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02 — Welcoming People

Meet Our Team

F2BF invites you into community and conversation with world-class contributors, instructors, and leaders.

Ron Kuipers

Ron Kuipers

President, ICS

Leadership Team

Héctor Acero Ferrer

Héctor Acero Ferrer

Director of Lifelong Learning, ICS

Leadership Team

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Historian & Author, Calvin University

Leadership Team & Contributor

Dan Beerens

Dan Beerens

Board Chair, ICS

Leadership Team

Karen Swallow Prior

Karen Swallow Prior

Author & Scholar, Bethel Seminary

Instructor & Contributor

Sylvia Keesmaat

Sylvia Keesmaat

Scholar · Activist · Farmer · Speaker

Instructor

Bruce Berglund

Bruce Berglund

Author, Gustavus Adolphus College

Instructor & Big Read Guest

Angela Reitsma Bick

Angela Reitsma Bick

Former Editor-in-Chief, Christian Courier

Instructor & Contributor

Hanna Reichel

Hanna Reichel

Professor & Author, Princeton

Big Read Special Guest

Gideon Strauss

Gideon Strauss

Professor & Public Theologian, ICS

Contributor

Matthew D. Taylor

Matthew D. Taylor

Scholar & Author

Instructor

Jacob Benjamins

Jacob Benjamins

SSHRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ICS

Instructor

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