Apostle Onleilove (pronounced: “Only Love”) Chika Alston, Founder of Prophetic Whirlwind Ministries, was born and raised in East New York, Brooklyn. Onleilove is a global community organizer, speaker, and writer.[…]
René August, a black South African woman, is co-director of The Justice Conference South Africa. She also works at The Warehouse, a church network in Cape Town dedicated to addressing[…]
Donna Barber, a native Philadelphian, has served as an educator, trainer and coach for urban youth and urban youth program leaders for more than 25 years. In Philadelphia and Atlanta, she worked[…]
Leroy Barber has dedicated 30 years living and working towards what Dr. King called “the beloved community.” Leroy starts projects that shape society. In 1989, burdened by the plight of[…]
Jess Bielman has his Doctorate of Ministry from Wesley Seminary in Washington, DC where his work focused on contextualizing theological education. He teaches classes specifically geared towards the formation of[…]
Ann Matsushima Chiu (she/they) is a Research and Social Sciences Librarian in Portland, Oregon. Ann earned a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a[…]
Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan Rah is Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL and the author of The Next Evangelicalism; Many[…]
Rev. W. Tali Hairston, MAGL, is Director of Community Organizing, Advocacy, and Development at Seattle Presbytery. His work includes serving congregations and ministries in pursuit of justice, equity, diversity, and[…]
I love cities and as such for over 30 years have designed and administered community and faith-based urban programs and have integrated those experiences into my training and facilitated learning[…]
Pastor Mayra Macedo-Nolan pronouns: she/ella Mayra grew up in East Los Angeles, and has lived in Pasadena, CA for over 20 years. She was on the pastoral team of Lake[…]
