Meet our board of directors
Rev. Joseph Bayly and his wife, Heidi, have five children: Tate, Eliza Jane, Moses, Fiona, and Annabel. He graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in Computer Science and Ancient Mediterranean Studies. He then studied at New Geneva Academy, graduating in 2008. In 2009 he moved with his family to Indianapolis and planted Clearnote Indy with David Abu-Sara. In 2015 he moved his family to Cincinnati, together with several others, to plant Christ Church.
Dr. Ben Burlingham is an elder at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, IN. As a graduate of New Geneva Academy, he has been on the board for five years. Ben has taught organic chemistry and biochemistry for 18 years, and currently serves in the Chemistry Department at Indiana University. He and his wife Emily have five children and also care for foster children.
Rev. Nate Harlan is a graduate of Grace Theological Seminary. He serves as the pastor of Trinity Evangelical Church.
Mr. Wayne Huck has served on the board of New Geneva Academy since 2005 and as an elder of Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, Indiana since 1996. Holding an M.M. in Music Theory, he currently works as the Manager of Departmental Computing for the Office of Enrollment Management at Indiana University and teaches an introductory computing class at Ivy Tech Community College. He and Joyce have been married since 1986 and have five children.
Rev. Jacob Mentzel is NGA's Chairman of the Board, a former associate pastor at Trinity Reformed Church, and the pastor of Church of the King), a new church plant of Evangel Presbytery in Evansville, IN.
Rev. Dr. Jürgen von Hagen is the senior pastor of Free Evangelical Church in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, and professor of economics at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is a co-author of The Grace of Shame.
Dr. Ben Burlingham is an elder at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, IN. As a graduate of New Geneva Academy, he has been on the board for five years. Ben has taught organic chemistry and biochemistry for 18 years, and currently serves in the Chemistry Department at Indiana University. He and his wife Emily have five children and also care for foster children.
Rev. Nate Harlan is a graduate of Grace Theological Seminary. He serves as the pastor of Trinity Evangelical Church.
Mr. Wayne Huck has served on the board of New Geneva Academy since 2005 and as an elder of Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, Indiana since 1996. Holding an M.M. in Music Theory, he currently works as the Manager of Departmental Computing for the Office of Enrollment Management at Indiana University and teaches an introductory computing class at Ivy Tech Community College. He and Joyce have been married since 1986 and have five children.
Rev. Jacob Mentzel is NGA's Chairman of the Board, a former associate pastor at Trinity Reformed Church, and the pastor of Church of the King), a new church plant of Evangel Presbytery in Evansville, IN.
Rev. Dr. Jürgen von Hagen is the senior pastor of Free Evangelical Church in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, and professor of economics at the University of Bonn, Germany. He is a co-author of The Grace of Shame.