Dr. Mark Arnold co edited the recently released devotional Inside Out: 20 Principles of Biblical Manhood (Sims Publishing Group), featuring a foreword by the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. He was reelected as a 2026 District Chaplain serving the Northeast Region of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, and attended the Black Church Conference honoring Clayborn Carson, Martin Luther King Jr. Centennial Professor Emeritus. Dr. Jin Young Choi contributed the chapter “Dancing Through the Fire: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Gale A. Yee” to the forthcoming volume Crossing Shores and Horizons: Asian and Asian American Transnational Feminist Theologies (Westminster John Knox Press). She also submitted an article titled “Reading the Roman Fasces in Times of Tyranny,” forthcoming in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology (July 2026), and continues to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Biblical Literature . Dr. Jamie Eaddy, CRCDS ‘20 authored ReMembering Ourselves: A Womanist Guide for BeFriending Grief (Wipf & Stock/Cascade Books), scheduled for release in August 2026. A second forthcoming work, Swallowed Grief: Black Women and Embodied Grief Suppression in Faith Formation , is currently under contract with Routledge. She also served as a featured speaker at the Association for Death Education and Counseling Annual Conference and the Association of Practical Theology Biennial Conference. Additionally, Dr. Eaddy was invited by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to travel to Manila, Dumaguete, and Apo Island in the Philippines to support the Young Adult Volunteer program through conversations on grief, collective transformation, and conflict resolution, with additional facilitation taking place in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Julia M. McMillan delivered the plenary address “Pentecostal Integrity: The Ethics of Formation” for the Joint College of Bishops in March 2026. Prof. Jackie Nelson was hooded in May 2026 with an anticipated August 2026 completion of her doctoral program in Human Development at the Warner School of Education, University of Rochester. Dr. J.J. Warren presented the paper “Religion and Experience: (Queer) Questions of Meaning and Being in Tillich’s Harvard Lectures” a t the International Paul Tillich Workshop in Vienna and preached at Mountain Rise United Church of Christ in Rochester in May 2026 as part of the Collective’s community engagement efforts. Dr. Michael Woodcock served as board chair for the American Baptist Theological Center in Pasadena, California, and for Wings of Grace Global Ministries in Pomona, California. He also created and taught asynchronous courses and supervised doctoral dissertation work at the International Theological Seminary in West Covina, California. In addition, he celebrated the 99th anniversary of First Baptist Church of North Hollywood through community centered outreach and commemorative activities honoring the legacy of Rev. Jerrell Walls.
Dr. Mark Arnold
Dr. Jin Young Choi
Dr. Julia M. McMillan
Prof. Jackie Nelson
Dr. Emilio Alvarez was the Guest Resident Theologian for the 2026 General Assembly Synod at Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, LA.
Dr. JJ Warren
Dr. Emilio Alvarez
Rev. Dr. Jamie Eaddy, CRCDS ‘20
Dr. Michael Woodcock
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