God isn't asking the church to be politically uniformed, apathetic, or even bi-partisan. Tim and Shawna Gaines help us recast our political hope by challenging the claim that history is written by the powerful.
Timothy R. Gaines, PhD, received his doctorate in theology and ethics from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He serves as associate professor of religion at Trevecca Nazarene University. He is the co-author of A Seat At the Table: A Generation Reimagining Its Place in the Church (2012)and Kings and Presidents: Politics and the Kingdom of God (2015). Shawna Songer Gaines, MDiv, serves as the university chaplain at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has served as a co-pastor of Bakersfield Church of the Nazarene in Bakersfield, CA, as a youth pastor in Chicago, and as a communications consultant for Nazarene Missions International. She authored two other studies in the Breathe series, Created and Wilderness, and co-authored two books, A Seat at the Table and Kings and Presidents, with her husband, Tim. Shawna speaks and preaches at churches, conferences, camps, and retreats across the country, and blogs at shawnasongergaines.com.
