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Board of Directors

Scott Bass	Scott Bass lives with his wife, Roberta Mothershead, at Nazareth House, a rather contemplative, Catholic Worker-style community in Raleigh, NC that provides friendship and support for people on death row and their families - among other things. Scott is an ordained Baptist minister in full communion with the Catholic Church and he also counts Quakers among his deepest influences. He enjoys teaching, preaching, counseling and offering spiritual guidance and finds balance in outdoor work and play.
Amy Laura Hall	Amy Laura Hall is a neighbor, mother, United Methodist pastor, writer, and professor at Duke University Divinity School.ÊShe and her family live and work in Durham.ÊThey also participate in Durham Congregations and Neighborhoods (CAN).
Sarah Jobe	Sarah lives with her husband Dan and baby Naomi at Rutba House in Durham, NC. She is an ordained Baptist minister who spends most of her time raising her child and a little of her time writing and teaching at Duke Divinity School in Bible and gender studies.
Chanequa Walker-Barnes	Chanequa Walker-Barnes serves on the faculty of Shaw University Divinity School as assistant professor of pastoral care and counseling. She received Bachelor’s degrees in psychology and African-American and African Studies from Emory University, master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Miami, and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School. She is pursuing ordination as an elder in the United Methodist Church. She lives in Durham, NC, with her husband Delwin.

Staff

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (School for Conversion, Director)	A native of North Carolina, Jonathan lives with his wife, Leah, his son, Jaimichael, and other friends at the Rutba House community in Durham, NC. He is the author of To Baghdad and Beyond (Cascade 2005), Free to Be Bound (NavPress, March 2008), and New Monasticism (Brazos, June 2008). Contact: jonathanwilsonhartgrove@hotmail.com
Sam Ewell (School for Conversion-Latin America, Director)	Sam Ewell joined SFC in September 2007 as its missionary/Latin American director. Sam has taught in the United States and has lived in Londrina, Brazil for the past four years. He is married to Brazilian theologian, Rosalee Velloso Ewell, and they have three children: James, Isabella, and Katharine.

Teachers

Ann Atwater	Ann Atwater is deaconess at the Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ and veteran civil-rights leader in Durham, North Carolina. The story of her friendship with former Klansman C.P. Ellis has been told in Osha Davidson’s book, The Best of Enemies, and Diane Bloom’s documentary, An Unlikely Friendship.
Shane Claiborne	Shane Claiborne is a founding member of The Simple Way, and lives in the Potter Street Community. He is an author, activist, and recovering sinner... and not a shabby circus performer.
Ángel Gallardo	Ángel J. Gallardo was born in México City and grew up in Los Angeles. He has worked and studied in México City, Perú and Brasil. Ángel is completing his M.Div at Duke Divinity School and pursuing ordination in the Episcopal Church through the Pennsylvania Diocese.
Evan Howard	Evan Howard is director of the Spirituality Shoppe, based in Montrose, Colorado. He is the author of Praying the Scriptures: A Field Guide for Your Spiritual Journey (InterVarsity).
Maria Kenney	Maria Russell Kenney lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her husband Billy,Êtheir daughter Miranda, their friend John, and their dog Charlie.Ê She has been a member of Communality, a missional Christian community in Lexington, for almost 10 years.Ê She received her M.Div from Asbury Seminary in 2002, and is pursuing a PhD in Christian Ethics at the University of Durham, England.
Tim Otto	Tim Otto co-authored Inhabiting the Church: Biblical Wisdom for the New Monasticism. He has lived at Church of the Sojourners, a church commune in San Francisco, for sixteen years. He works part time as an RN, providing home nursing for the uninsured of San Francisco, and is also a primary teacher/preacher at Sojourners.