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How does the media we consume perpetuate stereotypes in our hearts?
Beau Hughes shares how the media we consume can perpetuate stereotypes in our hearts.
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People can have feelings of prejudice about other races. Beau Hughes shares how churches...
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Aaron Bryant
Aaron serves as the Campus and Teaching Pastor at the Church at Avenue South, a regional campus of Brentwood Baptist Church. He also serves as the…
Aaron Cline Hanbury
Aaron Cline Hanbury is manager of news and information at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.
Aaron Colyer
Aaron is the Lead Pastor at First Baptist Church of Roswell, NM. Aaron Colyer and his wife, Krista, have been married since 2006. They have three…
Aaron Earls
Aaron Earl serves as a writer and Editor for Facts and Trends, an online resource designed to help pastors and other Christian leaders navigate the issues and…
Aaron Mercer
Aaron Mercer is a seasoned policy strategist and communicator. He aids organizations with research, analysis, and writing services, and he reflects on faith, technology, and the…
Aaron Rothermel
Aaron Rothermel, M.Div., is the pastor for Children’s and Family Discipleship at Bethlehem Baptist Church—North, in the Twin Cities. He has written curriculum for children in…
Aaron Sanders
Aaron Sanders is the founding pastor of Coastal Community Church in Galveston, Texas. Under his leadership Coastal has become a hub for church planting, disaster recovery,…
Adam Groza
Research Fellow
Adam Groza (Ph.D.) is the president of Gateway Seminary and associate professor of Philosophy of Religion. He is a contributing author, along with Ben Arbour, to…
Adam Holland
Adam Holland is Teaching Pastor at Hope Church of Knoxville. He has written two book Friendship Established and Frienship Redeemed. Adam is also the host of the podcast…
Adam J. Macleod
Adam MacLeod is an Associate Professor at Faulkner Law, where he has taught since 2007. During the 2012-2013 academic year, he was a visiting fellow in…
Adrian Warnock
Adrian Warnock has been a member at Jubilee Church in London for more than ten years. A medical doctor by trade, Warnock runs a popular Christian…
Afshin Ziafat
Afshin Ziafat is the lead pastor of Providence Church in Frisco, Texas. Before taking his current role in October 2010, Afshin spent over a decade traveling…
Alan Brumback
Alan Brumback has served as the Lead Pastor at Central Sanford in Sanford, FL since 2010. He and his wife April have three children. He received his…
Alan Cross
Alan is the lead pastor of Petaluma Valley Baptist Church. He has been a pastor and minister for over 20 years in churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and…
Alan Noble
Alan Noble is the editor-in-chief and co-founder of Christ and Pop Culture. He is an assistant professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University.
Alex Chediak
Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Alex Chediak earned a B.S. Degree at Alfred University in Ceramic Engineering (1996) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Material…
Alex Himaya
Alex Himaya is the Founding and Senior Pastor at theChurch.at in Tulsa, Okla. He came to Tulsa in 2003 and replanted the church which became thechurch.at…
Alex Ward
Research Associate and Project Manager
Alex Ward serves as the research associate and project manager for the ERLC’s research initiatives. He manages long term research projects for the organization under the…
Alexa Burstow
Alexa was trained at some big London ad agencies and the BBC. Now her branding, messaging and design management skills are being put to good use…
Ali Dixon
Ali Dixon is a news and information specialist at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Alice Stricklin
Alice Stricklin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Tennessee. She has a masters in Public Health and a Masters in Marriage…
Alishia Lawman
Alishia is working on a B.A. in philosophy through the University of London as well as taking seminary classes through the Antiochian House of Studies. She…
Alison Centofante
Alison Centofante is the Director of Alliance Relations at Alliance Defending Freedom working to serve, strengthen, and expand the alliance on life, marriage, and religious freedom.…
Alison Howard
Alison Howard is the Director of Alliance Relations at Alliance Defending Freedom working to serve, strengthen, and expand the alliance on life, marriage, and religious freedom. Speaking…
Allison Cantrell
Senior Policy Associate
Allison Cantrell serves as senior policy associate in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C. office, where she assists with representing Southern Baptist policy initiatives. Previously, Allison resided in…
Allison Roark
Allison Roark lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, Nick, and three children. She is a member of Franconia Baptist Church, where Nick serves as pastor.
