Pam Kanaly and Shelley Pulliam are co-founders of Arise Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational women’s ministry based in Edmond, Okla., that holds annual conference retreats for single mothers.

Bike & Brunch is a Jewish, largely single bicycling group in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region.

J.J. Adler directed the 2007 documentary Unattached, about single Orthodox Jews in New York City. Watch the trailer.

Neil Clark Warren, a psychologist and former dean at Fuller Theological Seminary, co-founded and chairs the eHarmony online dating service. He has written several books about relationships, including Date … or Soul Mate?: How to Know if Someone Is Worth Pursuing in Two Dates or Less.

May Vanderbilt of San Francisco is a co-author of the Good Girl line of novels, including the 2007 title The Book of Jane, about single Christian women navigating modern life.

Trish Ryan, who lives outside Cambridge, Mass., wrote He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: A Memoir of Finding Faith, Hope and Happily Ever After (2008).

Scott A. Shay, who is chairman of Signature Bank in New York City, wrote the best seller Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry, in which he recommends that Jewish people reverse the trend of delaying marriage and childbearing.

Esther D. Kustanowitz writes about Jewish life, social media, relationships and dating. She writes the singles column “First Person Singular” for the New York Jewish Week. She is a contributor to many blogs, including Beliefnet’s Idol Chatter, which examines spirituality and popular culture. She is also the senior editor of PresenTense Magazine, a publication centering on Jewish life […]

Michelle McKinney Hammond of Chicago is a cable show co-host, public speaker and the author of several Christian books on living single, including Secrets of an Irresistible Woman: Smart Rules for Capturing His Heart and Ending The Search For Mr. Right: How to Be Found by the Man You’ve Been Looking For. She founded HeartWing Ministries.