2014

Kyle ’11 and Stephanie (Frusher ’03) Tennant, being raised and educated in a conservative Evangelical environment shaped by reformed thinking, never imagined leaving that background to serve in ministry. However, now the Tennants are planting churches with the United Methodist Church, the very denomination founded by the great evangelist John Wesley, George Whitefield and Charles Wesley in 18^th century.

Victor Saad ’07 started developing an entrepreneurial passion after serving as a youth pastor in a Chicago area church. Being inspired by socially-minded entrepreneurs and business professionals at a conference, he decided to seek more development through an MBA program. However, instead of going through a traditional graduate school program, he designed his own self-made learning venture based on apprenticeship and experiential learning that emphasized business, technology, design and social change. He entitled the venture "The Leap Year Project" and invited others to join him. This year of learning, risk-taking, travel and reflection birthed in Victor a new vision for Higher Education. This experience has lead Victor to author a book, start a school, "The Experience Institute" and share his experiences in a TEDx Talk.

After meeting, marrying and graduating from Moody, Matthew '00 and Karen (Obran '01) Huber moved to Ireland in 2008, serving in youth ministry and church planting with Greater Europe Mission. When they returned to Dublin last year, Matt took on the role of Dublin City Leader for Serve the City, an international non-profit organization meeting the practical needs of the vulnerable and marginalized. The Irish branch...