The Rev. Dr. DuWayne Battle (PhD, DMin, MDiv, MSW) is the Senior Pastor of the historic St. Paul Baptist Church, Harlem, NYC, where he has served for the past 17 years with a focus on worship, proclamation, prayer, reconciliation, and discipleship. His ministry has covered 47 years, 6 continents, 19 countries, extensive travels throughout the United States, and leadership in five other congregations. Dr. Battle is also an Assistant Dean, Full Professor, Director of the Bachelor’s Social Work program, and Campus Coordinator of the Baccalaureate Child Welfare Education Program at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Rev. Charles “Craig” Stevens is the CPE Supervisor and Director of the Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education Department at Self Regional Healthcare in Greenwood, SC. He is certified as a Diplomate in Pastoral Supervision by the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy (CPSP) and a Board Certified Chaplain through the Spiritual Care Association. Rev. Stevens holds an MDiv. from Gardner-Webb University and a B.S. from Clemson University. He is ordained and endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. When not in the hospital, Craig and his wife spend time camping, attending Clemson Tiger football games, and volunteering their weekends as marching band parents to their three children.

Reverend M. Jeffrey (Jeff) Hoppe – I became fully certified as an ACPE Educator in 2005 during my 18-year service as a Staff Chaplain in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area. I came to Chaplaincy as a vocation after 5 years in the local parish and a year of Residency at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. I am a native of Texas, have lived in various regions of the country, am educated/ordained in Southern Baptist institutions, and am endorsed by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Before coming to Eastern Oklahoma VA Healthcare System in 2018, I served in a Chaplain leadership role at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA. I have been married to my wife Kathy since 1981. We have two adult sons, three grandsons, and one granddaughter. In the past several years, Kathy and I have collaborated in the writing and publishing of two books: ‘Discovery Teaching Like Jesus’ and ‘Drowning for Jesus.’