Louisville Institute Announces Four New Advisory Board Members
LOUISVILLE, KY – January 26, 2026 — Louisville Institute (LI) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members …
Kassandra Turpin
January 26, 2026
LOUISVILLE, KY – January 26, 2026 — Louisville Institute (LI) is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Advisory Board, strengthening the Institute’s ongoing commitment to bridging scholarship and lived ministry in service of the North American church. The new Advisory Board members were unanimously affirmed by the Executive Committee of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and officially welcomed into service with the Louisville Institute. “I am delighted to announce the official inclusion of our newest advisory board members,” said Rev. Dr. Andrew D. Pomerville, President of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and LI Board Chair. “Each of these individuals brings a wealth of talents, gifts, and experiences to our already esteemed group of dedicated servant leaders.” GUIDING THE WORK OF THE LOUISVILLE INSTITUTE NEW ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS |
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NESTOR MEDINA Néstor Medina is a Guatemalan-Canadian scholar and Associate Professor of Religious Ethics and Culture at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. He engages ethics from contextual, liberationist, intercultural, and post-/decolonial perspectives. His interests include religious and theological ethical ideas and how these shape social structures and notions of ethnoracial and cultural identity among Latina/o/x communities. For the last 15 years, he has studied the implications of interethnic and intercultural relations in colonial Latin America. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, including Mestizaje: (Re)Mapping ‘Race,’ Culture, and Faith in Latina/o Catholicism (Orbis, 2009); the booklet On the Doctrine of Discovery (CCC, 2017); Christianity, Empire and the Spirit (Brill, 2018). He is also the co-editor of the recent volume Decolonizing Church (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025) “ |
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MARY CHUNG MARCH Rev. Mary Chung March is a second-generation Korean American ordained Covenant pastor, advocate, writer, and speaker. She was born in Jersey City, NJ, to Korean immigrant, ordained UMC pastors who planted one of the first Korean churches in New Jersey. Growing up as a pastor’s kid, Mary experienced the highs and lows of pastoral ministry and felt a call to ministry at an early age focused on soul care and mental health for pastors. She has led soul care retreats and leadership cohorts for her denomination, churches, universities, and within her community.She serves as a Ministry Partner for Serve Clergy in the ECC and as Faculty and Mentor for Next Frontiers at the Martin Institute, Westmont College. Prior to this, she served as the President of the Covenant Asian Pastors Association (CAPA) and as the first President of the Mosaic Commission in the Evangelical Covenant Church for the past six years. She planted New City Covenant Church in the Minneapolis, MN, area with her husband 15 years ago, and has served as a college pastor in Boston, a youth pastor in NYC, a children’s pastor in Connecticut and Massachusetts, a piano accompanist and pipe organist in New Jersey and Minnesota, a Family and Youth Counselor at the Bridge for Youth in Minneapolis, MN, as Interim Executive Director for the Pierce Disciple-Building Scholars Program, as well as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Mary holds a BA in Psychology and History from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and both a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Counseling in Marriage and Family Therapy from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In the wake of rising anti-Asian violence in March 2021, she gathered and galvanized AAPI Christian thought leaders nationwide to produce a joint video statement, “A Call for Solidarity.”
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JEVON CALDWELL-GROSS An ordained pastor, author, and professor, Dr. Caldwell-Gross holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary, where his work focused on transformational leadership. The Rev. Dr. Jevon Caldwell-Gross has been a transformational ministry thought leader for two decades, serving in diverse contexts, from urban neighborhoods to multicultural suburban communities. Dr. J, as he is affectionately called, is known for his unique ability to connect with a wide range of audiences and make the gospel both accessible and practical for everyday life. His journey has included serving at one of the largest United Methodist churches in the country, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, IN, where he led as Teaching and Online Community Pastor, helping to redefine and expand the church’s digital footprint to reach people around the world. Dr. J now serves as the Director of Church Revitalization and New Developments for the Indiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, where he resources and supports more than 640 congregations across the state. In this role, he partners with pastors, leaders, and communities to help churches navigate a rapidly changing ministry landscape with clarity, courage, and innovation. His work includes developing strategies for revitalization, fostering new church developments, and equipping churches for effective ministry in both physical and digital spaces. An ordained pastor, author, and professor, Dr. J is driven by a clear mission: to equip churches and congregational leaders for relevant, sustainable, and transformative ministry. He holds an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary and a DMin from Wesley Theological Seminary, where his work focused on transformational leadership. When he’s not filming a mobile message or developing the next online sermon series, Dr. J is often designing new training materials for clergy and laity, coaching pastors through revitalization challenges, or sitting across from a leader at a local coffee shop with something hot in hand, dreaming, discerning, and imagining what God might be calling the church to do next.
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TARA SPUHLER MCCABE Rev. Tara Spuhler McCabe has served the National Capital Presbytery for more than 25 years. She has served in congregations throughout the presbytery as an Associate Pastor at New York Avenue Presbyterian, as Stated Supply at Garden Memorial, as Sabbatical Pastor for several other congregations throughout the presbytery, and asw Ministry Assistant at Faith Presbyterian Church. Tara is trained in the areas of church vitality assessments, coaching, community organizing, and change management. A graduate of Agnes Scott College, with a BA, and McCormick Theological Seminary, with an MDiv, Tara has total faith that in every era and every day, God is doing a new thing, and it is our opportunity to participate!
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CURRENT LOUISVILLE INSTITUTE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Current board list is available at louisville-institute.org/louisville-institute-story/advisory-board |