Leopoldo A. Sánchez is Professor of Hispanic Ministries and Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He previously served as director of its Center for Hispanic Studies (2006-24).

Sergio M. González is Assistant Professor of History at Marquette University. A historian of twentieth-century U.S. migration, labor, and religion, his scholarship focuses on the development of Latino communities in the U.S. Midwest. He is the author of Mexicans in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017) and the co-editor of Faith and Power: Latino Religious […]

Melvina Sumter is an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at Old Dominion University. Her research has included religion in prisons, religion and prisoner rehabilitation, and the relationship between religion and crime reduction.

Asra Nomani is an Indian American journalist and Federalist contributor, who — among other things — is outspoken in opposing critical race theory and gender diversity in education, which she has described as divisive ideologies.

Throughout 2024 — and, really, any time politics are in the news, which is always — we will see familiar narratives about what religious voters are doing. Pundits will ask who they are backing and why, what messaging and issues mobilize them. What will emerge is a version of events that conflates political conservatism with […]

This Source Guide provides best practices for reporting on religion and AI, with a focus on background, related stories, sources and relevant resources for reporting on how it is already impacting the everyday realities of our spiritual lives.

Josh Burnett was the church planting pastor of Revolution Church in Annapolis, Maryland. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Church.tech, aimed at helping churches use technology to maximize effectiveness.

Kenny Jahng is editor-in-chief at ChurchTechToday.com. He’s also the founder of AIforChurchLeaders.com and ChurchGrowthWorkshops.com. He’s served as church online pastor at one of Outreach Magazine‘s Top 100 Fastest Growing Churches in America. Jahng is also CEO of Big Click Syndicate, a strategic marketing advisory firm helping Christian leaders build digital engagement engines that work.

Scott Evans is founder and CEO of Outreach Inc., which owns and operates a range of physical and digital products, including church marketing tools, worship and sermon content, media and editorial, a speaker’s bureau, print products and publishing, and Christian interest content. These include Outreach.com, Outreach Magazine, SermonCentral.com, ChurchLeaders.com, Sermons4Kids.com and Sermon.ai.