James W. Lewis was executive director of the Louisville Institute, a program for the study of American religion at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary until 2011 when he retired. With funding from the Lilly Endowment, the Louisville Institute has sponsored research on multiethnic congregations. Lewis can connect reporters with scholars and pastors who’ve studied multiethnic congregations.

Erwin Raphael McManus, a native of El Salvador, is lead pastor and cultural architect at Mosaic, a diverse Southern Baptist church in Los Angeles. Mosaic is packed with a multiethnic mix of artistic young adults; McManus describes Mosaic as a cosmopolitan congregation serving the post-modern, post-Western, post-Christian world. McManus is the author of An Unstoppable Force: Daring […]

D. J. Chuang is working with Leadership Network to assist churches that are trying creative approaches to reach Asian Americans. Leadership Network, based in Dallas, works to nurture innovative leadership and church growth by connecting and equipping church leaders.

Gary A. Tobin is president of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research, a nonprofit think tank in San Francisco. He formerly directed the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University and is the co-author of In Every Tongue: The Racial and Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People.

Choyin Rangdrol is a teacher in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhism and the founder of Rainbow Dharma, a Buddhist center in Oakland, Calif., and of the website RainbowDharma.com. The author of Black Buddha: Changing the Face of American Buddhism (published in 2006), Rangdrol has written about racial separation in American Buddhism.

The Rev. Josue’ Del Risco is director of the International and Multiethnic Evangelism Team of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Randy Lee is moderator of the Presbyterian Multicultural Church Network and associate general presbyter for new church development and redevelopment in Grace Presbytery in Texas.

Sherman Hicks is executive director of multicultural ministries for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Kathryn Kahn is director of outreach for the Union for Reform Judaism. She can speak about ethnic diversity and changing demographics within American Judaism.