Deacon John Harden is the manager of small-group programs and Bible studies at Ascension Press. He has a bachelor’s degree in theology from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, and a master’s degree in theology from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Ordained as a deacon for the Eparchy of Passaic in 2020, he now serves at St. Luke Byzantine Catholic Church near Kansas City, Missouri, where he, his wife Meghann, and their seven children live.