GCF is led by this team of servant leaders who are stewards of our ministry for the coming year. Click on the mail badge under their name to send an email directly to them.
Joe Thomas
InterVarsity Staff Member & Small Group Leader
Joe Thomas is in his first year leading the Graduate and Faculty Ministry at the University of Illinois. He has served the University of Illinois campus as part of the Executive Committee of the Evangelical Christian Union for the last ten years. Joe designed with Alan Hable a prayer walk through the University of Illinois campus which you can listen to on his podcast Wayfinding. He is presently a professor of Christian History at Urbana Theological Seminary where he continues to teach part time. He recently co-authored a book entitled Wayfinding with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. For fun, he leads Christian History Tours in Europe.
Attends Windsor Road Christian Church
Emily Cook
President & Small Group Leader
4th year Chemistry PhD student
Attends Christ Community Church in Champaign
Alison Kim
Treasurer & Prayer Co-Leader
2nd year Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering PhD student
Attends Christ Community Church in Champaign
Nathaniel Bowden
Small Group Leader & Prayer Co-Leader
2nd year Physics PhD student
Attends All Souls Presbyterian Church (202 W Illinois St, Urbana, IL 61801)
Samuel Jung
Small Group Leader
2nd year Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD student
Attends Twin City Bible Church (TCBC)
Shuen Wu
Events and Outreach Coordinator
3rd year Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD student
Attends University Baptist Church
Will Shen
Worship Coordinator
2nd year Electrical and Computer Engineering Masters student
Attends Christ Community Church in Champaign