Faculty Fellows.
Faculty Fellows are the relational spine of The Hope College. They are ministers and scholars whose lives argue for what the curriculum teaches. Formation is caught before it is taught — and the Fellows are who Scholars catch it from.
Closer to a rabbi than a professor.
A Faculty Fellow of The Hope College is a credentialed minister or scholar chosen by the Chancellor and approved by the Board of Regents to contribute their depth and pastoral wisdom to the formation of the next generation of ministers.
Faculty Fellows are not lecturers hired to transfer content. They oversee modules, mentor Scholars through one-on-one sessions, review theological journals, and provide the honest pastoral accountability that academic programs rarely offer.
The appointment is named, intentional, and limited to people the Chancellor believes carry what the Scholars need. This is not a board role. Faculty Fellows hold no governance authority. Their authority is academic and formational.
Trevon Gross, PhD is the founder, Chairman, and Chancellor of The Hope College, Inc. He oversees all faculty appointments, curriculum development, and institutional direction of the School of Ministry.
The Chancellor holds competency in both Biblical Hebrew and Koiné Greek and serves as the primary instructor for the Biblical Language Companion Track — guiding Vocational Track Scholars through Hebrew and Greek foundations and their application in ministry.
Faculty Fellows are selected personally by the Chancellor based on theological depth, pastoral experience, and the kind of character that makes someone worth following. Every appointment reflects a conviction: formation is caught before it is taught.
Ministers and scholars. Appointed for formation.
Each Faculty Fellow is a credentialed minister or scholar chosen by the Chancellor and approved by the Board of Regents. They hold named academic appointments at The Hope College, Inc. and are listed in all institutional publications.
Academic credentials are a floor. Character is the ceiling.
The Hope College holds its Faculty Fellows to a high standard — because the Scholars they are forming will carry that standard into their ministries. Credentials open the door. Character determines whether the appointment is made.
The Chancellor will not appoint a Faculty Fellow whose character does not match their credentials. Formation is caught before it is taught — Scholars will become, in part, who their mentors are.
The founding cohort launches in September. Cohort size is limited.
Applications are open for both tracks. All Scholars begin at MOD 01. No debt. No barriers. Just the call.