Erik Odegard serves at Spurgeon College as the director of Fusion, which equips and sends students to make disciples in hard places alongside IMB missionaries and NAMB church planters. He holds a BA in Christian ministry (cross-cultural studies concentration) and a master of theological studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Erik has served as an elder of Cross Fellowship Church since 2018. He and his wife, Morgan, have been married since 2014 and live in Missouri with their dog, Finn, and a house filled with Fusion alumni.