Who We Are

Kathy Calvert is an experienced spiritual leader. She served for 25 years as a Teaching Leader with Bible Study Fellowship, where she presented God’s truths in honest and humorous ways, using personal illustrations and connecting with her audience. Kathy’s passion and cultural awareness results in relevant application of the timeless truths revealed to us in Scripture. In her role as Teaching Leader, she also had the privilege of training and shepherding hundreds of women. Her experience in handling Scripture and ministering to women together fuel her particular passion regarding advocating for women and gender equality, both in and beyond the church.

Kathy received her MAAT in Cross-Cultural Engagement at Multnomah Biblical Seminary. Prior education includes Biblical and Theological Studies at Western Seminary, and Business Administration at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Kathy loves adventuring with Tom, her husband of forty five years. Together, they have had opportunities to travel throughout the world. She has a love of fitness, and when not traveling, can be found most days at the gym- running, weight training, or dancing. She also enjoys hosting theme parties, coffee with friends, and reading books of all kinds. She is blessed with three grown children: daughter Leah, son Paul and his wife Lauren, and son Zach and his wife Michelle, plus two adorable grandsons. Being able to spend time regularly with them is a particular joy.

Having grown up in the Midwest, where her father along with her other family members still reside, Kathy has also lived in Northern California and England, but now regards Portland, Oregon as her home.

Cliff Chappell is married to Diana since Nov 1975 (celebrating 46+ years) and lives in Vancouver, Washington. He has been in ministry for 40+ years including 35+ years as senior pastor.  He currently serves as the pastor of the St. Johns All Nations Church Of God In Christ in Portland, Oregon, a multi-Cultural/Multi-Ethnic Church. Pastor Chappell has spent his life as a community activist working to promote strong family values for the good of the community.

Pastor Chappell, a US Navy (Vietnam) Veteran, has a BS in Civil/Structural Engineering, a Master of Divinity Degree, and is completing a Doctor of Ministry in Cross Cultural Engagement from Multnomah Biblical Seminary. He is a Trustee on the Board of Directors for Multnomah University. He also works with the National director to develop the online training for the CH Mason Jurisdictional Institutes for the Church of God in Christ, as well as serves as the Western States Dean. In addition, he is the Founder and Director of Man-Up, a community outreach program that addresses Domestic, Sexual and Gang Violence by healing the “Soul Trauma” in men and women, and recently serves on The Council of Trust for The Oregon Cares Fund.

For his activist work with the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Pastor Cliff received their distinguished Midori Award for Leadership in May 2018. He is the only man and only Pastor to receive this award in their 40+ year history. He was the facilitator at the call to action for the “Not One More Drop” gang intervention program with City of Portland, Multnomah County, Gang Violence Task Force, and the Gang Enforcement Unit with the Multnomah Co. Court System; and for his leadership within and out of the church, his work as a faith leader in the community, and his work as a community activist, Pastor Cliff was recognized in 2014 by the Church of God In Christ as one of their ‘100 Influential Pastors.’

Originally from Romania, Mara Enciu Garrett immigrated to the United States with her mother and sister. Her mother became a Christian while Mara was still young, inspiring her to begin her own relationship with Christ.

Though Mara has been following Jesus most of her life, she struggled to reconcile faith and sin. As survivors of abuse, raised in a single-parent home—with a divorced parent—Mara’s family experienced judgment from Christians. Despite occasional isolation and discouragement, Mara’s mother fulfilled her calling as a Bible translator in Papua New Guinea, where Mara graduated from high school.

Upon returning to the States, Mara attended Multnomah University and obtained a Bachelor’s of Arts in Bible and Theology, Educational Ministries (which included courses on nonprofit administration and leadership, along with program development), and a minor in Psychology. In studying God’s word, Mara unlearned oppressive theology from her childhood, which made the love of Christ an exclusive commodity that could be earned through legalism. Mara developed a theology of suffering, reconciling God’s goodness with the existence of abuse in the world and the body of Christ; her papers explored gender inequity in the church and ministry. In extracurricular activities, Mara served on student government as an Intercultural Inclusion Coordinator, facilitating conversations on race, and she co-started Sexual Assault Awareness Month programming at her university.

On both a volunteer and professional basis, Mara served as an advocate for survivors, training local church leaders and missionaries in Papua New Guinea on abuse: intervention, prevention, and recovery from a biblical lens. Currently, Mara serves in her local church and community, while raising her three children with her husband. Mara continues to bridge Church and Culture through raising awareness on issues of abuse and oppression, offering training and consulting for churches and organizations who want to represent Christ as Healer and better respond to and support survivors.

