Leading & Practicing Vocational Discernment

Stephen Lewis is the president of the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE) and creator and co-founder of DO GOOD X, a start-up accelerator for under-represented, faith-rooted social entrepreneurs. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate and nonprofit leadership as an organizational change strategist and a leadership development specialist, focused on inspiring the next generation of faith-inspired leaders and entrepreneurs to live and work on purpose. Stephen holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in banking and finance from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master of Divinity from Duke University. He co-authored Another Way: Living and Leading Change on Purpose (2020) and A Way Out of No Way: An Approach to Christian Innovation (2021).

Christina Repoley serves as the Vice President of Program at the Forum for Theological Exploration. She oversees all of FTE's programming including events, grants, fellowships and courses. She works to make spaces for discernment, connection, resourcing, and community building amongst various FTE constituencies. Before joining FTE, Christina founded the national organization Quaker Voluntary Service and served as its Executive Director for nearly a decade. Christina holds an MDiv from Emory University's Candler School of Theology and a BA from Guilford College. She is a recorded minister in the Friends tradition.