Rev. Dr. Marshall Elijah Hatch, Sr. has been the Senior Pastor of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church of West Garfield since 1993. Hatch received the distinguished Charles E. Merrill Fellowship of Harvard Divinity School in 1998. He has served as Adjunct Professor on the faculty of McCormick Theological Seminary and as both Adjunct and Associate Professor at Northern Seminary.

Throughout his ministry, Marshall Hatch has commenced numerous innovative community outreach programs. Most notable among these are: the Westside Isaiah Plan – Interfaith Affordable Housing Construction; an annual pilgrimage to Zimbabwe, Africa; an Illinois Department of Corrections and Cook County Jail visitation and correspondence ministry; Mountain Men’s Ministries and Enterprises; the Christian Sisters Women’s Ministries; a Substance Abuse Task Force; and the Pilgrim Community Development Corporation (Pilgrim Village).

Rev. Hatch has a history of civic involvement spanning over two decades. He served as a member of the Chicago School Board Nominating Commission from 1989–1991. He served as Moderator of the Friendship Baptist District Association, and he is the National Director of Religious Affairs of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. He also serves on the board of the African American Leadership Partnership and Westside Ministers AIDS Coalition. He and his church are actively affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, the Illinois National Baptist State Convention, and the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. He is presently involved in the formation of the Chicago Metropolitan United Power for Action and Justice.

Greg Armstrong is the Director of Enrollment at Northern Seminary. He is the founding and lead pastor of Renew Church, a multiethnic church plant in Westmont, IL, a suburb of Chicago. In addition to his role at Renew Church, Greg is the founder of Renew Collective, a collective of worship leaders, artists and musicians who gather to fuel the local church with a passion for songwriting, unification and reconciliation through the arts and the Host of The Gospel and Race Podcast.