Allison Young
Allison serves as the publications and projects coordinator for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a member of Brentwood Baptist Church,…
Ally Wall
Ally Wall writes for Stand for Life.
Allyson Howell
Allyson Howell (Todd) is a communications associate for the Patients’ Rights Action Fund. She holds an undergraduate degree in Christian Ministry and Humanities and a Master…
Allyson Howell
Allyson Howell is the Event Planner and Content Creator for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. She holds a degree in Humanities from Spurgeon College and…
Alysse ElHage
Alysse ElHage is a freelance writer and editor of the Institute for Family Studies blog.
Amanda Duvall
Amanda Duvall has done communications work for over a decade, with experience in Congress, state agencies, schools, nonprofits, and business. Today, she writes, serves her church,…
Amanda Hays
Digital Marketing Manager
Amanda Hays serves as the digital strategist for the ERLC. Her responsibilities include digital marketing strategy & analytics. Amanda is a graduate of the University of…
Amber Henderson
Amber Henderson is a biblical counselor and is finishing her M.A. in Biblical Counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Amber is married with two children and…
Amber Hurm
Amber Hurm serves on the events team for the ERLC. She handles sponsor and exhibitor logistics for events. Amber has a degree in Educational Ministries from…
Amie Patrick
Amie Patrick is wife to Darrin, lead pastor of The Journey in St. Louis. Married for 20 years, Darrin and Amie have 4 children, and have…
Amy Castello
Amy is the Director for Women’s Discipleship and Care for City on a Hill Church. She also serves as the Spouse Care Advocate for a non-profit…
Amy Ford
Amy Ford is the president of Embrace Grace, Inc., a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of providing curriculum and leadership support for churches nationwide to…
Amy Jo Fox
Amy Joy Fox is the care community and communications director at Hands of Hope, an adoption and orphan care ministry.
Amy Morgan
Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with the state of Louisiana. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Counseling from the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary…
Amy Richards
As the executive ministry director at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Amy Richards helps manage the office and assist with church-wide initiatives and events. Amy has two daughters.…
Amy Simpson
Amy Simpson is the award-winning author of Blessed Are the Unsatisfied: Finding Spiritual Freedom in an Imperfect World, Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry…
Amy Whitfield
Amy Whitfield serves as director of marketing and communications at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Andreas Bienert
Dr. Andreas Bienert is the Director of the Substance Use Disorders Counseling Emphasis within the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program, and a full-time online faculty member.…
Andrew Arthur
Andrew Arthur serves as the founding pastor of The Hallows Church. He and his wife, Kim, have three children. Andrew was first drawn to the Pacific…
Andrew Bertodatti
Andrew Bertodatti is a minister in New York. He resides in New York City with his wife, Karen, and their son.
Andrew Fuller
Andrew Fuller was a late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- century English Baptist pastor and theologian, who played a key role in opposing aberrant thought in his day…
Andrew Hebert
Dr. Andrew Hébert is the lead pastor of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas. He is the author of Shepherding Like Jesus: Returning to the Wild…
Andrew J. Schmutzer
Andrew J. Schmutzer is a professor of Bible at Moody Bible Institute.
Andrew Koetsier
Andrew, a former pastor, is part of the team that administrates the Intersect Project at SEBTS. He is also a Teaching Fellow at the seminary and…
Andrew Spencer
Research Fellow
Andrew Spencer (Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as associate editor for books at The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of Hope for God’s Creation:…
Andrew Walker
Andrew Walker is associate dean of the School of Theology, associate professor of Christian Ethics and Public Theology, and director of the Carl F. H. Henry…
Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood serves as the Executive Director of Hope Resources Center in Knoxville, Tenn. Andrew received a political science degree from MTSU in 2006. After a…
Andy Davis
Andy serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., where he has been since October of 1998. Andy was born in Boston, Mass.,…
Andy Johnson
Andy Johnson (PhD, Texas A&M) serves as an associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and is the author of Missions: How the Local…
Andy Lewis
Andy Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati. He researches the intersection of politics, religion, and law in America,…
Anna Claire Flowers
Anna Claire Flowers served as an ERLC policy intern in 2021 and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics at George Mason University. She lives with…
Anne O’Connor
Anne O'Connor has been with the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) since 1993. She served as NIFLA's General Counsel until she joined the staff…
Annie Kratzsch
Annie Kratzsch is a writer who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her husband and son.
