Meet the cohort.
We welcome the 2025-2026 cohort of twenty Preaching Fellows!
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John Asirvatham, New York, NY
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Christopher Brewer, Chattanooga, TN
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Mark Brown, Peoria, AZ
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Drew Colby, Manassas, VA
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Bradley Gray, Elysburg, PA
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David Gruenwald, Peoria, AZ
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Teer Hardy, Alexandria, VA
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Elizabeth Hiller, Dilworth, MN
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Megan Hoewisch, Havre, MT
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Lukas Kjolhaug, Osakis, MN
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Chenda Lee, Pittsburgh, PA
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Jennifer Lee, Sanford, NC
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Joshua Musser Gritter, Salisbury, NC
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Amanda Olson de Castillo, Bonney Lake, WA
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Daniel Ovalle, Haverhill, MA
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Jason Poling, Pasadena, MD
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Matthew Price, Pittsburgh, PA
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Loren Richmond, Jr., Thornton, CO
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Antonio Romano, Ames, IA
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Nicole Smith, Three Rivers, MI
The 2025-2026 cohort of the Preaching Fellows arrives from a cross section of denominations and traditions:
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American Association of Lutheran Churches
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Church of Christ (Disciples of Christ)
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Church of the Lutheran Brethren
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Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches
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The Episcopal Church
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
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Independent Baptist Church
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Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
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Nondenominational Church
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Presbyterian Church USA
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United Methodist Church
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In spite of their different backgrounds, each one is committed to delivering a keen-edged word from God that points to Christ's benefits given from the cross to all those L-word sinners (with a nod to Robert Farrar Capon): the last, the least, the lost, the leper, the languishing, the (l)broken, the (l)dying, and the (l)dead.