The 4th Annual Nehemiah Project

Rev. Chris Moles is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Senior Pastor of The Chapel (Winfield, WV). Chris is a Certified Biblical Counselor (IABC) and a trained group facilitator in domestic violence intervention and prevention. While serving as a pastor, Chris also worked for 22 years in community corrections and adult education, 17 years of which was spent as a Batterers Intervention Prevention facilitator for the Putnam County, WV Day Report Center. Chris holds a B.A. in Bible from Cedarville College, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Faith Bible Seminary (Lafayette, IN), and is pursuing a D.R.E. from Cornerstone College of Virginia.

Chris is the author of The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home, a contributor on the West Virginia Coalition against domestic violence state wide intervention curriculum, a contributor to Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused, and the editor of Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse: A Guide toward Protection, Refuge, and Hope.

Chris is also the founder of PeaceWorks. PeaceWorks' primary focus is to educate the Church in domestic abuse prevention and intervention through PeaceWorks University and EQUIP (in cooperation with Leslie Vernick) and to provide periodic coaching and/or educational resources to abusive men through Men of Peace.

Delve Health Consulting Services was founded by Dr. Brooke Jacobs, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who directed her focus toward assisting organizations in optimizing their health and the services they provide to the community. Through her work as a staff psychologist, director of client services, and other supervisory roles in the non-profit sector of Paducah, KY, she recognized that many businesses, especially in rural communities, may not have the staffing to focus on this optimization. 

Her background and work has driven this mission to help foster change throughout the region at the institutional and system levels. Dr. Jacobs’ mission is to better equip communities, organizations, and their staff, to foster a “culture of excellence” so they may have a positive impact on society, whether that is through better training for those who help victims of domestic violence, implementing a policy change in schools, or analyzing data to fully meet grant objectives and outcomes.

Kelsey McKay is a highly recognized national expert on the topic of criminal asphyxiation and interpersonal violence. She spent twelve years as a child abuse, sex crimes, domestic violence, and homicide prosecutor in Austin, Texas, and exclusively prosecuted strangulation related crimes for half of that time. She now trains and consults nationally to implement sustainable protocols and help strengthen how communities identify, investigate, and prosecute strangulation in cases ranging from intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide. She is the President & Founder of RESPOND Against Violence non-profit, is the owner of McKay Training & Consulting, LLC and also serves on multiple faculties, advisory boards, and committees.

Rev. Chris Moles is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Senior Pastor of The Chapel (Winfield, WV). Chris is a Certified Biblical Counselor (IABC) and a trained group facilitator in domestic violence intervention and prevention. While serving as a pastor, Chris also worked for 22 years in community corrections and adult education, 17 years of which was spent as a Batterers Intervention Prevention facilitator for the Putnam County, WV Day Report Center. Chris holds a B.A. in Bible from Cedarville College, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Faith Bible Seminary (Lafayette, IN), and is pursuing a D.R.E. from Cornerstone College of Virginia.

Chris is the author of The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home, a contributor on the West Virginia Coalition against domestic violence state wide intervention curriculum, a contributor to Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused, and the editor of Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse: A Guide toward Protection, Refuge, and Hope.

Chris is also the founder of PeaceWorks. PeaceWorks' primary focus is to educate the Church in domestic abuse prevention and intervention through PeaceWorks University and EQUIP (in cooperation with Leslie Vernick) and to provide periodic coaching and/or educational resources to abusive men through Men of Peace.

Delve Health Consulting Services was founded by Dr. Brooke Jacobs, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who directed her focus toward assisting organizations in optimizing their health and the services they provide to the community. Through her work as a staff psychologist, director of client services, and other supervisory roles in the non-profit sector of Paducah, KY, she recognized that many businesses, especially in rural communities, may not have the staffing to focus on this optimization. 

Her background and work has driven this mission to help foster change throughout the region at the institutional and system levels. Dr. Jacobs’ mission is to better equip communities, organizations, and their staff, to foster a “culture of excellence” so they may have a positive impact on society, whether that is through better training for those who help victims of domestic violence, implementing a policy change in schools, or analyzing data to fully meet grant objectives and outcomes.

Kelsey McKay is a highly recognized national expert on the topic of criminal asphyxiation and interpersonal violence. She spent twelve years as a child abuse, sex crimes, domestic violence, and homicide prosecutor in Austin, Texas, and exclusively prosecuted strangulation related crimes for half of that time. She now trains and consults nationally to implement sustainable protocols and help strengthen how communities identify, investigate, and prosecute strangulation in cases ranging from intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide. She is the President & Founder of RESPOND Against Violence non-profit, is the owner of McKay Training & Consulting, LLC and also serves on multiple faculties, advisory boards, and committees.

Rev. Chris Moles is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Senior Pastor of The Chapel (Winfield, WV). Chris is a Certified Biblical Counselor (IABC) and a trained group facilitator in domestic violence intervention and prevention. While serving as a pastor, Chris also worked for 22 years in community corrections and adult education, 17 years of which was spent as a Batterers Intervention Prevention facilitator for the Putnam County, WV Day Report Center. Chris holds a B.A. in Bible from Cedarville College, an M.A. in Biblical Counseling from Faith Bible Seminary (Lafayette, IN), and is pursuing a D.R.E. from Cornerstone College of Virginia.

Chris is the author of The Heart of Domestic Abuse: Gospel Solutions for Men Who Use Control and Violence in the Home, a contributor on the West Virginia Coalition against domestic violence state wide intervention curriculum, a contributor to Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the Abused, and the editor of Caring for Families Caught in Domestic Abuse: A Guide toward Protection, Refuge, and Hope.

Chris is also the founder of PeaceWorks. PeaceWorks' primary focus is to educate the Church in domestic abuse prevention and intervention through PeaceWorks University and EQUIP (in cooperation with Leslie Vernick) and to provide periodic coaching and/or educational resources to abusive men through Men of Peace.

Judge Brandi H. Rogers is the Family Court Judge for the 5 Circuit (Crittenden, Union & Webster). Judge Rogers is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and Salmon P. Chase college of law (2006). While in private practice her law practice focused primarily on domestic relations, and she served regularly as for children in many counties. She also served as Master Commissioner and school board attorney for two school districts (Crittenden and Webster). She was elected to the 5 Circuit Court bench as Family Court Judge in 2014. She received the Kentucky Citizens Foster Care Review Board Outstanding Family Court Judge Award (2017), Kentucky CASA Network Judge of the Year (2019) and Kentucky Bar Association Distinguished Judge of the Year (2023). She was a NCJFCJ Judicial Engagement Network Fellow (2020) and has served on numerous commissions, including the National CASA Judicial Leadership Council (2018-2020), the Child Support Guidelines Commission, and the Domestic Violence Working Group with the Council for State Courts (2024). She now serves as faculty for the Kentucky Circuit Judges Association.