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David Horn was the director of the Ockenga Institute at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, where he developed and delivered a wide variety of educational programs for pastors and parishioners for more than twenty years. He also served on the pastoral staff of the First Congregational Church of Hamilton, Massachusetts. He currently serves as the executive director of the Ockenga Fellows program and a mentor on the Doctor of Ministry Program at GCTS. He is the author of Soulmates: Friendship, Fellowship, and the Making of Christians Community.

Jason R. McConnell has served as the senior pastor of the East Franklin Union Church and Franklin United Church in Franklin, Vermont since 2004. He also serves as co-director of the Ockenga Fellows program and a mentor on the Doctor of Ministry Program at GCTS and a mentor for the Cross-Cultural Ministry Practicum at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the general editor of Beholding Beauty: Worshiping God through the Arts.