Meet the Director

Meet the Director

Alvin Sanders (Ph.D.) serves as executive director of reconciliation (EFCA Samaritan Way). EFCA Samaritan Way is a division of the Evangelical Free Church of America that has a mission to reverse division, multiplying Kingdom growth. Dr. Sanders has many years of experience in the local church, university, and religious non-profit arenas.

Following years of urban ministry in Chicago and Cincinnati, Dr. Sanders and his wife Caroline founded River of Life Church in downtown Cincinnati in the midst of civil unrest over the shooting death of an African-American teenager by a white police officer. River of Life is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, economically diverse church with a heart for reconciliation.

Concurrently he served as director of Ethnic Ministries for Cincinnati Christian University. Dr. Sanders has been named an adjunct professor at institutions such as Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

A noted authority on biblical diversity, Dr. Sanders travels often to consult, teach and preach on the unique theological, social and cultural issues of Christian organizations that developing diversity brings. Typically he is asked to speak and/or consult on the following topics:

  • Biblical foundations for reconciliation
  • Principles for integrating a Christian organization
  • Understanding the dynamics of cultural differences
  • Leading the Christian organization in a globalized world

To contact Alvin, call Paula Pust at (952) 853-8492 or email paula.pust@efca.org.

Prayer Letter - On the Grind

To keep up with Alvin, view his schedule, and find out ways to pray for both Alvin and Samaritan Way, read his monthly prayer letter.

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