Kevin Anderson is director of the Van Andel Creation Research Center, an extension of the Creation Research Society, in Chino Valley, Ariz.

C. Smalley is president of Arizona Theological Seminary and Bible College. In the school’s academic philosophy, which Smalley wrote, the school bills itself as favoring “academy model” over the “university model” of education adopted by most seminaries. It has also forgone accreditation with non-Christian educational entities. Contact

Wingspan is a community center in Tucson that serves lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in southern Arizona.  

M. Zuhdi Jasser is founder and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, which promotes separation of mosque and state. He has said that “unusual accommodations” for one faith is not pluralism. AIFD is based in Phoenix, Ariz.

Adoption.com provides information and resources for all involved in the adoption process. Contact through the website.

The Rev. George Coyne is a Jesuit priest and director emeritus of the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., which he led for more than 25 years. He presented a lecture titled “The Dance of the Fertile Universe: Evolution or Intelligent Design?” at the Houston Museum of Science in 2009. He is an expert on the religious implications of evolution.

Wayne Grudem is research professor  of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Ariz. In the 2011 book Should Christians Embrace Evolution?: Biblical and Scientific Responses, for which he wrote the foreword, he asserts that the answer is no. “I am now more firmly convinced than ever that it is impossible to believe consistently in […]

The Creation Research Society is an Arizona-based organization of scientists and laypeople committed to what it calls “scientific special creation.” Board members are listed on the website.

Shane Hipps, a former advertising professional, thinks about the influence of new media on faith as the electronically sophisticated lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz. He wrote The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel and Church (Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006) and “The Gospel According to Electronic Culture: What if the medium really […]