Ivy Beckwith (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is director of educational ministries at Rutgers Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. She has worked as an editor and education consultant for Group Publishing and Gospel Light Publications and held educational positions in churches in both the Midwest and on the East Coast. Beckwith is the author of Postmodern Children's Ministry, The Ultimate Survival Guide for Children's Ministry Workers, and Formational Children's Ministry.