Current Scholarship Recipients
SIM is proud to announce its new Becoming Beloved Community scholars for the 2024-2025 Academic Year who are each answering the call to leadership in a New Church for a New World. We look forward to their companionship over the next three years and to the contributions they will each make to the life of the church. Their unique commitments to compassion and justice are the lifeblood of this organization and also of the Body of Christ.
They are joined by 18 new scholars representing nine seminaries and schools of theology.
Our newest recipents are:
Camilla Caudell, Virginia Theological Seminary, 2027
Emily Elder, Virginia Theological Seminary, 2025
Sadaf Erastus, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, 2026
Melissa Fauci, Virginia Theological Seminary, 2025
Milton Gilder, Yale/Berkeley Divinity School, 2026
Bernadette Shawan Gillians, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, 2027
Peter Mayr, Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, 2025
John Ng’oma, School of Theology, University of the South, 2027
Rachel Pinti, Yale/Berkeley Divinity School, 2026
Tyler Richard Regnier, Yale/Berkeley Divinity School, 2027
Mildred Reyes, Wesley Theological Seminary, 2028
Carissa Riedesel, School of Theology, University of the South, 2027
Jesus-Ivan Ruiz-Swartz, School of Theology, University of the South, 2025
Carlos Ruvalcaba, Clairmont School of Theology, 2027
Jerrick Rutherford, Bexley-Seabury Seminary, 2027
Kayleigh Stewart, School of Theology, University of the South, 2027
Kendall Paige Trivett, Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest, 2026
Demarius Walker, Earlham School of Religion, 2026
Adelle Dennis
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2026
Amelia Bello Santana
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Camilla Caudell
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2027
Emily Elder
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Sadaf Erastus
McAfee School of Theology
at Mercer University
Class of 2026
Melissa Fauci
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Chris Leung
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Cruz Torres Razo
Seminary of the
Southwest
Class of 2025
Milton Gilder
Yale/Berkley Divinity School
Class of 2026
Quincy Hall
Bexley-Seabury Seminary
Class of 2025
Bernadette Shawan Gillians
Candler School of Theology
at Emory University
Class of 2027
Edward L. Smith II
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2025
George Black Jr.
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Gregory Williams
Virginia Theological
Seminary
Class of 2025
Harlowe Ren-Ying Zefting
Church Divinity School
of the Pacific
Class of 2025
Peter Mayr
Episcopal Seminary
of the Southwest
Class of 2025
Demarius Walker
Earlham School of Religion
Class of 2026
Kelly Park
Yale Divinity School
Class of 2026
Kelly Ramer Moody
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2025
Kayleigh Stewart
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2027
Marycelis Gonzales Otero
Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
Class of 2025
McKenzi Jo Roberson
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2025
Nicole Walters
Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
Class of 2025
John Ng'oma
School of Theology
University of the South
Class of 2027
Tabitha Jamal
Candler School of Theology,
Emory University
Class of 2025
The Rev. Alejandra Trillos
Virginia Theological Seminary
Class of 2025
Rachel Pinti
Yale/Berkeley Divinity School
Class of 2026
Ttyler Richard Regnier
Yale/Berkley Divinity School
Class of 2027
Mildred Reyes
Wesley Theological
Seminary
Class of 2028
Kendall Paige Trivett
Episcopal Seminary
of the Southwest
Class of 2026
Carissa Riedesel
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2027
Jesus-Ivan Ruiz-Swartz
School of Theology,
University of the South
Class of 2025
Carlos Ruvalcaba
Clairmont School of Theology
Class of 2027
Jerrick Rutherford
Bexley-Seabury Seminary
Class of 2027