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Stephen Kemp

Academic Dean, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development; Leadership Team of CityChurch of Ames-Des Moines (Ames, IA). B.A. Moody Bible Institute; M.Div. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D. Loyola University/ Chicago.

Steve spent the first 11 years of his career as a higher education administrator first at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, then at Moody Bible Institute.  He planted his first church in 1982 and served as a deacon, elder, pastor, and teacher for 20 years.  He came to Ames with his family in 2002 and began working with BILD, The Antioch School, and as a leader in the ADMCC network.  He has served as a leader of a house church and a cluster of house churches, working to guide the development of many in the network.