The Rev. Chad Cooper is executive director of the Sustainability Sanctuary Coalition, an interfaith nonprofit that assists congregations with strategies, tools and resources to protect the planet. The organization is based in Mission, Kan.

Fellowship of Reconciliation is an interfaith organization that promotes nonviolence, peace and justice, partly through forgiveness. It was formed in 1915 in response to World War I and has programs in many countries. It’s based in Nyack , N.Y. Rev. Kristin Gill Stoneking is executive director.

The National Council of Churches has long advocated a reduction in gun violence through gun control. Read a March 15, 2000, statement, “Interfaith Call to End Gun Violence.”

Kevin Alan Lewis is an associate professor of theology and law at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif.

Alan Gomes is professor of historical theology at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif.

Kent A. Chambers is an associate professor of chemistry and environmental management at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Timothy D. Terrell is an associate professor of economics at Wofford College in South Carolina. He is a senior fellow with the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation.

California Interfaith Power & Light, the originator of the Interfaith Power & Light movement that began in 2000, works to mobilize faith communities in response to global warming. The organization has affiliates in more than 40 states and is based in San Francisco. Susan Stephenson is executive director.

Read a Jan. 26, 2010, essay on the Web site of Christianity Today in which Stanley Carlson-Thies reflects on George W. Bush’s faith-based initiatives.