publisher of Process Century Press, in association with the International Process Network, and series editor of the Toward Ecological Civilization, Theological Explorations, and Transdisciplinary Studies series. She...

Fr. Brendan Slevin is the parish priest and Catholic chaplain at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. (Source and photo: strath.ac.uk)

Dr. Jennifer Sliwka is the Deputy Director of the Visual Commentary on Scripture, and Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Senior Lecturer at King's College London. She is an art historian and curator specialising in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, and is also interested in transhistorical studies, making connections between historic...

Ken Sloane is the UMC's Director of Stewardship & Generosity housed at Discipleship Ministries (GBOD) in Nashville, TN. He is an elder in the Greater New Jersey Conference, where he served more than twenty years in local church ministry (including a successful new church start) and five years as the...

Melissa Slocum is a freelance writer and music teacher in the greater Atlanta area. (Source: musicgro.com; ministrymatters.com)

Rev. Peter Slofstra is a songwriter and retired pastor in the Christian Reformed Church in North America. (Source: peterslofstra.com)

Rev. Dr. B. Kevin Smalls is the pastor at Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, MI. He graduated from Claflin University in Orangeburg, SC, and Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. He previously served at Jerusalem-Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, in Rockville, MD; Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church in Washington,...