Who we are

Balancing Theory & Practice in Theology
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The Behold Institute Team is a united community of scholars, practitioners, and theologians. Together, they bring expertise spanning biblical studies, pastoral care, human rights, church leadership, government and public policy, missions, worship, and theological research — offering students both academic depth and lived wisdom across domains. Come, and Behold also draws on a global network of guest lecturers — theologians, church leaders, researchers, and practitioners from across Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, South America, and beyond — who bring their fields into direct conversation with the seminary's mission. These voices enrich every term, ensuring that students are formed not only by a core faculty but by the breadth of the worldwide Church.
Faculty — Come & Behold Women’s Seminary

Come & Behold Women’s Seminary

The Behold Institute Team

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Dr. Kendra L. Duran, Ph.D.

President & Founder

Dr. Kendra L. Duran, Ph.D.

Pastor Andy Myers, MBA, MATS Candidate

Provost & Co-Founder

Pastor Andy Myers, MBA, MATS Candidate

Jessica Davis, MA, Ph.D. Candidate

Dean

Jessica Davis, MA, Ph.D. Candidate

Dr. Meghan Weinkeuf, MBA, Ph.D.

Faculty

Dr. Meghan Weinkeuf, MBA, Ph.D.

Dr. Ona C. Miller, EdD, Ph.D.

Faculty

Dr. Ona C. Miller, EdD, Ph.D.

Dr. Kendra L. Duran, Ph.D.

President & Founder

Dr. Kendra L. Duran, Ph.D.

  • PhD, Public Policy & Social Policy — Helms School of Government, Liberty University, 2024
  • MA, Human Rights Practice — University of Arizona, 2019
  • BA, Theology — Catholic International University, 2016

Outstanding Doctoral Research Award, Liberty University, 2024 • APSA Human Rights Section Dissertation Award Nominee • Marquis Who’s Who Honoree

Biblical feminine anthropology • Theology • Natural law • Covenant in civil society • Biblical ethics and reasoning • Church history • Global social policy • Human rights norm diffusion • Welfare-based human rights (ESCR) • Refugee rights and displacement • Human trafficking • Indigenous rights • Religion and peacebuilding • Asylum and migration • Social protection • International child law

Human rights law and policy • Foundations of human rights • Public policy • Social and global policy • Church history • Women’s history in the Christian church • Neurobiology in research • Spiritual intelligence in pedagogy • Women, family, and child rights in developing nations

  • Director of Global Research, Dallas International University (2025–Present); Managing Editor, Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion
  • Director & Principal Researcher, Human Rights Research, Consultation & Practice (HRRCP), 2012–Present
  • Adjunct Faculty, Oral Roberts University & Liberty University (2024–Present)
  • Contributing Faculty, Walden University — School of Public Policy & Administration
  • Consultant, UN Women, Beijing +25 (2020–2021)
  • National Geographic Society Grant Researcher (NGS-62052E-19)
  • Institutional Chair, International Review Board, Dallas International University
  • Peer Reviewer: Poverty and Public Policy (Wiley); Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford); Political Science and Politics (Cambridge); International Affairs (Oxford); Sustainability Science (Springer Nature); Journal of Environment and Development (Sage)

Selected Publications

  • “Addressing precarity for peace: The Rohingya refugee crisis and policy interventions,” International Review of Sociology, Taylor & Francis (2025)
  • “Socio-ecological disruptions in a militarized landscape,” Space and Polity, Taylor & Francis (2025)
  • Welfare-Based Human Rights Diffusion in Global Social Policy (Monograph, 2024)
  • “Considering the shrinking physical, social, and psychological spaces of Rohingya refugees,” Wellbeing, Space and Society, Elsevier (2023)
  • “A Lost Generation: Perpetual Education Insecurity Among the Rohingya,” Race, Ethnicity, and Education, Taylor & Francis (2022)

Presentations

  • “Examining Rohingya Refugees’ Spaces in Bangladesh: Bridging the Gap Between Foreign Policy and Social Policy through Global Social Policy,” University of London, June 2021
  • “Success in Doctoral Research and Writing,” Helms School of Government, Liberty University, 2023
  • “Utilizing Zoom for higher education in learning: a problem-based learning approach,” International Virtual Exchange Conference (IVEC), University of Washington, November 2019
Pastor Andy Myers, MBA, MATS Candidate

