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Rev. John K. Stendahl is a retired Lutheran minister.

Curtis Stephan is a liturgical musician, composer, and educator with a bachelor's in music and a master's in jazz studies from the University of North Texas. Professionally, he serves as Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell, TX, and has published multiple collections of liturgical...

Rev. Dr. B. Wiley Stephens (1942-2019) served for 24 years as senior minister of Dunwoody United Methodist Church in Dunwoody, GA. He also served in the North Georgia Conference of the UMC for 45 years. A graduate of the University of Georgia and Candler School of Theology at Emory University, he...

Dr. William Stephenson built his counseling career around terminal illness and grief, focusing primarily on children and youth with a life expectancy of six months or less, while extending care to families and support networks. He helped establish four hospices, including the former Hospice of San Diego, and contributed to specialized...

Mark Stephenson retired in 2021, after fifteen years as the Director of Disability Concerns Ministry for the CRCNA. He also served as pastor of two Christian Reformed churches for a total of seventeen years. He has also served as interim Director of the CRC's Offices of Race Relations and Social...

Rev. Martha Sterne has been a parish priest for over 25 years including serving for a decade in midtown Atlanta, GA, where her ministry bridged the worlds of the church and the poor and marginalized of the city. She is a celebrated preacher and has written two books "Alive and...

Dr. Marcell Silva Steuernagel is associate professor of church music and director of the Master of Sacred Music program at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He is a graduate of Baylor University, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brazil, and the School of Music and Fine Arts of Paraná...

Sufjan Stevens is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his eclectic musical style and intricate compositions. He earned a Bachelor's degree from Hope College in Michigan and a Master of Fine Arts from The New School in New York City. Stevens co-founded the Asthmatic Kitty record label and has...

Becca Stevens is an Episcopal priest, a speaker, justice advocate, and the founder and president of Thistle Farms. In 1997, Becca opened one recovery home for five women survivors from the streets to offer them free housing in a loving community for healing. Over twenty years later, Becca's work has...

For over a decade, Dan Stevers has been producing thoughtful and inspired church media. His work often deals with difficult topics yet Dan always manages to present the gospel in emotionally vulnerable and unexpected ways. Dan began his journey making church media in 2005. While working as bartender, Dan took...