Staff & Directors

Michael Hughes

Michael served Davenant since 2019 as Director of our Davenant House and in June 2023 moved to the role of Teaching Fellow, which has an emphasis in regional college and church outreach. Michael has his M.A. from Crown College and is pursuing his ThM. Prior to Davenant, Michael spent nine years serving with IVCF. He lives in South Carolina with his wife and six children and worships at Covenant Community OPC.

Ryan Hurd

PHD candidate, Theologische Universiteit Kampen

Ryan Hurd is a systematic theologian whose area of expertise is doctrine of God, specifically the Trinity. His primary training is in the high medieval and early modern scholastics as well as the 20th century ressourcement movement. He has written a number of articles and regularly does translations of early modern theology sources; but his primary project is writing a systematics of the Trinity.

Tim Jacobs

Assistant Provost, Davenant Hall

Tim Jacobs is a Lecturer in Philosophy at The Davenant Institute, and a PhD candidate in philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, TX. He also holds an MDiv and ThM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He specializes in ancient and medieval philosophy, virtue, natural law, metaphysics, and classical logic, and has published several articles as well as contributed to Four Views on Christian Metaphysics, Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia, and Lexham Bible Dictionary. His lifelong aim is to invest in the health of the church by reviving the unity between philosophy and theology. He lives with his wife and three kids in California. Follow him at TLJACOBS.COM.

Dr. Joseph Minich

Residential Teaching Fellow, Davenant House

Joseph Minich (Ph.D, The University of Texas at Dallas) is a Residential Teaching Fellow at The Davenant Institute in Landrum, South Carolina. He is the author of Enduring Divine Absence and Bulwarks of Unbelief, the editor of several works with The Davenant Press, as well as the founding editor of Ad Fontes. He is also a host of The Pilgrim Faith Podcast.

Dr. Alastair Roberts

PhD, University of Durham

Dr. Alastair Roberts is a Teaching Fellow of The Theopolis Institute and lecturer for Davenant Hall, a leading evangelical blogger and writer, and one of the hosts of the Mere Fidelity podcast. His personal podcast is Alastair’s Adversaria, where, alongside topical interviews, he currently produces daily reflections upon the whole Bible. He is the author of Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption Through Scripture (2018). He is married to Susannah, and they divide their time between the UK and the US.

Dale Stenberg

Supervisor of Teaching Fellows

Dale Stenberg (MDiv, Whitefield Theological Seminary) is President and Headmaster of Pietas Classical Christian in Melbourne, FL. As a Teaching Fellow for The Davenant Institute, Dale co-hosts the Pilgrim Faith podcast. He lives in Florida with his wife Rachel and their two children. They are members of Harbor City Baptist Church and subscribe to the 1689 London Baptist Confession. Follow him on Twitter @Dale_stenberg.

Josiah DeBoer

Communications Assistant

Josiah DeBoer is a graduate of The King’s College, where he majored in Religious and Theological Studies. He is a member at Central Presbyterian Church (EPC) and lives in New York City. He hopes to continue to support the intersection of Christ and culture through whatever work he does.

Mikael Good

Assistant Editor, Davenant Press

Mikael Good is a Ph.D. student in political theory at Georgetown University. She earned her B.A. in political philosophy from Patrick Henry College and previously worked as a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute. She enjoys hosting dinner parties and book clubs at her home on Capitol Hill.

Mark Hamilton

PhD, Free University of Amsterdam

Dr. S Mark Hamilton is Editor-in-Chief at The Davenant Press, alongside working as NPI Project Manager for SPM Oil and Gas, a Caterpillar Company and  research associate at the Jonathan Edwards Society. He is a contributor to and co-editor of a number of symposia and has published in variety of academic journals.  At present, he is completing two monographs: Re-envisioning Substitutionary Atonement (Cascade) and Jonathan Edwards on Spirit Christology (Routledge). He lives in Fort Worth, Texas with his wife and four sons.

Nathan Johnson

Provost, Davenant Hall

Nathan Johnson is a PhD candidate in Humanities at Faulkner University. He also holds two M.A. degrees in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary and an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College. Currently, he serves as Assistant Dean of Academics and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Theology, and Quadrivium at New College Franklin in Franklin, TN. He and his wife, Hannah, have two vivacious golden retrievers and too many books.

Rhys Laverty

Editor in Chief, Ad Fontes; Managing Editor, Davenant Press

Rhys Laverty is Editor in Chief at Ad Fontes, Managing Editor at Davenant Press, and Marketing Director of the Davenant Institute. He holds a B.A. in English from the University of Exeter and a GDip with Union School of Theology, and is currently studying Davenant’s M.Litt. He has written for The Davenant Institute, Mere Orthodoxy, and the Theopolis Institute, and podcasts about film and TV on For Now We See. He lives in Chessington, UK with his wife Libby, daughter Noah, and son Seamus. Follow him on Twitter @RDLaverty.

Rachel Littlejohn

Hospitality Director, Davenant House

Rachel Littlejohn (wife of Brad Littlejohn) works part-time as the Davenant House Hospitality Director. Rachel has been involved with Davenant one way or another since her husband founded the organization in 2013, and since 2021 she has been blessed to help lead the hospitality ministry at Davenant House, in between raising and homeschooling four boisterous children.

Jonathan McKenzie

Groundskeeper

Jonathan (BA, Reformation Bible College) is the Groundskeeper at the Davenant House and an M.Litt Student at Davenant Hall. He is a host of the New Reformed Irenics Podcast. Jonathan is married to his lovely wife Bethany. He aspires to eventually serve the church in the office of minister of word and sacrament in a Confessional Reformed context.

Michael Riggins

Acquisitions Editor, Davenant Press; Book Reviews Editor, Ad Fontes

Michael Riggins is the Acquisitions Editor at Davenant Press. He holds a B. A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College – Annapolis. He is currently a first-year PhD student in English at Baylor University and his interests lie in the intersection of religion and literature, especially in the devotional poetry of John Donne, G. M. Hopkins, and R. S. Thomas. Follow him on Twitter at @Michaelrigg789.

Christine Stokes

Treasurer

Christine Stokes holds a B.S. in Accounting and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida and was a licensed CPA in the state of Florida. She is married to Dr. Mitch Stokes and they have four children. She has been assisting businesses, churches and individuals with tax and accounting help for thirty years. Now that her kids are grown, she’d like to train as a lay counselor, is taking painting courses and continues to read as much as possible.

Julia Thiele

Administrator

Julia Thiele spent most of her life in Virginia, where she earned a B.M. from James Madison University. Her professional experience includes service to multiple churches, schools, and homeschool groups. She finds great joy in providing structure and administrative support for people and organizations so they can better focus on their mission. Julia, her husband Mark, and their four children moved to Idaho in 2019 and are thoroughly enjoying the beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

Marina Ziemnick

Director of Engagement and Development

Marina Ziemnick is an alumna of Patrick Henry College, where she majored in political philosophy and minored in music. She worked previously as a program manager for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a nonprofit that educates college students in the conservative intellectual tradition, and as a communications associate for the National Association of Scholars, a nonprofit that seeks to reform higher education. Marina lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with her husband and enjoys reading old books and trying new foods.