Pastor David Greenidge has been the Senior Pastor at Tigard Covenant Church for over 12 years. He is married to Trish Greenidge and has three sons, Kyon, Timothy, and Michael. Pastor David was born and raised in New York City and moved to the west coast. He received his BA in Political Science from the University of Washington. He attended Fuller Theological Seminary and George Fox Seminary. He is an ordained Minister with the Evangelical Covenant Church, the denomination with which Tigard Covenant is affiliated. He served on the New Wine, New Wineskins Advisory Council several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of making a difference in the community in cultural engagement around key issues of justice and the environment. Pastor David says, “My respect for Paul Metzger has continued to grow over the years and I look forward to continued service and ministry with him and the New Wine community.”

Pastor David has a love of sports, the outdoors, and meeting and socializing with people of diverse backgrounds.

Ross is an alum of Multnomah University who was deeply impacted by New Wine beginning with his time in seminary. He went on from Multnomah to complete a PhD at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. He later revised and published his research under the title Bonhoeffer and the Racialized Church. He currently works as the Chief Financial Officer for a Japanese Outdoor Camping brand. As part of New Wine’s board of directors, he enjoys combining his experiences in the business world with New Wine’s impulses to build better dialogue around pressing issues within the Christian church and beyond it.

Bruce was born and raised in the greater Seattle area before moving to Portland in 1999 to serve as a youth minister. While attending Multnomah Biblical Seminary, he took a job at a local hotel—an opportunity that quickly grew into a thriving career in hospitality. Embracing the idea that ministry isn’t confined to a paycheck, Bruce made a meaningful career pivot. Today, he reflects that he’s likely having an even greater impact in the lives of young people through volunteer work, all while finding deep fulfillment in his professional life.
Bruce and his wife, Jenni, have been married for 26 years and have two college-aged children. As the youngest of seven, he takes special pride in his role as “Uncle B” to 15 nieces and nephews, along with 18 great-nieces and great-nephews.

He is a graduate of Puget Sound Christian College and also attended Multnomah Biblical Seminary. During a nearly year-long furlough amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Bruce took advantage of educational grants to earn certificates from Florida Atlantic University and Yale University—though he jokingly notes he somehow missed out on watching Tiger King and baking sourdough bread like everyone else.

A passionate musician, Bruce plays guitar, bass, tenor guitar, mandolin, Irish bouzouki, Irish tenor banjo, banjolele, and ukulele. He’s also an enthusiastic supporter of the possible return of the Seattle SuperSonics to the NBA.

Professionally, Bruce was recently promoted to Director of Sales for two downtown Portland hotels. On Facebook, he engages a wide audience with posts that range from Black history and unofficial national holidays to influential music and thought-provoking questions designed to bring people from all walks of life into conversations.

Dr. Paul Louis Metzger is the Founder and Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins and Professor of Christian Theology & Theology of Culture at Multnomah University and Seminary. Dr. Metzger is also the editor of New Wine’s journal Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture. Integrating theology and spirituality with cultural sensitivity stands at the center of Dr. Metzger’s ministry vision. He and his wife, Mariko, a native of Japan, have been active in intercultural ministry in churches in the States, Japan, and England.

Dr. Metzger is the author of Setting the Spiritual Clock: Sacred Time Breaking Through the Secular Eclipse (Cascade, 2020); Beatitudes, Not Platitudes: Jesus’ Invitation to the Good Life (Cascade, 2018); Evangelical Zen: A Christian’s Spiritual Travels With a Buddhist Friend (Patheos, 2015); Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, May 2012); New Wine Tastings: Theological Essays of Cultural Engagement (Cascade, 2011); The Gospel of John: When Love Comes to Town (InterVarsity Press, 2010); Exploring Ecclesiology: An Evangelical and Ecumenical Introduction (co-authored with Brad Harper; Brazos, 2009); Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church (Eerdmans, 2007); and The Word of Christ and the World of Culture: Sacred and Secular through the Theology of Karl Barth (Eerdmans, 2003). He is co-editor of A World for All?: Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-edited with William F. Storrar and Peter J. Casarella; Eerdmans, 2011); and editor of Trinitarian Soundings in Systematic Theology (T&T Clark International, 2005).

