Roger Olson is an expert in historical theology and professor of religion at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. Olson co-chairs the evangelical theology group of the American Academy of Religion. He wrote the “theology of evangelicalism” entry in the Encyclopedia of Protestantism (Routledge, 2004).

Danielle Grubb Shroyer is pastor of Journey Community Church in Dallas. She serves on the national Emergent Coordinating Group in the area of social justice. She is the author of The Boundary-Breaking God:  An Unfolding Story of Hope and Promise (Jossey-Bass, 2009).

Alan Creech has been blogging about his life in the church since 2002; he is a founding member of Vine + Branches Christian Community, an emerging community in Lexington, Ky.

Liz Buxton is pastor at Cedar Grove and Harmony United Methodist churches in Alton, Va. She is working to connect women in the emergent church movement (they call themselves (f)emergents).

Lauren F. Winner is the author of numerous books, including the popular Girl Meets God: A Memoir (Random House, 2003), about coming to Christianity in her 20s. She holds a Ph.D. in the history of American religion and lives in Durham, N.C.

Bill J. Leonard is a professor of church history and dean of Wake Forest University Divinity School in Winston-Salem, N.C. and the author of over 15 books including The Nature of the Church (B&H Publishing Group, 1991) and Word of God Across the Ages: Using Church History in Preaching (Broadman Press, 1981).

John Kenney is pastor of the Quest Church in Augusta, Ga., affiliated with the United Methodist Church. (“We’re real people who don’t have it all together, but who are taking the journey of life together.”). Quest Church is focused on the relationships in the community and the exploration of faith by ancient and contemporary models and means.

Heather Kirk-Davidoff is a pastor in Maryland and serves on the board of Emergent. She is co-founder of the Emerging Women Leaders Initiative. She has published a number of essays and is a frequent contributor to the Alban Institue’s Congregations Magazine.

Brad Jackson is pastor of the 40-member emergent church The Well in Feasterville, Pa. He started and pastored a Sunday night worship community known as The Table. This ministry reaches out to 20 to 30 year-olds with the Gospel and the goal of bringing young adults to follow Jesus Christ.