Stage & Story
About Us
We are storytellers, educators, professionals, and parents called to cultivate the Christian Imagination for the glory of God. We believe story evokes, persuades, and moves like no other medium. And we see that story is the language of our culture.
We seek to support the Church in its call to equip the saints by helping Christians think biblically about story, culture, and the imagination. We undertake all our efforts to the glory of Christ, the Author of Creativity.
Mission
Our mission is simple...
Stage & Story is a 501(c)(3) organization that exists cultivate the Christian imagination by producing high-quality resources and hosting Christ-centered gatherings.
Who We Are
Committed to Christ and Story...In that order
Board of Directors
Co-Founder & President
Dane Bundy
​​Dane Bundy is an educator and writer with a calling to magnify Christ through creativity and imagination. He and his wife have founded and directed multiple youth theatre programs in schools across three states since 2009. Dane has taught logic, rhetoric, theater, and Bible in Christian schools, served as a principal at Providence Academy in Johnson City, TN, and now is the Director of Fine Arts at Regents School of Austin. Dane holds a B.A. from Biola in Communications/Dramatic Arts, a M.A. in Humanities from Faulkner University’s Great Books program, and is nearing completion of his Master of Arts in Theological Studies from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Board Member, Theatrical Advisor
​Wayne R. Scott
Wayne R. Scott is the president and founder of the LifeHouse Theater, Redlands, CA. He is a writer, composer, producer and director who has authored 30 original musicals. He has produced and directed eight musicals at the internationally known Redlands Bowl, including “Disney’s Mary Poppins,” “Annie,” “The Sound of Music,” and “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” for the Redlands Community Music Association. Wayne has won nine Inland Theater League awards for writing, composing, and directing, and two Inland Theater League Awards for acting. Wayne hosts "The Dramatic Difference," a podcast about story, stage, and the Author of creativity. A UC Riverside political science and religious studies double major, Wayne holds a master’s degree in theological studies.
Board Member
Brandon McCulloch
Brandon is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Twin Peaks (CA) where he leads worship in song and preaching, and seeks to engage the church through embodied and visual forms of worship. Brandon's weekly sermons are available here on his podcast.
He is also head of the Bible department at Lake Arrowhead Christian School where he teaches high school Bible. And he also teaches at the Calvary Chapel Bible College.
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Pastor Brandon is the most frequented guests on the Stage and Story podcast, as well as a key note speaker at the Stage & Story conference.
Board Member
Dr. Ryan Lister
Dr. Ryan Lister is Dean of Students and Professor of Christian Theology at Boyce College. He received his Ph.D in Systematic Theology from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his teaching and writing focus on the presence of God in redemptive history, systematic theology, and the intersection of theology, creativity, and Christian living. He earned his B.A. in English Literature from The Citadel.
An accomplished author, Lister wrote The Presence of God: Its Place in the Storyline of Scripture and the Story of Our Lives (Crossway, 2014) and Emblems of the Infinite King (Crossway, 2019), and co-authored the Reclaimed Creativity series with Thomas Terry of Humble Beast. His articles have appeared with The Gospel Coalition, Desiring God, and Crossway, and he has spoken widely on theology, discipleship, and creativity.
As Dean of Students, Lister leads Boyce’s student life efforts, shepherding students in their spiritual, academic, and personal development. He is passionate about cultivating a Christ-centered campus community that prepares students for faithful service to Christ and the church.
Board Member
​Stephen Steiner
Stephen Steiner is an experienced educational leader currently serving as the Head of School of Logic at Regents School of Austin since July 2022. Previously, Stephen held the position of Superintendent at Briarwood Christian School from July 2018 to July 2022, and prior to that, Stephen was the Head of School at New Hope Christian Academy from August 2009 to June 2018, where additional roles included Upper School Instructional Leader and Director of Support Services. Stephen began the career as Assistant Principal at Brinkley Heights Urban Academy from July 2007 to July 2009. Stephen holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Covenant College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Auburn University.