April Franklin
April Franklin is a student mobilization associate for the International Mission Board.
Arielle Del Turco
Arielle Del Turco works for the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council where she researches and writes on issues pertaining to international religious freedom.
Ashlee Garcia
Ashlee Garcia serves as Stand for Life Senior Manager for the ERLC. Ashlee is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She…
Ashley Hales
Ashley Hales is a writer, speaker, pastor's wife, and mother to four. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and she…
Ashley Newell
Ashley is the co-founder of Stand for Orphans. She is married to Herbie, and they have three children.
Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith, a native of Alabama, lives in Kansas City, Mo., where her husband, Charles, serves in leadership at Midwestern Seminary. Ashley is a mother to…
Ashley Unzicker
Ashley Unzicker is a Graduate student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in N.C. She is working on a degree in Ethics, Theology, and Culture. She currently…
Ashli Arbo
Ashli Arbo has been practicing law since 2007 and is a graduate of Union University and Liberty University School of Law. Arbo has represented individuals and…
Ashlyn Portero
Ashlyn Portero serves as one of the Executive Directors at City Church in Tallahassee, FL, where she helps oversee the day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives of…
Aubrey Sequeira
Aubrey Sequeira was born and raised in Chennai, an urban center in Southern India, where he was saved through the faithful witness of a missionary in…
Austin Gravely
Austin Gravley is the producer of Mending Division Academy for American Values Coalition and the Deacon of Social Media for Redeemer Christian Church in Amarillo, Texas.…
Austin Maddox
Austin Maddox is a graduating senior at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, where he is majoring in Public Relations. After graduation, he plans on attending seminary.…
Averri T. LeMalle
Averri T. LeMalle is the Campus Pastor of Champion Forest Baptist Church, Jersey Village. Averri developed a love for Christ at a young age, and his…
Barbara Reaoch
Barbara Reaoch, author of A Jesus Easter, is former director of the Children’s Division of Bible Study Fellowship. She loves God, her husband, their family, and…
Barrett Duke
Barrett Duke is an emeritus fellow at the ERLC. He is the executive director-treasurer for the Montana Southern Baptist Convention and the founding director of the…
Barronelle Stutzman
Barronelle Stutzman is the sole owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Washington.
Barry Creamer
Barry Creamer serves as president of Criswell College and professor of humanities. A trained philosopher and historian, Barry holds a B.A. in English from Baylor University,…
Barry H. Corey
Barry H. Corey is the eighth president of Biola University, in La Mirada, Calif. He is the author of the recently released book, Love Kindness: Discover…
Barry Hankins
Barry Hankins (PhD, Kansas State University) is professor of history at Baylor University, as well as a resident scholar with the Institute for Studies of Religion.
Bart Barber
Research Fellow
Bart Barber has served as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, since 1999. Bart has a B.A. from Baylor University in their University…
Bart Barber
Bart Barber has served as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, since 1999. He is married to Tracy (Brady) Barber. Bart has a…
Bart Box
Bart is an Alabama native and has lived in the Birmingham area since 2009. He and his wife Leslie met sometime during kindergarten (they guess), began…
Bartholomew Orr
Bartholomew Orr is the Senior Pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Orr has served in this capacity since January 25, 1989. Pastor Orr received his Doctorate…
Barton Gingerich
Barton Gingerich is a Master of Divinity student at Reformed Episcopal Seminary and a fellow at the Institute on Religion and Democracy. He holds a B.…
Beau Hughes
Beau Hughes is the Lead Pastor of TVC Denton. He received his bachelor’s degree from George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, and his M.A. and D.Ed.Min.…
Becky Weichhand
Becky Weichhand has a J.D. from Regent Law, and is a licensed attorney in Virginia. She is currently the Executive Director at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption…
Bekah Stoneking
Bekah Stoneking serves as Content Editor for Explore the Bible: Kids at LifeWay Christian Resources where she focuses on biblical and historical research and develops resources for…
Ben Arbour
Ben Arbour holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol and is an adjunct professor at Weatherford College. He is married to Meg, and they have…
Ben Harbaugh
Ben Harbaugh serves as a State Policy Associate for the Washington, D.C., office. He assists with policy work on criminal justice reform, healthcare, religious liberty, and…
Ben Reaoch
Ben Reaoch serves as pastor of Three Rivers Grace Church in Pittsburgh, Penn., where he has been since 2006. He is married to Stacy, and they…
Benjamin B. Phillips
Benjamin B. Phillips is an associate dean and professor at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Houston campus.