Provost & Co-Founder

Pastor Andy Myers, MBA, MATS Candidate

  • MATS, Master of Arts in Theological Studies — Asbury Theological Seminary (Candidate)
  • MBA, Master of Business Administration — Strayer University, Jack Welch Management Institute

Church history • Historical theology • Systematic theology • Christian doctrine • Ecclesiology • Pastoral theology • Missiology • Applied andragogy in ministry contexts • Leadership formation in the local church • The theology and practice of worship • Spiritual disciplines and formation • The history of Christian thought

Pastoral ministry • Preaching and homiletics • Biblical exposition • Church leadership and administration • Discipleship and spiritual formation • Worship and liturgy • Missional church and evangelism • Christian ethics • Church history • Systematic and historical theology • Ecclesiology • Shepherding and soul care • Ministry in the local church • Church planting and revitalization • Christian worldview and cultural engagement

  • Provost & Co-Founder, The Behold Institute (2025–Present)
  • Executive Pastor, New Life City Church, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
  • Missionary, Youth With A Mission (YWAM)
Jessica Davis, MA, Ph.D. Candidate

Dean

Jessica Davis, MA, Ph.D. Candidate

  • Ph.D. in Practical Theology (Candidate) — Liberty University, Rowlings School of Divinity
  • Master of Theology — Campbellsville University
  • BA, Theology & Pastoral Leadership — Campbellsville University
  • Certificate of Missiology; Certificate of Ordination — Iris University, Mozambique, Africa

Distinguished Faculty of the Year Award Winner (2025), Colorado Technical University

Contextualized theological education • Missional theology and Two-Thirds World theology • Trauma-informed and holistic pedagogy • Cross-cultural communication and global education • Indigenous leadership development and decolonizing education • History of Christian missions (with emphasis on the Moravian movement) • Theology of adoption and spiritual belonging • Incarnational ministry and spiritual resilience • Practical theology in disaster-prone and poverty-stricken contexts

Biblical studies • Practical theology • Philosophy of religion • World Christianity • Spiritual formation • Ministry leadership • Global missions • Discipleship and spiritual formation in families and children • Contextualized theological education

  • Dean, The Behold Institute (2025–Present)
  • Director of Instructional Design & Brightspace Administrator, Ohio Christian University (2025–Present)
  • Online Faculty, Divinity — Liberty University, Rowlings School of Divinity (2024–Present)
  • Adjunct Faculty, Theological Studies — Bellarmine University (2024–Present)
  • Online Faculty, Philosophy & Ethics — Colorado Technical University (2024–Present)
  • Faculty, Philosophy of Religion — Baton Rouge Community College (2025–Present)
  • Director & Program Field Coordinator, Those Who Dream, Inc., Kampala, Uganda (2009–2023)

Publications

  • Davis, Jessica J. For Love’s Sake: Miracles, Mud, the Margins, and One Young Woman’s Trek with the World’s Poor. Grand Rapids: Destiny Image Publishers, 2010.
Dr. Meghan Weinkeuf, MBA, Ph.D.

Faculty

Dr. Meghan Weinkeuf, MBA, Ph.D.

  • PhD, Organizational Leadership — Regent University, 2023
  • MBA, Master of Business Administration — Strayer University, Jack Welch Management Institute, Summa cum laude, 2017
  • BS, Business Administration — University of Arkansas, 2010
  • Master of Accountancy (in progress, expected May 2026)

AI in accounting education • Economic studies • Transformational leadership • Neuroscience • Values-based decision-making • Workplace forgiveness • Hope science • Interpersonal professional relationships • Human resource development • Purpose in vocation

Financial accounting • Managerial accounting • Accounting information systems (AIS) • Leadership • Management • Business ethics • Organizational behavior • Conflict resolution • AI in the classroom

  • Faculty, The Behold Institute (2025–Present)
  • Assistant Professor of Accounting & Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Northeastern State University (Broken Arrow)
  • Ethics Bowl Team Leader, Northeastern State University
  • Mayoral Appointee, Tulsa Ethics Advisory Council
  • Founder, Ciovita LLC — The Faithful Leader; Transformational Leadership Coach & Speaker
  • 12+ years professional accounting experience: aerospace & defense, energy, nonprofits, entrepreneurial ventures

