Amy Sherman is one of the country’s frequently quoted experts on faith-based response to poverty and welfare issues. She is director of the Center on Faith in Communities in Charlottesville, Va., and senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research in Indianapolis.

Charles W. Dunn is Distinguished Professor of Government at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. He edited The Future of Religion in American Politics (2009).

Edith Turner is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Gregory A. Smith is the associate director of research at the Pew Research Center. He’s an expert on religion in America. Arrange interviews through Anna Schiller.

Henry Brinton is pastor of Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Virginia and co-author with Vik Khanna of Ten Commandments of Faith and Fitness (2008). Brinton wrote a June 10, 2008, article for The Washington Post about the intersection of faith and fitness.

Steve Reynolds is pastor of Capital Baptist Church in Annandale, Va., and author of Bod for God: The Four Keys to Weight Loss (2009). He urged his congregation to join him in a Christian-themed weight loss program. Reynolds eventually lost 100 pounds.

Brad Bloom is the publisher of Faith and Fitness magazine, an online lifestyle magazine about Christianity and fitness that is based in Yorkville, Va. He wrote a 2008 article for the magazine on why the church should be involved in physical fitness. In 2010, the magazine will focus on the role the church can play in fitness and on […]

ChurchFitness.com helps churches establish and build fitness ministries. It provides equipment and training programs.

Darrell Cole is an assistant professor of religion at Drew University. Cole is the author of When God Says War Is Right: The Christian’s Perspective on When and How to Fight, and was a participant in the 2006 First Things online symposium on torture.