The Rev. Paul Sorrentino is coordinator for religious life at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. His doctoral work at Princeton Theological Seminary focused on religious pluralism in the academy and included a survey of Amherst students regarding their views on religious pluralism. While he advises the Christian Fellowship at Amherst, Sorrentino writes that “we respond best to religious plurality […]

Claire Renzetti is professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Kentucky, where she studies human trafficking and is an expert on the faith-based response to the issue. She can also address the evangelical response to the issue.

David Livermore is executive director of the Global Learning Center at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is author of Leading with Cultural Intelligence (2011) among other books.

Mark Oestreicher is president of Youth Specialties in El Cajon, Calif. He is a leader in the emerging movement. Youth Specialties markets training seminars, conventions and educational materials to Christian workers. Oestreicher has authored and contributed to more than 60 books and training materials that help youth workers present traditional Christian concepts to the modern youth sensibility.

A.K.M. “AKMA” Adam, an Episcopal priest and taught New Testament and early church history for nine years at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill. He has written numerous books and articles, including Faithful Interpretation: Reading the Bible in a Postmodern World (Fortress, October 2006).

Debbie Blue is a pastor and author of creative urban church in St. Paul, Minn. and founder of House of Mercy.

Alan Creech has been blogging about his life in the church since 2002; he is a founding member of Vine + Branches Christian Community, an emerging community in Lexington, Ky.

John Kenney is pastor of the Quest Church in Augusta, Ga., affiliated with the United Methodist Church. (“We’re real people who don’t have it all together, but who are taking the journey of life together.”). Quest Church is focused on the relationships in the community and the exploration of faith by ancient and contemporary models and means.

Brad Jackson is pastor of the 40-member emergent church The Well in Feasterville, Pa. He started and pastored a Sunday night worship community known as The Table. This ministry reaches out to 20 to 30 year-olds with the Gospel and the goal of bringing young adults to follow Jesus Christ.