Jim Winkler is president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, an organization that represents 37 religious denominations. He is based in Washington, D.C.

Rachel Laser is the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, an advocacy organization that seeks to reduce entanglement between the government and faith groups. She previously served as deputy director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, where she worked on social justice issues, including gun control, abortion […]

Henepola Gunaratana is the founding abbot of the Bhavana Society, community of monastics and lay people dedicated to the practice of Theravadan Buddhism. Born in rural Sri Lanka, he has been a monk since age 12 and took full ordination at age 20 in 1947. He has written several books, including Mindfulness In Plain English […]

Washington D.C. Buddhist Vihara was the first Theravada Buddhist monastic community in the United States. It is an educational and religious organization staffed by resident Bhikkhus (monks).

Mark Dever is the senior pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. He is the lead writer at 9Marks, a complementarian ministry.

Is a Washington, D.C.-based organization that advocates for women’s ordination and leadership in the Catholic Church. It is the U.S. branch of Women’s Ordination Worldwide. Erin Saez Hannah is its executive director.

Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty advocates for elimination of the death penalty because it conflicts with Catholic teachings about the sanctity of life. The organization has offices in Washington, D.C., and at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. Karen Clifton is executive director.

Dalia Hashad is the Arab, Muslim, South Asian advocate for the American Civil Liberties Union. She is part of the Campaign Against Racial Profiling, which focuses on issues facing Arab, Muslim and South Asian Americans in a post-9/11 world. 

Katie Conway is an immigration and refugee policy analyst for the Episcopal Church in its Office of Government Relations in Washington, D.C. She can discuss the church’s work in the crisis involving unaccompanied children migrants.