Jason Atkinson
Jason Atkinson has served as the Office Administrator for Church Doctor Ministries since October 2005. He is primarily responsible for managing the staff and managing day-to-day operations while the consultants are in the field.
Jason came to Church Doctor Ministries after earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Media and Broadcast Communications from Huntington College in 2004.
Jason lives in Auburn, Indiana, with his wife, Laura and daughter Kailyn. In his spare time, Jason enjoys reading, hiking, watching and playing sports, and watching movies.
Shelly Hinkley
Shelly Hinkley has served Church Doctor Ministries since January 1993. She currently serves as Special Projects Coordinator. Her primary responsibilities include preparing and maintaining the ministry’s master calendar; arranging and organizing Board of Directors meetings, Church Doctor Institutes, and other on-site and off-site events; preparing Dr. Hunter for speaking engagements; and preparing and managing large-scale projects associated with denominational consultations.
Prior to her current position, she served as Consultation Coordinator from 2002 until 2005. From 1993 until the fall of 2002, she served as managing editor of Strategies for Today’s Leader magazine, published by Church Doctor Ministries.
Shelly received a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1993 from Indiana University, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Shelly enjoys most outdoor activities and spending time with her family and friends.
Olive Hinkley
Olive Hinkley has served part-time at Church Doctor Ministries since 1996. Her primary responsibilities include filing, copying, mail distribution, scoring surveys, ordering supplies, and keeping the office organized.
Olive has been married to her husband, Bill, since 1954. Together, they have two children: John and Shelly, and three grandchildren: Meghan, Andrew, and Graham. Olive enjoys staying active by working around her house and yard, as well as spending time with family and friends.
Neil Bachman
Neil Bachman is the accountant for Church Doctor Ministries and has served in that capacity in various ways (full- and part-time) since the inception of the ministry in 1978. He has worked as a CPA for an accounting firm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for 20 years and comes to the Church Doctor Ministries office once a week to oversee finances and compile financial reports.
Prior to becoming a CPA, he served as a pastor in a central-city church in Detroit, Michigan, and as a part-time pastor in Kendallville, Indiana. Neil received a BA degree from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1971 and an M.Div from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1975. He later received an accounting degree from Indiana University in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Neil and his wife, Joyce, reside in Kendallville, Indiana. They have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters.
Tracee Swank
Tracee Swank serves as marketing director, coach and consultant for the ministry. Tracee holds a masters degree in theological studies, and studied organizational development and communications in her undergraduate work. Tracee lives in Waterville, Ohio with her husband, Matt.