Board Member
​Eric Rutherford
Eric Rutherford is host of the Entrusting the Faith podcast and author of Leading Well at Home: How Husbands and Fathers Can Biblically Lead Their Families. He has a Master's of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been married for over 25 years and has three children who love the Lord. He volunteers at a local church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Board of Advisors
Advisory Board, Film & Story Advisor
Brian Godawa
Brian Godawa has been a professional writer and filmmaker for over 15 years. His creative versatility was born of a passion for both intellect and imagination, both left-brain and right-brain. The result: Brian is an artisan of word, image, and story that engages heart, mind, and soul. Just think, “Renaissance Man.” As an award-winning screenwriter, his first feature film was To End All Wars, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Strong and Robert Carlyle. But his skills and experience quickly expanded to include writing and directing feature films, documentaries and video promotionals. His popular short film, Cruel Logic, starring Tony Hale and Robert Pierce is popularly used by many Christian apologists. Brian is also an author and international speaker on art, movies, worldviews, and faith. His popular book,
Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment, is used as a textbook in schools around the country. He is a contributing scholarly writer to various journals and professional organizations, and his articles on movies and philosophy have been published around the world. His Chronicles series of novels are his most important contribution by incarnating his worldview and theology in narrative unlike anything you’ve read before.
Brian is available for speaking and consulting. His screenplay consulting services can be found at Godawa.com. His published novels can be found here.
Advisory Board, Film & Media Marketing
Greg Cash
Greg A. Cash is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Reformed Baptist Church in Lebanon, Missouri and a professional videographer with Stand to Reason, a national apologetics organization. With a unique blend of theological depth and cinematic storytelling, he helps others see that God is not only the Author of Scripture, but the Author of reality itself.
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After studying at California Baptist University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Greg combined Reformed theology with a global vision, working across the U.S. and in 14 countries, including teaching film in Jerusalem. These experiences shaped his passion to connect the timeless truths of Scripture to today’s questions.
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In his debut book, Your Story Revealed, Greg shows how the Bible is one cohesive story, revealing God’s redemptive purposes from creation to new creation. His mission is to help the Church understand this grand narrative and find their own stories within it.
Advisory Board, Scholar-in-Residence
Dr. Roger Duke
Roger D. Duke is an ordained Baptist minister. He retired early from his teaching role at Baptist College of Health Sciences in Memphis, TN to form the Duke Consulting Group. He has taught at the college and graduate school levels for over 20 years. Moreover, he continues to teach adjunctively at various institutions as time and opportunity permit. Professor Duke holds graduate degrees from The University of the South’s School of Theology at Sewanee, TN; The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and Harding University’s Graduate School of Religion. His major academic and teaching foci have been in the History of Christian Thought (Theology), Classical Rhetoric, and Christian Ethics. He has written or contributed to more than ten volumes with the lastest volume scheduled to be released in 2018. He has also edited over twenty works. He co-founded BorderStone Press, LLC, where he also served as Senior Acquisitions Editor. It is one highlight of his ministry and academic career to have presented academic papers at The Southern Baptist Seminary’s Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies. He has been happily married to Linda Young Duke for nearly 44 years. They have three adult children and four robust grandsons.
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Dr. Duke is available for your speaking and consulting needs. His published work can be found on his website (www.drrogerdduke.com) and his Amazon Author's Page
Advisory Board, Mixed Media Advisor
Greg Sukert
Greg Sukert is Executive Director and Co-founder of Anchored North, an evangelistic ministry that specializes in using film and online media to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that has never been done before.
Greg is an award-winning writer, producer, and marketer with years of experience creating marketing campaigns from conception to completion for small businesses and multi-million dollar corporations.
In 2013, God changed Greg's life in such a dramatic fashion that he has now dedicated his life to reaching the lost with gospel through creative media and evangelistic campaigns. He's recognized as a gifted communicator, encouraging motivator, and dedicated leader.
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Using his vast experience in digital marketing and startup development, Greg sits on the Advisory Board of Stage & Story as Digital Marketing & Development Advisor .
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Greg has a B.A. in Business Administration, Marketing and is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.
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