After almost four decades of serving congregations in Australia and Canada, Ross Bartlett is now the United Church Formation Director at the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, where he also lectures in denominational courses such as history, leadership, and governance. For 25 years he has been involved in the training of lay and clergy leaders across the United Church. His recent books are On Holy Ground: You and Your Faith Story (Wipf & Stock, 2017) and Speaking Church: A New Vision for the Sub/Urban Church (Wipf & Stock, 2019).