Dr. Rubén Arjona is an ordained minister in the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico. Before being appointed to the faculty of Union Presbyterian Seminary he served as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Arjona’s research interests include the pastoral care of men, the intersections of pastoral care and liberation theologies, the care of couples and families, the care of LGBTQ+ individuals, and Erik H. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. One of his deepest passions is the care of theological students, which for him includes accompanying some of his former students in Mexico as well as mentoring international students pursuing theological studies in the United States.

Dr. Arjona has published several works in Spanish, including his undergraduate thesis on John Calvin’s missions to France, published by the Centro Basilea de Investigación y Apoyo under the auspices of the Fondation pour l’Aide au Protestantimse Réformé (FAP). More recently, Dr. Arjona has published several peer-reviewed articles in Pastoral Psychology and the Journal of Pastoral Theology.

Rachel Baard is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics, and Director of the Master of Arts in Public Theology Program at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

A graduate of the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and of Princeton Theological Seminary, she is grounded in the Reformed Tradition, with a strong interest in its contemporary expressions, in particular with regard to human dignity and social justice. She is the author of Sexism and Sin-Talk: Feminist Conversations on the Human Condition (Westminster John Knox Press, 2019), and the editor of The Political Theology of Paul Tillich (Lexington Press, 2024). She is currently writing a book on Mary through the lens of Reformed theology, tentatively titled The First Disciple: Towards a Constructive Protestant Mariology.

A member of the PC(USA), Rachel is passionate about the life of the church, theology, and reconciliation and peace building.

Aram graduated from Smith College, taught fifth grade before going to Princeton Seminary (M.Div.), and continued her theological education at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond (MACE). She completed her dissertation in practical theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she served as the director of family ministries at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. She was ordained and installed as the associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Rev. Dr. Feinberg is currently serving as the interim pastor and head of staff at Bayside Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. 
 

Rev. Dr. Donna Giver-Johnston is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament. She has a PhD and MA from Vanderbilt University and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of Claiming the Call to Preach: Four Female Pioneers of Preaching in Nineteenth-Century America (Oxford University Press, 2021), Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart (Fortress Press, 2021), and co-author of For Such a Time as This (Fortress Press, 2022).

She is married to Brian Johnston, and together they have two adult children, Rebecca and Christian, and a rescue dog, Sadie.