Selected Publications

  • “2025 and Beyond: Redefining Accounting Education for an AI-Driven World” (2025)
  • “Transforming Professional Relationships: The Role of Forgiveness and the Impact of Negative Transference,” Academic Journal (2025)
  • “Toward Understanding the Mental Drivers of Transformational Leadership Behaviors” (2023)
  • “How a Mind of Christ Impacts Leadership Behavior,” Book Chapter (2022)

Presentations

  • “An Exploratory Analysis of Featured Snippet Websites for Search Engine Optimization,” Fall Educators Conference, San Antonio, TX (2022)
  • “Finding Purpose Through Pain: A Framework to Understand Sexual Violence from an Organizational Perspective,” HR Research Round Table, Virginia Beach, VA (2021)
  • “Purpose in Life as it Relates to Job Satisfaction in the Military,” Military Operations Research 88th Symposium on National Security (2020)
Dr. Ona C. Miller, EdD, Ph.D.

Faculty

Dr. Ona C. Miller, EdD, Ph.D.

  • EdD, Organizational Leadership — Grand Canyon University, 2016
  • MA, Christian Studies, Pastoral Ministry Emphasis — Grand Canyon University, 2012
  • Graduate Certificate, Life Coaching — Grand Canyon University

Organizational leadership in Christian contexts • Theology of leadership • Women in global leadership • Spiritual formation and mentoring • Disciple-making and church ministry • Cross-cultural leadership • Christian worldview and contextualization • Ethical dilemmas and stewardship • Life coaching and professional development • Global executive leadership

Christian ministry and culture • Systematic theology • Spiritual formation • Leadership development • Homiletics • Biblical hermeneutics • Theology of leadership • Cross-cultural leadership • Discipleship • Trends and issues in Christian ministry

  • Faculty, The Behold Institute (2025–Present)
  • Global Executive Leadership Advisor, PurposePhD
  • Contributor, Global Library of Female Authors
  • Certified Life Coach (Grand Canyon University)
  • Social entrepreneur, educator, and humanitarian with global leadership experience across Africa, Europe, and North America
About — Come & Behold
Our Vision

A Revival of
Biblical Womanhood

“We envision a new era: a revival of biblical womanhood in theological education, forming women deeply in Scripture, awakening them to their callings, and sending them forth with the wisdom of Christ into homes, churches, and the nations — preparing the Bride of Christ.”
Our Educational Philosophy

How We Teach

Three pillars that shape our approach
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Orthodoxy

Biblical — grounded in the authority of Scripture

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Orthopraxy

Spirit-Empowered — theology lived out in practice

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Orthopathy

Gendered Lens — attending to the feminine experience

Our Foundation

Core Values

Hebrew for strength, valor, army, wealth, capability — from Proverbs 31’s “woman of valor”

  • Connection
  • Humility
  • Adoration
  • Yielding
  • Integrity
  • Love
Pronunciation khah’-yil חָיִל
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Chayil appears over 200 times in the Hebrew Bible. The word most often describes armies, warriors, and men of fighting ability — yet remarkably, Scripture applies this same term to women.

The phrase eshet chayil (“woman of valor”) appears in Ruth 3:11, Proverbs 12:4, and Proverbs 31:10, using identical language to its male equivalent gibor chayil, which describes Boaz himself (Ruth 2:1).

Ruth — a destitute Moabite widow gleaning in fields — is the only woman in Scripture explicitly called an eshet chayil by name, demonstrating that valor is not defined by status or circumstance, but by courage, loyalty, and faithful action.

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The same word describes God’s own mighty deeds:

“The right hand of the LORD does valiantly [chayil]” (Psalm 118:15–16)

“Through God we shall do valiantly [chayil]” (Psalm 60:12)

Thus chayil spans the full biblical witness — from heaven’s armies (Daniel 4:35) to a foreign widow in Bethlehem — affirming that true strength flows from dependence on the Lord and is expressed through courageous faithfulness in any calling.

What Sets Us Apart

Three Uniques

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Recovery of Lost Voices

We employ a semantic and pragmatic translation approach that recovers the feminine voice in Scripture — often obscured by translation choices — without sacrificing the original meaning.

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Biblical Feminine Anthropology

We pursue the study of womanhood from a deeply biblical perspective — exploring, restoring, and recovering what Scripture reveals about women as image-bearers of God.

03

Unoffendably Connected

We focus on reconstruction rather than deconstruction — building women up in truth while remaining graciously connected across theological differences.