Dr. Metzger is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey, and Senior Mission Scholar in Residence, Spring 2018 at the Overseas Ministries Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut. The Metzgers have two children and one grandchild. He has a keen interest in the art of Katsushika Hokusai and Georges Rouault, the writings of John Steinbeck, and the music of Johnny Cash, The Doors, and Nirvana. Dr. Metzger blogs frequently at Uncommon God, Common Good. Dr. Metzger’s present research projects include a forthcoming volume on social ethics inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s personalist philosophy and public theology, most notably Dr. King’s prophetic critique of the Vietnam War.

Wolfgang Mitzvot grew up in a reformed Jewish home and had his Bar Mitzvah when he
was 13. After his dad passing at age 14, Wolfgang was a wandering Jew for 4 years
until he joined the Navy right after high school. While serving in the Navy, Wolfgang
accepted Yeshua as his Lord and Savior. After being honorably discharged, he received
his BA in Communication from Boise State University and then went on to receive his JD
from Lewis and Clark Law School. While at Boise State, as he was earning his JD and
for the next 20 years, Wolfgang served as a high school youth leader at the churches he
attended.

As part of New Wine’s board of directors, he is learning to implement his experiences in
the legal business world, along with his desire to engage in dialogue with those in his
sphere of influence, within the Christian church and beyond it. This dialogue is a
combination of interpersonal communication and ability to use scripture to reflect
other’s personal stories.

Through his time in the Navy and being married to a travel agent for over 34 years,
Wolfgang has had the opportunity to travel to 58 countries. This extensive travel has
shaped his core belief that people throughout the world all have a basic need to be
listened to and to know their value by God.

Although a New Yorker in heart, Wolfgang has lived in five other states, from Florida to
Idaho. which again has allowed him to connect with those that God has put in his path,
whether at the gym, restaurants or on the pickleball courts.

For the past twenty years, Lisa Newbore has served in higher education, teaching communication and business courses and most recently working in administration as Vice President of Multnomah University. Her academic and professional journey has been shaped by a passion for meaningful dialogue and the transformative power of communication. Lisa was introduced to the work of New Wine by Dr. Paul Metzger, whose vision and leadership have deeply inspired her. Born in El Salvador and raised in Puerto Rico, Lisa’s cross-cultural upbringing fostered an appreciation for diversity in culture, thought, and experience. She believes that discourse and authentic engagement are among our greatest human assets. Lisa lives in West Linn, Oregon, is married to her high school sweetheart, and together they have three beautiful children.

Trudi Sang serves as New Wine, New Wineskins Advisory Council Co-Chair and New Wine Disability Advocate. She is also Director of Care and Serve at NW Christian Church Tigard Campus, President of Interfaith Disability Network of Oregon, Delta Kappa Gamma Beta Beta Chapter Committee Lead (community and school supports), and member of the Early Learning Washington County Steering Committee as a faith representative.

Trudi has received her Master’s in Education with a focus on Early Children and minor in Special Education from the University of Oregon, and her Master of Divinity in Chaplaincy from Multnomah University. She is currently in the process of obtaining a Doctor of Ministry in Cultural Engagement from Multnomah University. Trudi Sang serves on a variety of community networks that address education and the needs of the community. She is a volunteer for the Portland Rose Festival Clowns and has been awarded Clown of the Year in 2018 by Clowns of America International. Trudi is married to James Sang. They have one biological son who has been diagnosed with Fragile X Syndrome (exhibits similar to autism), two adopted girls who are half-sisters, and a foster daughter. Trudi and James love going to and serving at their church camp, Camp Wi-Ne-Ma on the Oregon coast. They also have a passion for short term missions for families with special needs children; they have served and supported children in Romania and Ukraine.

Rod Sawatsky is a graphic designer and lettering artist with over 25 years of experience building brands for both commercial and nonprofit organizations. His creative curiosity has led him through a wide range of creative disciplines to find solutions for a variety of clients. A compelling attraction towards the beauty of Christ shapes both his creative pursuits and theological ideas. After growing up as a missionary kid in the Congo (DRC) and working with his father to establish a media center there, he worked as a freelance designer in Canada for over 15 years. He now lives with his wife and 4 kids in Canby, OR.

CJ Young is the Senior Pastor at Adventure of Faith Church in Port Orchard, Washington. In his current position, he coordinates teams for both local and global outreach, heads up various Christian education opportunities, facilitates leadership development in addition to regular senior pastor duties (counseling, teaching, staff development, preaching/teaching, etc.).  

