MEET OUR TEAM
Our Community
At the heart of our work is a desire to build bridges — between people, disciplines, and ways of knowing.
We’ve sought to connect academics, practitioners, and creatives: those who study matters of faith through research, those who live them out daily in congregations and communities, and those whose art helps illuminate them.
We’ve brought together a community bound by shared curiosity and hope — people who may not have had the chance to explore big questions side by side until now.
Our community consists of:
- Church Network Partners in the Bay Area and Texas
- Academic institutions: Harvard University, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, and Regent University
- Creatives: Chembe Collaborative & Storytelling Collective
Team Leads
Kate Long
Harvard University, Public Health
Victor Counted
Regent University, Psychology
Tyler VanderWeele
Harvard University, Epidemiology/Biostatistics
Byron Johnson
Baylor University, Religion/Sociology
Core Team
Matthew Lee
Baylor University/Harvard University, Sociology
Julia Nakamura
Harvard University, Psychology
Destiny Kennedy
Harvard University, Human Flourishing Program
Katy Yang
Harvard University, Human Flourishing Program
Jenni Oaks
Baylor University, Institute for Global Human Flourishing
Scott Heare
Sunset Ridge
Nancy Ortberg
Transforming the Bay with Christ
Alex Fogleman
Trinity Anglican Seminary, Theology
Darin Davis
Baylor University, Institute for Global Human Flourishing
Lindi van Niekerk
Chembe Collaborative
Richard Cowden
Harvard University, Psychology
Eric Fung
Harvard University, Epidemiology
Storytelling Collective
Scott Heare
Congregation Partner
Taylor Bates
Congregation Partner
Parker Zimmerman
Congregation Partner
Den Knight-Slater
Congregation Partner
Kate Long
F&C
Lindi van Niekerk
Chembe Collaborative
Destiny Kennedy
F&C
Amy Clarke
Chembe Collaborative
Claudi Opitz
Chembe Collaborative
Our Partners
Our Partners
