WHO WE ARE

MISSION

To provide contemplative activism and cultural identity formation for Christians of color pursuing a world made whole.

VISION

A future where empowered Christians of color usher in peace and justice through their craft and call.

At PAX, we believe people were made for peace, not simply the absence of conflict, but the presence of dignity, healing, belonging, and wholeness. In a world shaped by injustice, isolation, political divide, and cultural fragmentation, we create sacred spaces for the interior work necessary to sustain those pursuing justice and collective flourishing. 

Through contemplative activism, cultural identity formation, creative arts, and intentional community, we nurture the spiritual, creative, and communal foundations required for long-lasting social change, because peace is not passive, and a world made whole is sustained by those embodying liberating love.

VALUES

Hospitality and Belonging

Wonder and Wisdom

Contemplation and Action

OUR STORY

In 2019, a group of Christian faith leaders, pastors, speakers, academics, artists, and visionaries came together to dream about transformation through the peace of Jesus. This group wondered what it would take to inspire and equip future generations to pursue peace, justice, and wholeness. 

They dared believe Christians of color might lead the way toward making beautiful, Jesus-centered content and community. For the first five years of its existence, PAX poured its resources into creating 32 different resources for BIPOC Christians and churches, including contemplative resources, artwork, podcasts, online Bible studies, and blog posts. 73 BIPOC theologians, experts, artists, and everyday peacemakers were elevated in this season. 

At the end of 2023, Josh Buck stepped down as Executive Director and Tiffany Bluhm, a veteran ministry and nonprofit leader, stepped up to lead the organization. As an Indian-born, Pacific Northwest-dwelling woman, Tiffany thrives at the intersection of faith and justice, and believes in building organizations that serve marginalized communities for the common good.

PAX looks to the future with great hope!

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2019 PAX Co-Founders

FEATURED VOICES

at PAX Quarterly Events, Fellowship Virtual Keynotes, Retreats, and Cohorts.

Mondo Scott

Drew Jackson

Tyler Burns

Kat Armas

Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Sandra Van Opstal

Chanté Griffin

Michael Stalcup

Brian Oliva

Dominique Gilliard

Kristel Acevedo

Alexis Busetti

Tasha Jun

Brandon Wrencher

Sara Shaban

Jenai Auman

Josué Perea

Arielle Estoria

Tiffany Bluhm

Tracey Gee

Wanesha Spencer

Kristin T. Lee

Haleluya Hadero

Al Hsu

Dr. Drew Hart

Jemar Tisby

Phillip Joubert

Jalen Seawright

Stephen Riley

Hailey Mitsui

LEADERSHIP

  • Tiffany Bluhm is a speaker, writer, and leader with more than fifteen years of experience in ministry and nonprofit leadership. She is the author of The Women We’ve Been Waiting For, Prey Tell, and other books and Bible studies. Her writing has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, and more. Her public work is at the intersection of faith, justice, and culture. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons.

    Email | tbluhm@madeforpax.org

TIFFANY BLUHM

  • Erika Eng is a NY born, LA based illustrator, designer, and maker. Founder of It’s All Good LA, Erika finds creative solutions for a variety of clients in mediums involving illustration, design, motion graphics, mural painting, and crafting. She is inspired by things made by hand, thoughtful details, vibrant colors found in nature, and the humor of daily life. Aside from creating, Erika loves traveling to new places, Yankees baseball, people watching, and staying up to date with the latest in pop culture.

    Email | design@madeforpax.org

ERIKA ENG

  • Judy Campbell-Smith writes children’s books that mix fact and fiction, spark curiosity, and celebrate diversity. She is the author of AJ’s Neighborhood, Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World, and Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story. She comes to PAX after years working in higher education, the music industry, and as a stay-at-home mom. Some of her favorite things are supporting other writers, movies, baking, and watching baseball. Judy lives in Southern California with her husband and two children.

    Email | hello@madeforpax.org

JUDY CAMPBELL-SMITH

SUPPORT TEAM

  • Drew Jackson is a poet and the author of God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God's Unexpected Coming; Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way; and Let Peace Reign. Previously a pastor in New York City, he currently serves as the Contemplative Instructor of PAX, and is the Director of Formation at the Center for Action and Contemplation. Drew lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Genay, and their two daughters.

