Dr. Natalya Cherry, an elder in the Susquehanna Conference, earned her BA from Georgetown University, MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary, and PhD from Southern Methodist University. Having served churches in DC, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, she joined Brite Divinity School on the Campus of Texas Christian University in 2018 as Assistant Professor in Methodist Studies and Theology. Dr. Cherry, the author of several articles, is turning her dissertation, Believing Into Christ: Restoring the Relational Sense of Belief as Constitutive of the Christian Faith, into a book and is also working on multiple projects in Methodist Studies.