Janine T. Metcalf currently pastors El Cajon Church of the Nazarene in east San Diego County. Before pastoring, she spent six years teaching in the Philosophy and Religion Department of Point Loma Nazarene University and served as an adjunct professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary. Janine is an ordained elder who has preached in camp meetings, churches and retreats throughout the U. S. She also ministered as a staff pastor for nine years at Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene.

Janine’s testimony is a profound story about God's relentless grace. She used to be a television reporter and anchor. She spent ten years on stations throughout California reporting on everything from raging fires to floods, earthquakes to bathtub races. She interviewed three presidents, was shot at in a street riot, and flew with the Navy's aerobats "The Blue Angels."

She became a born again Christian while covering the Iranian hostage crisis for NBC news in 1979-81. For ten months she interviewed Reverend Earl Lee, whose son was one of 52 American hostages held in Iran. The Lee family's faith throughout the ordeal made an incredible impact on Janine's life. “Their consistent peace and strength prompted me to ask, ‘What should I do with Jesus,’” Janine admitted. Before the Americans were released, Janine attended the Lee's church in Pasadena and committed her life to Christ.

Janine’s journalism experience has not been wasted. She co-authored The Upward Call Spiritual Formation book, has written numerous articles for Christian publications, and produced an hour-long video documentary about men and women serving as partners in ministry in the Church of the Nazarene. The video, Ablaze with Love, was part of her doctorate dissertation for Asbury Theological Seminary. It not only profiles the lives of Nazarene matriarchs, but provides biblical and historical evidence to support our century old polity of gender mutuality in ministry.

She and her husband, Ed, reside in Point Loma. Their two sons are married and live in northern California.