DREW JACKSON

  • Armando “Mondo” Canchola-Scott is an artist, photographer, longtime pastor, and faithful innovator aspiring to lead others toward peace, healing, and wholeness centered in Jesus. He is married to his BFF Salena and is a proud #girldad of his super dope daughter Selah.

ARMANDO
CANCHOLA-SCOTT

  • Melissa is an event planner with a passion for creating memorable experiences from the smallest decor details to the big picture. With a keen eye for detail, she loves to craft spaces and create moments that leave an impact. Melissa loves volunteering in her community, hosting and serving others, she's inspired by her son Enzo and creating joyful moments. 

MELISSA SEGURA

  • Serena Wang is an entrepreneur, missionary, and writer based in Taiwan. Over the past decade, she has worked as a product marketer at Google, an entrepreneurship coach at an anti–human trafficking nonprofit, and a barista in New York City coffee shops. She's passionate about living a life worthy of God's calling, and muses on ordinary moments on Substack and Instagram: @serenawang.7

SERENA WANG

FELLOWSHIP COHORT FACILITATORS

  • Jenai Auman is a Filipina American writer, artist, and author of Othered. She draws from her years in church leadership as well as her trauma-informed training to write on healing, hope, and the way forward. She received her bachelor's degree in behavioral health science and is currently pursuing a master's in spiritual formation at Northeastern Seminary. Jenai lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband, Tyler, and their sons, Quinn and Graham.

JENAI AUMAN

  • Rachel Wahba-Dunkley is a holistic life coach who guides Christian women of color as they navigate the journey of uncovering their authentic selves—helping them heal the past, ground the present, and enrich the future. As a Black & Indigenous woman and child of immigrants, Rachel's dreams and aspirations were often devalued for straying too far from acceptable paths, making her feel alone, misunderstood, and frustrated with God, herself and others. Rachel's goal is to help women develop healthy views of self, build confidence, and operate in the fullness of who they're called to be. She lives in New York City with her husband and six plant babies.

RACHEL WAHBA-DUNKLEY

  • Chenoa Daniels is the author of Whites Only and Blacks Only. After serving as an HIV/AIDS U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa for two years, her passion for cultural diversity manifested in a life dedicated to the practice of poetry. As a performance poet and speaker, she is the only American Adjudicator for the African Teen Authors Book Initiative (ATABI), an international teen writing program. Her work has been featured in Voyage ATL Magazine, Fringe Benefits Theatre, The Bitter Southerner Magazine, Mbabane, eSwatini (Swaziland), various places in South Africa, and more. Chenoa is a staunch advocate of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) education and she manages a Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL) Program at the Interactive College of Technology. Together with her husband, she creates and curates various forms of art in Atlanta, Georgia.

CHENOA DANIELS

  • Michael Stalcup is a Thai American poet living in Bangkok, Thailand. His poems have been published by over thirty magazines and anthologies including Commonweal Magazine, Ekstasis Magazine, First Things, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, and Biola University’s Lent Project. Since 2020, Michael has co-led Spirit & Scribe, a workshop helping writers to integrate spiritual formation and writing craft. You can follow him on Instagram @michaelstalcup and find all of his published work at michaelstalcup.com.

MICHAEL STALCUP


  • Chanté Griffin is a journalist and essayist who writes about race, culture, faith, and Black hair. She is the author of Loving Your Black Neighbor As Yourself: A Guide to Closing the Space Between Us, a 2025 NAACP Image Awards Nominee for “Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional.” Chanté has written for Christianity Today, Red Letter Christians, and is a contributing writer for Faithfully Magazine. She’s also worked as a contributing writer for The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and The Root. When she isn’t writing, she coaches creatives through Spirit & Scribe, an online workshop that sits at the intersection of writing craft & spiritual formation. Read more of her work via her Substack.

