John Bennett
John Bennett is a certified teacher of Karate for Christ at the David and Goliath Christian Martial Arts Academy in Corning, N.Y.
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Cathy Chadwick
Cathy Chadwick is the founder of TouchStone Yoga, a Christian yoga center, and she teaches yoga classes in several Massachusetts churches and communities, including one at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Rebecca Lester
Rebecca Lester is an assistant professor of sociocultural anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. She contributed a chapter on the spiritual dimensions of Overeaters Anonymous to Interpreting Weight.
Michelle Lelwica
Michelle Lelwica is an associate professor of religion at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. She is the author of Starving for Salvation: The Spiritual Dimensions of Eating Problems Among American Girls and Women and The Religion of Thinness: Satisfying the Spiritual Hungers Behind Women’s Obsession With Food and Weight. She wrote a commentary for Newsweek and The Washington Post linking the quests for thinness and […]
Steve Reynolds
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.
Debra Orenstein
Debra Orenstein is a rabbi and leader of Makom Ohr Shalom congregation in Los Angeles. She wrote a Torah portion commentary about teshuvah, the return to God, and weight loss.
Myriam Klotz
Myriam Klotz is a Reconstructionist rabbi and the director of yoga and embodied practices at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
La Vita Weaver
La Vita Weaver is the founder of Fit for God Ministries and the author of Fit for God: The 8-Week Plan That Kicks the Devil OUT and Invites Health and Healing IN. She says her belief in God helped her reduce from 200 pounds. She is based in Capital Heights, Md.
John Byl
John Byl is co-author of Christian Paths to Health and Wellness (2007). He is a professor of physical education at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. He can discuss the biblical foundation behind the Christian fitness movement.