The Rev. Bob Edgar is general secretary of the National Council of Churches which works for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. Contact through director of media relations Daniel Webster.

Carrie Gordon Earll is bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family, which opposes all forms of cloning and embryonic stem cell research on the grounds that any embryo is a human life.

Mark F. Carr is theological co-director for the Center for Christian Bioethics at Loma Linda University in California.

Van Die is a professor of history and theology in the department of History at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada. Her specialization is in Methodist tradition and history in Canada, 19th century religion, gender and class.

Snyder is a professor of Wesley Studies at Tyndale University College and Seminary, Toronto, ON, Canada. His expertise is in Wesleyan theology, history and theology of mission, church renewal, and historical theology.

Airhart is an Associate Professor of History of Christianity at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Her interests include North American Christianity, Methodism, religion and public life, and the history of spirituality.

Newport is a professor of Christian Thought in the department of Theology and Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. His main interests include New Testament Studies and the use of the New Testament in various later contexts. An instance of this is its use by millennial groups or in the works of Charles Wesley.

Stayer is a professor emeritus in the history department at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada. He studies Lutheran theology in the context of early modern European history. Evangelicalism is also a specialty of his.

Ross is an associate professor in the department of religion and culture at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada. A focus of his is Lutheran theology and Evangelicals. He also studies religion and social change and new religious movements.