Paul de Vries is a speaker, author and president of New York Divinity School in New York City and an at-large member of the governing board of the National Association of Evangelicals.

Creation Justice Ministries (formerly the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program) works in cooperation with national bodies of Protestant denominations, Orthodox communions, regional faith groups and congregants to protect and restore God’s creation.

Richard Roberts is the chairman and CEO of Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association.

James Dobson is founder and former president and chairman of the board of Focus on the Family. In 2010, he founded a new ministry called Family Talk.

Read an April 12, 2013 PBS transcript of an interview with Father Charles Dahm on domestic violence and religion.

The federal Violence Against Women Act of 2005 was first signed into law in January 2006.

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) crafted a policy statement on domestic violence at its 2001 General Assembly.

The Episcopal Church passed a resolution in 1994 at its 71st General Convention condemning violence against women. In 2000, delegates at the 73rd General Convention called the church to address domestic violence within its own community.

The United Methodist Church passed a resolution on domestic violence in 1992.