Leonardo De Chirico is both a pastor and scholar. He is pastor of Breccia di Roma, a church he helped to plant in Rome in 2009. His PhD dissertation was published as Evangelical Theological Perspectives on Post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism. He has written many books and is a lecturer of historical theology at Istituto di Formazione Evangelica e Documentazione, the director of the Reformanda Initiative, and the leader of the Rome Scholars & Leaders Network.