CHANTÉ GRIFFIN

  • Jalen Seawright is a Pastor, Community Activist and Justice Advocate. He and his wife Keyonna reside in the Metro-Detroit area and have three beautiful daughters, Karington, Kaidence and Kyelinn. Jalen Seawright is an experienced musician influenced by the sounds of Motown and Detroit Gospel. Jalen has spent most of his life serving churches in Michigan’s urban core and continues to serve as a worship leader, music director and preacher in the Metro-Detroit region. In recent years, Jalen has traveled throughout the country teaching and training churches and organizations how to leverage art to serve the mission of Justice in their communities. Jalen is currently a songwriter and contributor within the Common Hymnal ecosystem. Common Hymnal is a virtual hymnbook stocked with forward-facing content from the spiritual underground, channeling an eclectic art movement in which praise and protest live side by side. Aside from all of the above, Jalen's greatest mission is being the best black father and "girl-dad" this world has ever seen.

JALEN SEAWRIGHT

  • Tracey Gee is a certified leadership coach and consultant dedicated to guiding individuals toward transformative self-awareness and meaningful personal and professional growth. Tracey's work is rooted in extensive experience across workshops, speaking engagements, and personalized coaching sessions. She is also a certified facilitator in four frameworks—Gallup CliftonStrengths, Working Genius, Enneagram, and Cultural Intelligence. Her diverse clientele includes UC Berkeley, Firm Foundation, AltaMed, Nomi Network, Coca-Cola, Amazon, and the Miami Heat and is the author of The Magic of Knowing What You Want: A Practical Guide to Unearthing the Wisdom of Your Desires. Tracey is originally from the Bay Area of California and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, children, and dog, Kona. She loves coffee shops and every dog she's ever met.

TRACEY GEE

  • Danny Brister, Jr. knows what it's like to lead in hard places. For over 16 years, he's worked at the intersection of faith, justice, and leadership development, first in municipal government, then in pastoral leadership, and now through Forged: Birmingham Leadership Foundation, where he develops gospel-centered leaders through cohorts, coaching, and community. An Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Practitioner, Danny has trained leaders at Christian Community Development Association, Chick-fil-A, and churches and nonprofits across the country. He also serves as Interim Pastor at Grace Church Birmingham, and is a PAX Alumni. Danny writes at Act Justly Love Mercy, lives in Birmingham, AL, with his wife and daughter, and is writing a book on leadership lessons from King David's life.

DANNY BRISTER, JR.

SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS

  • Felicia Murrell is a spiritual director and former pastor with over twenty years of church leadership experience. She is the author of AND: The Restorative Power of Love In An Either/Or World. For Felicia, the Way of Love (agape) is to consciously participate with the Divine in how we live, move and have our being. Mom to 4 adult children, she makes her home in a suburb of the Twin Cities with her husband, Doug.

FELICIA MURRELL

  • Joel is the Executive Director of SoulRoots, a spiritual formation and soul-care ministry he founded in 2023. An ordained pastor and spiritual director with over 20 years of experience, he is passionate about helping others explore the connections between faith, culture, and lived experience. As a second-generation Asian American born to Southeast Asian refugee parents, he understands the complexities of cultural identity, family expectations, and systemic challenges. Joel walks alongside those feeling stuck in their spiritual journey, guiding them toward a fuller sense of self in Christ. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Lisa, and their two teenage kids, Kaden and Addysen.

JOEL TO

  • Ruth Lin Nakai is a Chicago-based creative and spiritual director with a passion for healing and liberation. She is dedicated to helping people-- especially those navigating loss, disorientation, or uncertainty-- uncover new possibilities. She loves working with individuals and groups, and she specializes in guiding folks through creative spiritual practices that inspire connecting with self/God in healing and liberative ways!

RUTH NAKAI

BOARD OF ADVISORS

LATASHA FERGUSON

Director of Instruction at Florida Virtual School and Founder of The Mahogany Table

JESSICA HENDERSON

Associate General Counsel at Microsoft

JONATHON MURILLO

Director of Strategy and Content at Ignite Institute, Pacific School of Religion

BENZI GEORGE

National Associate Chief of Staff at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA

TERRY DIENER

PAX Co-Founder,
Retired Pastor