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Luann Jennings

Luann Purcell Jennings is the founder of Church and Art Network, which serves leaders in churches, ministries, schools, and arts organizations who are working at the intersection of faith and the arts. A theater director, arts administrator, and educator, Luann is also an adjunct theater faculty member at St. John’s University and founded the Arts Ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (NYC). She lives with her husband Chuck, a jazz guitarist, in New York City.

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