Practicing Hope Missions and Global Crises

Jerry M. Ireland, PhD, serves as department chair for Ministry, Leadership, and Theology and Intercultural Studies at the University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville, PA. He also cohorts the Sorry Not Sorry Podcast. His publications include series editor for the forthcoming Baker Academic Global Christian Life Series; For the Love of God: Principles and Practice of Compassion in Missions (Wipf & Stock, 2017); and Evangelism and Social Concern in the Theology of Carl F. H. Henry (Pickwick, 2015).
Michelle L. K. Raven, PhD, serves as the International Community Development Program Director at Columbia International University in Columbia, SC. Dr. Raven served in the United States Air Force for over twenty-two years, retiring as lieutenant colonel. She is passionate about community development, African-American church history and outreach, and inclusion.