Bruce C. Birch is emeritus dean and emeritus professor of biblical theology at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. He is co-editor of  C(H)AOS Theory: Reflections of Chief Academic Officers in Theological Education (2011).

Christian Andrews is director of ministries at Outreach Red Bank Community Church in Red Bank, N.J. In July 2011, he participated in a Princeton Theological Seminary conference on vocations for the 21st century.

Glenn T. Miller is professor emeritus at Bangor Theological Seminary and the author of Piety and Profession: American Protestant Theological Education, 1870-1970. Contact through the seminary.

David Horn is director of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s distance-learning program, Semlink.

Ronald Edward Peters is president of the Interdenominational Theological Center, a consortium of black seminaries in Atlanta.

The Rev. Allison St. Louis is director of field education and “The Second Three Years,” a mentoring program for graduates of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, an Episcopal seminary.

John Senior is an assistant professor of the practice of religion and society at Wake Forest Divinity School in Winston-Salem, N.C. Theological education is among his areas of expertise.

Don Sweeting is president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Fla. He wrote an essay on theological education in which he stated he thinks seminary education is more important than ever.

Luder Whitlock Jr. is chairman and interim president of Knox Theological Seminary, a Reformed school in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The school recently launched Knox Virtual for distance students.