It took a long time for C.J. to enter into full-time pastoral ministry, but he has been doing it for most of his life as a volunteer.  Vocationally he has worked as a Nuclear Marine Electrician, an inner-city school teacher, and an Instructional Coach for teachers.  C.J. has an A.T.A. in Nuclear Marine Electronics, a B.A. in Education, and an M.Div. from Multnomah Biblical Seminary.

C.J.’s personal calling in life is to help people become the people God has called them to be, and he lives that out in his current vocation by providing creative opportunities for discipleship, for conversations concerning cultural engagement, leadership development, and biblical instruction in various contexts. He is passionate about pursuing missional, biblical community.  He loves serving the community he is in all the different ways he gets to serve them, but his greatest joy is the day-to-day conversations with people seeing how God is working in their everyday lives. C.J. is married to his wife, Jennifer, and has four biological children (Jack, Henry, Calvin, and Joanna Grace) and two bonus daughters (Haley and Allyson).

Gloria Young has over 25 years of experience working in the public sector and as a management consultant in both the public and private sectors. Young was appointed by Governor Newsom to the California Workforce Force Development Agency in 2019. Young is a member of the Board of Directors of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins, and a past member of the Advisory Council. She served as the Clerk to the Board and Legislative Administrator for the City and County of San Francisco, worked for the City of Palo Alto, and held elected office on the Santa Clara Board of Education. Ms. Young created and developed the first-ever Shadowing Program for organizations which is now used by municipalities in the United States and internationally and also created the Human Advocacy (HA) Model which embraces how people relate to one another including addressing racial biases. Her management achievements have been captured in several books and Ms. Young is also the author of Knowledge Management Tales—The Tale of Two Cities from San Francisco to Johannesburg.

David Austin is the Director of Strategic Partnerships with the UN World Food Programme where he works with US based foundations, organizations and private sector leaders to accelerate the momentum of economic development to help end global hunger. 

Prior to coming to WFP, David worked as a Program Director with the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust after a career doing business development in Oregon, China and Nepal; he worked for the State Department in the Middle East, and while at Mercy Corps led a consortium of non-profit organizations working on food relief in North Korea.  He has served in various leadership and board roles on numerous non-profit organizations, and private companies.  David is a strong advocate for American humanitarian leadership, and investing in young people to secure a robust and stable future.  David received his MBA at the University of Portland, Oregon; a Masters of Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland; and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington. David and his wife are raising their five children in the Portland area alongside a community of friends.

Tripp lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife Marcella and two kids. Up to this point in his life he has spent equal time in ministry and in starting multiple small businesses. He is a graduate of Multnomah Biblical Seminary (2018), and had the privilege of studying under Dr. Paul Metzger and Dr. Brad Harper during his time there.  After seeing how New Wine shares the goodness of Jesus Christ with contemporary culture while in Portland, Tripp and Marcella were drawn to the mission and especially the people involved. Since then they have prayed to see New Wine spread to other regions, including their hometown in North Carolina.  They are excited to see this prayer becoming a reality…

T. Randall Grove is a shareholder and chair of the trust and estate group at Landerholm, P.S., in Vancouver, Washington where he has practiced law since 1982. Randy is a member of the bar associations for Washington and Oregon; he is also a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is serving as a Regent for ACTEC.  He has also served as ACTEC state chair for Washington and as chair of the ACTEC Business Planning Committee.  Randy’s practice focuses on wealth preservation and transfer planning, as well as estate and trust administration.  He also advises nonprofit organizations and serves on planned giving committees for several nonprofits in Vancouver.  He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates and in annual listings of Washington State Super Lawyers since 2005.  He received his B.A. from Seattle Pacific University, his J.D. from Willamette University and his LL.M., in Taxation from New York University.   Randy and his wife, Julie, live in Vancouver, Washington and they have 4 young adult children.  Randy has been involved at New Heights Church for over 33 years in a variety of serving, leadership and teaching capacities. He is currently serving on the Board of the New Heights Clinic.  Randy is also involved in small groups in various venues (including church, workplace, community and professional organizations) that help others grow in faith as followers of Jesus.

Will Haag loves Jesus, his wife (Stephanie), and their two daughters. Formerly an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps, Will currently pastors a dinner church in central Washington. During his time at Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Will was extensively involved with New Wine, New Wineskins while serving as an intern, student coordinator, and advisory council member. Will holds a DMin from Seattle University and his passions include practical theology and the burgeoning Dinner Church Movement.