“I’m very thankful for the class because my kids were beginning to be at an age where they are asking tough questions and the lessons at GAP were incredibly helpful to my understanding of how to approach them.”
- GAP Chapter Participant
Our Team
Board President
Janel Greig
Board
President
Janel resides in the Pacific Northwest with her family where they enjoy hiking in the beautiful mountains of the region or escaping the city for the calm of the Pacific Ocean.
As a parent, Janel recognizes the importance of nurturing a passion for God's Word and truths in her own heart so it can be passed on to her children.
As president of the Board, Janel has a passion to equip parents so that they can in turn, be a disciple for their children and stand up for God’s truth with carefully thought out answers.
She enjoys speaking to parents about apologetics as a tool for discipling their children with a confident faith and is a graduate of the Cross Examined Instructor Academy.
Erin Mensinga
parent ambassador
director
Erin and her husband reside in Ontario, Canada with their three children.
With a background in education and experience as a teacher and small group leader, Erin is well equipped to serve as our PA Director. As PA Director, she supports Parent Ambassadors in the beginning of their journey with GAP.
She has a passion for encouraging parents to grow and learn how to defend their faith so that they may equip their children with a confident faith.
Erin enjoys baking, hiking, kayaking, downhill skiing and being outside exploring God’s beautiful creation with her family.
Dennis Hess
director of
chapter establishment
Dennis lives with his wife in the great state of Ohio and enjoys woodcarving and apologetics.
His passion for equipping the next generation is fully embraced through his 5 children, 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. After spending time working with college aged students at a local university, Dennis recognized the need to start equipping children early with grounded beliefs.
Dennis is passionate about sharing GAP with others and growing the ministry through his role of Director of Chapter Establishment where he oversees and supports Parent Ambassadors as they roll out GAP chapters around the world.
Elizabeth Thomas
director of
promotion
Elizabeth shares her gifts and talents with the GAP ministry as our Director of Promotion.
She keeps busy herding and homeschooling her three boys on a farm in Kentucky’s bluegrass region.
Elizabeth is a portrait photographer and a Classical Conversations Challenge Director, where she facilitates weekly worldview discussions with homeschool teenagers.
Elizabeth has a passion for apologetics and desires to continually engage her boys in conversations to be better equipped to engage with a skeptical culture.
In her free time, she enjoys reading (always an apologetics book on hand) and road trips.
Tyson James
director of
Chapter Growth
Tyson has a passion for helping apologists around the world share information with their local communities. His analytical mind and vision for global impact, coupled with his experience as the Global Chapters Director & Director of Translations/Transcriptions for Reasonable Faith equips him well to serve as Director of Chapter Growth for GAP.
Tyson has a deep appreciation for the value of apologetics as it was key to solidifying his own faith and has directly impacted his own family.
Tyson and his wife reside in the state of Nevada where they homeschool their daughter.
His hobbies include tennis, metaphysics and buying books that he’ll never read.
Natasha Crain
strategic
director
Natasha is a speaker, blogger, author, and podcaster with a passion for equipping parents to raise kids with confident faith in a secular world.
She has an MBA from UCLA and a certificate in Christian apologetics from Biola University.
Natasha homeschools her three kids and lives in southern California.
She loves reading (non-fiction only!), camping, and mountains.