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Rev. Dr. Derek Nelson

Rev. Dr. Derek Nelson

Director, Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program
and Professor of Religion, Dept Chair
Stephen S. Bowen Professor of the Liberal Arts

Reverend Libby Davis Manning

Reverend Libby Davis Manning

Associate Director, Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program and
Program Consultant to the Religion Division, Lilly Endowment Inc.

Rachel Hassler

Rachel Hassler

Communications and Events Coordinator, Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program and Scroll: The Wabash Institute of Theology for Youth.

Dr. Raymond Williams

Dr. Raymond Williams

Founding Director and Program Advisor, Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program and
LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emeritus

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The connections I have made with the other participants are priceless. This program not only strengthens and inspires my ministry but it has successfully solved the fundamental problem of loneliness in ministry. I believe the Wabash program creates a totally unique bond between ministers of different denominations and extremely different situations and backgrounds that is almost impossible to find anywhere else. The trust I feel and have with the other participants allows me to have conversations I thought were impossible. Where else would you see a Methodist, a Disciple of Christ, a Church of Christ and an Independent discuss the theology of a building, the role of women in ministry and the purpose of ministry for four hours without anyone getting angry and everyone still being honest?"

Amanda Meade, Jeffersonville, Indiana

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