instructors
andrew ballitch
Andrew Ballitch (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as one of the pastors of Westwood Alliance Church. His teaching and writing interests include church history, theology, and hermeneutics. Some of the most formative books in his life have been John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life, Helmut Thielicke’s A Little Exercise for Young Theologians, and William Perkins’s The Art of Prophesying. For fun he enjoys spending time with his family, travel, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is married to Darcy and together they have three children, Lizzy, Etta, and Winston.
jeremy muncy
Jeremy Muncy has had the privilege of being a pastor at Westwood Alliance Church for the last nine years. He loves to preach and is passionate about training pastors and church members to treasure Christ, love their fellow believers, and engage lost people with the gospel. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys coaching football, hunting, reading, and playing video games. He is married to his wife Jill and they have two children, Addie and Grady.
Jeff Owens
Jeff Owens received his Doctorate in Biblical Studies from Andersonville Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1998. He is currently an adult Sunday School teacher at Westwood Alliance Church. He has a passion for the Word of God and its being worked out in the hearts of His people, as well as those in their sphere of influence. In his free time, he enjoys weight resistance training and reading old theological works. In addition, he loves taking road trips with his wife Megan and his children Ethan and Elaina.
Luke Miller
Luke Miller is blessed to be one of the pastors at Westwood Alliance Church, where he once served as an intern. His primary responsibility is overseeing and leading church worship. He received a bachelor’s degree from Moody Bible Institute, and is currently working on a master’s from Covenant Theological Seminary. Some of the most impactful books he’s read include Rhythms of Grace (Mike Cosper), The Imperfect Pastor (Zack Eswine), Select Letters of John Newton, and Tempted and Tried (Russell Moore). Luke enjoys music, TV, coffee, books, nature, the NBA, and road trips with his wife Morgan.
Chris Davis
Chris Davis is the founder and executive director of globalLead, which has trained over 28,000 ministry leaders from over 50 countries since 1996. He has a Doctor of Educational Ministry with an emphasis on Biblical Spirituality and Biblical Counseling and a Master’s degree in Christian Education. He mixes academic credentials with practical experience in his passion for serving national leaders and mobilizing them to lead themselves, their families, and others in ministry. In his spare time, Chris enjoys caring for his family (wife Penny and son Levi), playing and watching sports, reading, roasting coffee, and crocheting.