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The Pierce Team

Pierce Steering Committee and Staff at their 2006 Annual Retreat

 

Our Staff

Steve Macchia
Director
The Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Macchia serves as the Director of the Pierce Center, overseeing the Center's initiatives on all of our campuses.  His office is located in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Dr. Macchia also serves as Founding President of Leadership Transformations, Inc., a ministry devoted to developing leadership in church and parachurch ministry settings with a strong emphasis on the spiritual formation of leaders and teams. He received both his M.Div. and D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell, where he also received a distinguished alumni award in 2000.  He previously served on the pastoral staff of Grace Chapel (Lexington, MA) and as President of Vision New England and currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Evangelicals. He is the author of five books, including Becoming A Healthy Church (Baker Books, 1999), Becoming A Healthy Disciple (Baker Books, 2004), and Becoming A Healthy Team (Baker Books, 2005). Dr. Macchia and his wife Ruth live in Lexington, Massachusetts with their two children, Nathan and Rebekah.

Reid Satterfield
Charlotte Coordinator
Reid Satterfield serves as Coordinator of the Pierce Center at Gordon-Conwell's Charlotte Campus. Members of the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) since 1998, Reid and his wife, April worked among a Muslim tribal group in northwestern Uganda. Reid is near completion of a M.Div. at Gordon-Conwell. He received a B.S. in Economics from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Reid and April live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their daughter, Emma Jane.

Frank Tully
Boston Coordinator
Frank Tully serves as Coordinator of the Pierce Center at Gordon-Conwell's Boston Campus (The Center for Urban Ministerial Education). Frank also leads The Navigators' Greater Boston Metro Mission, a ministry focused upon advancing the Gospel though generations of lifetime laborers among the diverse peoples of Boston and into the world. He is currently pursuing a M.Div. in Urban Ministry at Gordon-Conwell, having previously received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and J.D. from DePaul University. He previously served with The Navigators in Sydney, Australia, following 12 years of law practice in Chicago. Frank lives with his wife Deborah in Newton, Massachusetts and are blessed with three children, Laura, Kevin and Brian.

Susan Currie
Spiritual Formation Mentor
Susan Currie serves as a Spiritual Formation Mentor at the Pierce Center on Gordon-Conwell's Hamilton campus.  Additionally, she engages in spiritual formation ministries, particularly retreat leadership and spirtual companionship, with individuals, local churches, and wider church and parachurch bodies.  She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College, Gordon-Conwell (Master of Arts and Theological Studies), and the certificate program of Christian Formation and Direction Ministries - Northwest.  Susan and her husband Dave call Hamilton, Massachusetts, home, and are graced with three children, Catherine, Roy, and Elspeth.

Sage Chang
Assistant
Sage Chang serves as Dr. Macchia's assistant at both the Pierce Center at Gordon-Conwell and at Leadership Transformations, Inc. She is also actively involved in youth ministry as the Youth Pastor at The Korean Hope Church of Boston located in Waltham, Massachusetts and as a Director of ARISE Youth Ministries, an organization serving the Korean Churches and the Korean-American youth in New England. She has a B.A. from Boston College and is a M.A. Counseling student at Gordon-Conwell.

 

Our Steering Committee

	Steve Macchia Director of the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building Founder/President of Leadership Transformations, Inc., Lexington, MA		Alice Mathews Chair of the Pierce Center Academic Dean Lois W. Bennett Professor Emerita of Educational and Women's Ministries Gordon-Conwell, South Hamilton, MA
	Sid Bradley Dean Professor of Pastoral Counseling & Psychology Gordon-Conwell, Charlotte, NC		Adele Calhoun Pastor of Spiritual Formation, Christ Church of Oak Brook, IL Adjuct Professor, Wheaton College, IL
	Bob Dukes President of Worldwide Discipleship Association, Fayetteville, GA		Carol Kaminski Assistant Professor of Old Testament Gordon-Conwell, Boston, MA
	Soo-Chan Steven Kang Associate Professor of Educational Ministries Gordon-Conwell, South Hamilton, MA		Robert Mayer Director of the Lindsell Library and Bookstore Gordon-Conwell, Charlottte, NC
	Al Padilla Dean Associate Professor of New Testament Gordon-Conwell, Boston, MA		Lita Schlueter Dean of Students Director of Student Life Services Gordon-Conwell, South Hamilton, MA
	Robert Cooley Committee Member Emeritus President Emeritus Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary