About this course:

Jan approaches Transitional Ministry with a nuanced understanding of systems, training in Healthy Congregations, coaching and mediation, and a curiosity about the intersection between context and living theology. 
Ordained for nearly 29 years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, for  18 years, Jan served 8 different congregations in a transitional capacity-large and small, rural and urban, thriving and questioning sustainability. For the last two years, Jan and her Transitional Ministry Pathways Co Founder, Paul Rhebergen, have been developing a new model of transition through consultation. Jan  sees, teaches, and coaches through the lens of a woman in leadership being attentive to the particular experiences of women. Informed by her early work bringing ethnography to the classroom, Jan has worked with Paul and a team to curate a learning experience that is sensitive to adult learners and our yearning to grow in community. 

Bart's gifts in transitional ministry are connected to his 20 years of experience in the corporate world through manufacturing management and total quality assurance training in both large and small corporations. As a second-career pastor, he has been an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA for 18 years and has served three churches in the mid-Atlantic states. Bart's keen interest is in applying systems theory to the areas of work and church and looking at how the relationships within the two areas co-exist. For Bart, it is within our work life and church life that we can find purpose and fulfillment. As a facilitator and leader, Bart has guided several churches through the Healthy Congregations program. After completing the Transitional Ministry program, Bart was asked to join the Transitional Ministry teaching team.

Robin has 20+ years experience as a pastor (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A), with a majority of those years working in interdenominational settings. Her strengths are creativity, orchestrating change, worship leadership/preaching, using technology for ministry, visioning, and strategic planning. She has experience/training in adaptive leadership, family systems, transitional ministry, mediation and conflict management, New Beginnings mission studies, new church development, and

A native of Somerset NJ, Rev. Dr. Ron Hankins (known as Pastor Ron) is a retired pastor within the Presbytery of Baltimore, now serving as the Interim pastor at Govans Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland since August of 2024. Dr. Hankins has previously and successfully served as the pastor of Silver Spring Presbyterian Church in Silver Spring, Maryland; First Presbyterian Church of Odessa, Texas; Trinity Presbyterian Church of Baltimore, Maryland, as well as Woodville Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia

Dr. Hankins is also a retired U.S. military chaplain, having completed a total of 23 years of military service which included 13 (enlisted) years in the U.S. Marine Corps, 6 years in the U.S. Naval Chaplain Corps, and 4 years with District of Columbia Air National Guard as a Reserve Air Force chaplain. His educational accomplishments include:

a DMin from Regent University, a MDiv from Union Presbyterian Seminary, a MS in Adult Education from Coppin University, and Certificate in Executive Leadership, McCormick Theological Seminary.