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The Preaching Fellows.

The 2025-2025 program year cohort comes to us from 14 states and 11 denominations across the country:

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John Asirvatham, New York, NY (The Episcopal Church)

Christopher Brewer, Chattanooga, TN (Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches)

Mark Brown, Peoria, AZ (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

Drew Colby, Manassas, VA (United Methodist Church)

Bradley Gray, Elysburg, PA (Independent Baptist Church)

David Gruenwald, St. Louis, MO (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod)

Teer Hardy, Alexandria, VA (United Methodist Church)

Elizabeth Hiller, Dilworth, MN (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Megan Hoewisch, Havre, MT (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Lukas Kjolhaug, Osakis, MN (Church of the Lutheran Brethren)

Jennifer Lee, Sanford, NC (Presbyterian Church USA)

Joshua Musser Gritter, Salisbury, NC (Presbyterian Church USA)

Amanda Olson de Castillo, Bonney Lake, WA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Daniel Ovalle, Haverhill, MA (Nondenominational)

Jason Poling, Pasadena, MD (The Episcopal Church)

Matthew Price, Pittsburgh, PA (United Methodist Church)

Loren Richmond, Jr., Thornton, CO (Christian Church - Disciples of Christ)

Antonio Romano, Ames, IA (American Association of Lutheran Churches)

Nicole Smith, Three Rivers, MI (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

Beth Wartick, Ankeny, IA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)

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The Iowa Preachers Project at Grand View University gratefully partners with Mockingbird and is the recipient of generous funding from the Compelling Preaching Initiative of Lilly Endowment Inc.

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