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Dr. Larry Visser is Minister of Music and Organist at LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, MI, a role he has held since 1999, where he directs choirs, plays organ for services, and oversees the church's music ministry. He graduated from Calvin College and the University of Michigan,...

Nathanael Vissia formerly worked in United Church of Christ congregations and in secondary education. He maintains the site rfour.org for children's ministry resources. (Source and photo: rfour.org)

Rev. Dr. Mark Vitalis Hoffman is Glatfelter Professor of Biblical Studies at the United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg and Philadelphia. He previously served ELCA parishes in Spicer, MN, and Fargo, ND. He has published, both in print and online, a variety of exegetical, homiletical, and curricular resources, some of which are...

Antonio Vivarini (Antonio of Murano) (active c. 1440-1480) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance-late Gothic period. He worked mostly in the Republic of Venice. 

Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo Vivarini (c.1432-c.1499) was an Italian Renaissance painter, known to have worked from 1450 to 1499.

Hierotheos Vlachos (born Georgios Vlachos) is a Greek Orthodox metropolitan and theologian. He graduated from the Theological School of the University of Thessaloniki and was ordained priest in 1972 and bishop in 1995. His diocese is the Metropolis of Nafpaktos and Agios Vlasios. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Rev. Dr. Richard W. Voelz is Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA. An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he formerly served as senior minister of the Johns Creek Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), an open and affirming congregation in...

Dr. James W. Voelz is professor emeritus of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO. He has served as chair of the Department of Exegetical Theology (2013–15), dean of the faculty (2006–10) and dean of the Graduate School (1996–2002). His areas of focus are the Greek language, hermeneutics (theory...

Jane Vogel has been active in youth ministry for more than 20 years as a writer and a youth worker. She is the coauthor of the student editions of the Lee Strobel books "The Case for Christ," "The Case for Faith," "The Case for a Creator," and "The Case for...