Claire Renzetti is professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Kentucky, where she studies human trafficking and is an expert on the faith-based response to the issue. She can also address the evangelical response to the issue.

Lisa Thompson is coordinator and national liaison of the Salvation Army’s Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking.

Brian Tome is senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati. Crossroads has made a major commitment of finances and resources to International Justice Mission and works with the organization to end human trafficking overseas.

Stanton L. Jones is provost and professor of psychology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. He has written on homosexuality and Christianity from an evangelical perspective. Contact through the Wheaton College media relations office.

Horace L. Griffin is an associate professor of pastoral theology at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. He has written several scholarly articles on theology and homosexuality.

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster is director of North American programs for T’ruah, formerly known as Rabbis for Human Rights — North America. She has spoken internationally on behalf of the U.S. State Department about human trafficking. She lives in Teaneck, N.J.  

The Rev. David F. McAllister-Wilson is president of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., a Methodist institution. Contact him through Amy Shelton, director of marketing and communications.

Bradley Myles is executive director and CEO of the Polaris Project, which fights sex trafficking and helps survivors. It is based in Washington, D.C., and Japan.

Taina Bien-Aime is executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, a New York-based NGO that works on human rights for women and children.