Leadership Team
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Caleb Cray HaynesCaleb co-pastors Kaleo Nashville church and is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He loves gardening and keeping his hands in the soil. He is a husband and father of two beautiful girls. Creation Care is a part of his vocation and he loves to see how ecclesiology and ecology come together.
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Brit BolerjackBrit is the College & Community Pastor at OKC First Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma City, and is an ordained Elder in the Church of the Nazarene. She lives on 1/3 acre with her husband, Aaron, their 5 housemates, 1 dog, and 13 chickens.
Jason AdkinsGrowing up a conservative evangelical, Jason was taught to treasure holiness, care for the poor, frugality for the sake of having something to share, to flee cultural idols, and to expect the end of the world. This teaching shaped him to become an urban farmer at Trevecca University where he teaches Environmental Justice at Trevecca University’s J.V. Morsch Center for Social Justice and prepares for the life of the world to come. Jason thinks that our most important business is the care of creation and that good farming is the best way to accomplish that. Jason likes french fries, cycling, his wife and six kids, books, conspiring for agrarian revolt, camping, and general outdoorsiness.
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Advisory Team
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Deirdre Brower-LatzDeirdre Brower Latz is the Principal of Nazarene Theological College, a validated partner college of the University of Manchester in the UK. An ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene with farming roots, she's immersed in urban living. She's passionate about creation care as part of God's love for the world and God's longing for the utter peace and Shalom of creation.
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Todd & Roshanda WomackTodd is a social worker by profession. He currently serves as a lecturer and academic advisor at the University of Michigan- Flint, in the Social Work Department. Roshanda is a counselor. She currently works as a Clinical Therapist, with children and adolescents for Genesee Health Systems. Together they serve as Pastors of Community Connections at Flint Central Church of the Nazarene. Todd’s passion for racial equity and equality is evident in his continued dedication and work towards strengthening Flint neighborhoods and supporting realistic and solution focused experiences. Roshanda loves singing, poetry and storytelling.
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Brenda & Laurie BraatenBrenda, M.A. Kansas University (Systematics and Ecology), Ph.D. Tufts University (Nutrition-Biochemistry). For more than 30 years Brenda taught courses in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Science at Eastern Nazarene College; Framingham State University, and Judson University.
Laurie, M.Div. Nazarene Theological Seminary, Ph.D. Boston University. Laurie is an Elder in the Church of the Nazarene and has served pastoral roles in four congregations. He has taught Biblical Studies and Religion and Ecology courses at Eastern Nazarene College and Judson University. |
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Aaron BolerjackAaron is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He serves as Executive Pastor of OKC First Church of the Nazarene and is an adjunct professor of History at Southern Nazarene University. He adores thrift stores and would love to help you sort your recycling.
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Emily JoAnn HaynesEmily is an amateur canner of pickles, aspiring secret poet, and lover of the Enneagram. She also is an ordained Nazarene pastor, wife, and mother of two amazing girls. She has established soapboxes for both feminism and climate change and loves good coffee, planned adventures, and spontaneous deep conversations.
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