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Growing Together: Meet the YTI Team

Our faculty and staff are made up of bright, reverent, impassioned scholars and educators with diverse sets of spiritual and Christian beliefs. Together they foster productive dialogue and reexamine the way we can serve the world. Here, faculty members learn from and challenge one another in a spirit of humility and friendship, each growing as individuals and pursuing the characteristics that strengthen and bring light to our organization.

Faculty

Dr. Jay Smith

President, Bridger Professor of Theology and Ethics


Dr. Joshua Schendel

Interim Provost, Professor of Theology

Dr. Derry Long

Professor of Christian Leadership


Dr. Jim Keena

Professor of Pastoral Theology


Dr. Roy Millhouse

Professor of Biblical Studies


Dr. Brett Desper

Professor of Discipleship and Spirituality


Dr. Nicole Jordan

Lecturer in Worship Arts


Rev. Vern Streeter

Lecturer in Adventure and Theology


Rev. Mike Gammill

Lecturer in Leadership Studies


Rev. Kurt Caddy

Lecturer in the Arts and Theology

Dr. Cody Whittington

Lecturer in Culture and Mission


Matthew Green

Lecturer in Cultural Theology


Dr. Bill Fowler

Professor Emeritus


Staff

Melissa Smith

Director of Operations


Iris Eckles

Finance & Student Services Assistant


Matthew Green

Marketing and Communications


Bethanne Schendel

Operations Assistant & Master Gardener

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