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The NEME Network

NEME is a spacious community committed to holistic peace in the Middle East. Meet some of our recent speakers, experts, and advisors below.

Andrea Smith

NEME Leadership Team

Board member of North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies.

Ben Norquist

Director, Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East

Author, Every Somewhere Sacred: Rescuing a Theology of Place in the American Imagination (IVP Academic, 2025)

Daniel Hummel

Conversation Partner

Director of The Lumen Center

Eric Patterson

Conversation Partner

President, CEO Victims of Communism Foundation and Museum

Hanna Massad

Conversation Partner

Former Pastor, Gaza Baptist Church

Jeff Anderson

NEME Leadership Team

Mae Elise Cannon

NEME Leadership Team

Executive Director, Churches for Middle East Peace

Randy Tomlinson

NEME Leadership Team

Member, NEME Leadership Team

Susan Hayward

Conversation Partner

Associate minister at Mayflower Community Congregational Church, Minneapolis, Minn

Andrew Bush

NEME Leadership Team

Founding Director, Bethlehem Institute of Peace and Justice Studies

Beth Seversen

NEME Leadership Team

Missiologist

Darlene Wildman

Conversation Partner

Grammy-nominated and Nammy (Native American Music Award)--winning recording artist

Fares Abraham

Conversation Partner

Founder, Levant Ministries

Heather Keaney

Conversation Partner

Professor of History, Westmont

Jer Swigart

NEME Leadership Team

Executive Director, Global Immersion

Mercy Aiken

Relationships Manager, NEME

Relationship Manager, NEME

Rob Dalrymple

NEME Leadership Team

Executive Director, Determine Truth Ministries

Terry Wildman

Conversation Partner

Founder, Rain Ministries

Andrew DeCort

Conversation Partner

Founder, Neighbor-Love Moevmenet

Bruce N. Fisk

NEME Senior Research Fellow

Professor of New Testament, Westmont College (ret.)

David Crump

NEME Leadership Team

Professor of New Testament, Calvin University (ret.)

Gary Burge

New Testament scholar, Calvin Theological Seminary

Issam Raad

Conversation Partner

Senior Pastor, Arabic Church Houston

Jonathan Kuttab

Conversation Partner

International Human Rights Lawyer

Munther Isaac

Conversation Partner

Pastor, Christmas Lutheran Church, Bethlehem

Sally Carlson

NEME Leadership Team

Associate Pastor, Shoreline Covenant Church

Tony Deik

Palestinian Theologian

Azar Ajaj

President, Nazareth Evangelical College

Daniel Banoura

Conversation Partner

Palestinian Theologian

Destiny Magnett

Programs and Outreach Manager, Churches for Middle East Peace

Programs and Outreach Manager, Churches for Middle East Peace

Greg Khalil

Co-Founder and President, Telos

Jack Sara

President, Bethlehem Bible College

Kevin Hadduck

Poet

Preston Sprinkle

Conversation Partner

Host, Theology in the Raw Podcast

Scott Gustafson

Conversation Partner

Ambassador Warren Clark Fellow

Yohanna Katanacho

Academic Dean, Nazareth Evangelical College

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