Bakht Singh (1903−2000) was ded­i­cat­ed by his par­ents to become a Sikh. The British mis­sion­ary school he attend­ed in Pun­jab gave Bakht Singh the impres­sion that Chris­tian­i­ty was an arro­gant cul­tur­al iden­ti­ty rather than an authen­tic, life-trans­form­ing rela­tion­ship with Jesus. Though fierce­ly loy­al to his reli­gious her­itage, he sensed that nei­ther his afflu­ent lifestyle, nor Sikhism, nor any of the faith tra­di­tions he inves­ti­gat­ed were able to pro­duce real hap­pi­ness or peace. As a young adult, Bakht Singh had a spir­i­tu­al encounter with Jesus and rec­og­nized the Liv­ing Christ as the Teacher of truth and good­ness he had longed to meet. Bakht Singh even­tu­al­ly became a world-renowned preach­er and revival leader, and is con­sid­ered the ​“father” of India’s indige­nous church movement. 

Sojourn­er Truth (c. 1797 –1883), born Isabel­la Baum­free, was an Amer­i­can abo­li­tion­ist and wom­en’s rights activist. Truth was born into slav­ery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daugh­ter to free­dom in 1826. After going to court to recov­er her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. She was a pow­er­house preach­er who read­i­ly shared what­ev­er God laid on her heart with lis­ten­ers from all walks of life.

Richard is founder, past pres­i­dent and cur­rent team mem­ber of Ren­o­varé. Hav­ing stud­ied at George Fox and Fuller The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary, Fos­ter has served as a pas­tor and taught world­wide on spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion. Author of dozens of arti­cles and six books, includ­ing Cel­e­bra­tion of Dis­ci­pline, Richard con­tin­ues to write on the spir­i­tu­al life. He and his wife, Car­olynn, have two grown chil­dren, Joel and Nathan, nine grand­chil­dren, and live near Den­ver, Colorado.

Tina L. Dyer is the founder and prin­ci­pal of Graft­ed Togeth­er Con­sult­ing, which exists to sup­port lead­ers, indi­vid­u­als, and teams in cul­ti­vat­ing spaces where truth and authen­tic­i­ty are wel­comed, cre­ativ­i­ty and inno­va­tion are unleashed, and equi­table and inclu­sive prac­tices are nor­mal­ized to cre­ate a sense of belong­ing where all peo­ple can thrive.

Tina holds a Bachelor’s in Psy­chol­o­gy from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia at Davis, and a Mas­ter of Arts in Chris­t­ian Spir­i­tu­al For­ma­tion and Lead­er­ship from Friends Uni­ver­si­ty, Wichi­ta, KS. She is an alum­na of the Ren­o­varé Insti­tute and serves on the Ren­o­varé Board as Trea­sur­er. Tina is a joy­ful Mom to two young adult children.

Grace Pouch curates and shares resources with the Ren­o­varé com­mu­ni­ty as Con­tent Man­ag­er. She is also a Coor­di­na­tor Com­pan­ion with Renovaré’s Fel­low­ship of the Burn­ing Heart. Grace is a grad­u­ate of the Ren­o­varé Insti­tute, Ersk­ine The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary, and David­son Col­lege. She lives in South Car­oli­na with her hus­band William and their two children.