Andrea Sterk joined the Department of History at the University of Minnesota in 2015 after teaching for 13 years at the University of Florida, and before that, at the University of Notre Dame and Calvin College. Her research focuses on the history of Christianity in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. Pete Scazzero is the founder of New Life Fellowship Church, Queens, New York, and the co-founder of the Emotionally Healthy Discipleship ministry. He earned Master Degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and received his Doctorate in Philosophy from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Pete hosts the top ranked Emotionally Healthy Leader podcast and is the author of several bestselling books, including The Emotionally Healthy Leader and Emotionally Healthy Spirituality. New Life Fellowship Church includes several hundred people from 73 countries and strives to bridge racial, cultural, economic and gender barriers. He formerly served as a staff member with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.