Authoritative Voices on Today's Issues

Welcome to the InterVarsity Press Media Experts page. Here you'll find a list of IVP authors who can knowledgeably engage a variety of topics. If you have questions or are looking for an expert on a subject not included here, get in touch with IVP publicists by visiting our media page.

Church & Mission

Reggie McNeal

Reggie McNeal

Reggie McNeal enjoys helping leaders pursue more kingdom-focused lives. He currently serves as a senior fellow for Leadership ... Read More

David E. Fitch

David E. Fitch

David E. Fitch (PhD, Northwestern University) is the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary. He is also the founding pastor of Life on the Vine Christi... Read More

Todd C. Ream

Todd C. Ream

Todd C. Ream (PhD, Penn State) serves at Indiana Wesleyan University as Professor of Humanities, Executive Director of Faculty Research and Scholarship, and as Senior Fellow for Programming for the Lumen Research Institute. He also serves as the Senior Fellow for Public Engagement for the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and as the Publisher for Christian Scholar’s Review.

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Jonathan Brooks

Jonathan Brooks

Jonathan Brooks ("Pastah J") is senior pastor of Canaan Community Church in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. A sought after speaker, writer, and artist, he has contributed to two books: Banned Questions for Christians by Christian Piatt and Making Neighborhoods Whole by John Perkins and Wayne Gordon.

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Jerry  Pattengale

Jerry Pattengale

Jerry Pattengale (PhD, Miami University under mentor Edwin Yamauchi) is a scholar, researcher, author, and speaker. He has served for nearly 30 years in administrative leadership and on faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University, and is the first to earn IWU's title of University Professor. He is a senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, an honorary senior research associate at Tyndale House, Cambridge, a distinguished fellow at Excelsia College, Australia and at Waverley Abbey, UK. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today, Washington Post, Books & Culture, Religion News Service, Patheos, the Chicago Tribune, and various other venues.

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Tara Beth Leach

Tara Beth Leach

Tara Beth Leach is a pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook in the western suburbs of Chicago. She previously served as senior pastor of First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena ("PazNaz") in Southern California and has pastored in Illinois and New York. She is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and Northern Theological Seminary. She is a regular writer for Missio Alliance and writes and speaks widely about women in ministry and church leadership. She is the author of Emboldened, Radiant Church, and Forty Days on Being a Six. 

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Christopher J. Devers

Christopher J. Devers

Christopher J. Devers (PhD, University of Illinois) is assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University in the School of Education, as well as senior fellow with the Lumen Research Institute.

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Sharon Galgay Ketcham

Sharon Galgay Ketcham

Sharon Galgay Ketcham (PhD, Boston College) is a practical theologian at Gordon College. She is a researcher, writer, teacher, and mentor with decades of ministry experience in ... Read More

Adam McHugh

Adam McHugh

Adam McHugh is a wine tour guide, sommelier, and Certified Specialist of Wine. He is the author of The Listening Life and Introverts in the Church and a regula... Read More

Todd Wilson

Todd Wilson

Todd Wilson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the president and cofounder of the Center for Pastor Theologians and the former senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois.

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Gerald L. Hiestand

Gerald L. Hiestand

Gerald L. Hiestand (PhD, University of Reading) is the senior pastor at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the cofounder and director of the Center for Pastor Theologians.

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Sharon R. Hoover

Sharon R. Hoover

Sharon R. Hoover is the director of missions at Centreville Presbyterian Church, where she leads local and global outreach.

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