John Unger
The Rev. John Unger is a social entrepreneur with an adaptive, servant-leadership approach to theology, asset-based community development, restorative justice, and public service. Unger worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India, and provided relief for Kurdish refugees, orphanages, children’s hospitals, senior care homes, and homes for people with mental disabilities in Iraq. Unger is the priest and pastor of three historic Episcopal, Lutheran, and United Methodist churches in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Working in Appalachia, he started Greater Recovery and Community Empowerment (GRaCE), a non-profit that has trained over 4,000 recovery coaches and peer recovery support specialists who work to address trauma, addiction, and mental illness.