People Notes- June 2025

Emily Hartner ‘07 M.Div. has been elected Bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology and Director of the Center for Faith & Culture at YDS, has published a new book, The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse.

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Toni Alimi ‘15 M.A.R. has been appointed Assistant Professor at Princeton University, in Religion and the University Center for Human Values.

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Caleb Oladipo ‘88 S.T.M., Professor and Snellings Chair of Evangelism and Christian Missions at Campbell University Divinity School, has been elected to the American Theological Society.

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Lydia Sohn ‘10 M.Div., Senior Pastor of Walnut United Methodist Church in Walnut, Calif., has published a new book, Here: A Spirituality of Staying in a Culture of Leaving. 

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David Stuart ’25 M.Div. is the new Associate Minister of Wilton Congregational Church in Wilton, Conn.

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June 6, 2025