Heather Beaudoin is a national organizer for Equal Justice USA, a grassroots organization that focuses on repealing the death penalty. She handles the organization’s outreach to conservative religious groups and has experience with evangelicals. She is based in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Henri Gooren is an associate professor of anthropology at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich. He is conducting a research project, “The Pentecostalization of Religion and Society in Paraguay and Chile,” through a grant from the University of Southern California’s Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative.

The Rev. Charles Morris is a Catholic priest and an assistant professor in the religious studies department at Madonna University in Livonia, Mich. Morris founded Michigan Interfaith Power & Light and regularly blogs about environmental matters for National Catholic Reporter.

Lugene Schemper is a theological librarian at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich. He wrote an article on seminary education for Hispanic pastors.

Moody Theological Seminary was created in January 2010 from the cost-savings merger of two schools, Moody Bible Institute and Michigan Theological Seminary. The school has two campuses, one in Grand Rapids and one in Chicago. Contact Paul Wilson, associate dean of student services.

Duane Kelderman is vice president for administration and an associate professor of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich. In 2003, he participated in the school’s forum on seminary education and contributed an article, “Is Seminary Education for Pastors Still Necessary,” to its journal.

John Bolt is a professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich. In 2003, he participated in a Calvin forum on seminary education and contributed an article titled “Warning! Seminary Education May Be Hazardous to Your Spiritual Health” to its journal.

Elizabeth E. Heilman is an assistant professor of teacher education at Michigan State University and editor of Harry Potter’s World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives (Routledge, 2003).

Mark Roehling is an assistant professor of labor and industrial relations at Michigan State University in Lansing. In 1999 he published a study that found that overweight and obese people were discriminated against – often openly – in the workplace.