Benjamin Ball
Benjamin Ball is a member of Princeton University’s undergraduate class of 2021, where he studied English, with minors in African American Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies,…
Benjamin Mast
Dr. Benjamin Mast is a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. He received his bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Calvin College…
Benjamin Quinn
Research Fellow
Dr. Benjamin Quinn is an Associate Professor of Theology and History of Ideas at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also serves as the Director of the…
Benjamin Watson
Benjamin Watson is a former NFL tight end, as well as a writer, a speaker, and an activist. He is a college football studio analyst with the…
Benjamin Wright
Ben Wright is married to Meredith, and together they’re parents of five (soon-to-be six). He planted and pastors Cedar Pointe Baptist Church in the northwest Austin…
Berny Belvedere
Berny Belvedere has studied philosophy (Florida International University and University of Florida) and theology (Trinity International University and Knox Theological Seminary), and is a professor of…
Beth M. Broom
Beth M. Broom is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (CCTS-I). She has a private counseling practice, working primarily with married…
Beth Moore
Beth Moore was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, during what her father describes as the worst thunderstorm the city had seen in five years. He affectionately…
Beth Reid
Beth Reid is a writer for Prison Fellowship.
Bethany Baird
Bethany Baird is the co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries and author of Girl Defined: God’s Radical Design for Beauty, Femininity and Identity. Her passion is to…
Bethany Jenkins
Bethany L. Jenkins is the Director of The Gospel Coalition’s Every Square Inch, the Director of Vocational & Career Development at The King’s College, and the Founder of The Park…
Beverly Chao Berrus
Beverly Chao Berrus is a contributor to His Testimonies, My Heritage, inspiring collection of devotions on Psalm 119 by a diverse group of women of color—African-American,…
Beverly Robertson
Beverly Robertson is the former president of the National Civil Rights Museum.
Bishop Ed Stephens
As senior pastor of Golden Gate Cathedral and CEO of Golden Gate Development Corporation Bishop oversees the efforts to transform our community with Christ. He has…
Blake Chilton
Blake Chilton serves as the Lead Pastor of Declaration Church in Bryan-College Station, Texas. He is a graduate of Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and…
Blake Hardcastle
Blake Hardcastle serves as the Spiritual Formation Pastor at Grand Parkway Baptist Church in Richmond, Texas. He is a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,…
Blake Rogers
Blake Rogers serves as a pastor at Christ Covenant in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born and raised in Georgia before attending Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky,…
Bob Fu
Bob (Xiqiu) Fu is one of the leading voices in the world for persecuted faith communities in China. Fu was born and raised in mainland China…
Bob Lepine
Bob Lepine is Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of FamilyLife and Co-Host of FamilyLife Today®, FamilyLife’s nationally syndicated radio program. A veteran of Christian…
Bobby Jamieson
Bobby Jamieson (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) serves as an associate pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. He previously served as assistant editor for…
Bobby Reed
Chief Financial Officer
Bobby Reed serves as chief financial officer. His primary responsibilities are financial oversight, human resources, and administrative business functions. Bobby, a graduate of Louisiana State University,…
Bonnie Pritchett
Bonnie reports on First Amendment freedoms for WORLD Digital.
Boyd Bettis
Boyd Bettis is married to Brittany and they have three children. He serves as the Lead Pastor of The District Church in Jacksonville, Fla.
Boz Tchividjian
Boz Tchividjian is a former child abuse prosecutor who teaches Child Abuse and the Law and several other courses at Liberty Law. He is the Executive Director of…
Brad Hambrick
Brad Hambrick serves as the pastor of counseling at The Summit Church in Durham, NC. He also serves as assistant professor of Biblical counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary,…
Brad Hoefs
Brad Hoefs is a pastor, international speaker, and mental health advocate who is passionate about coaching, inspiring, and empowering others with hope no matter what circumstance…
Brad Leake
Brad Leake is the Director of Staff & Ministries at Grace Community Church in Nashville, Tennessee. His role is to serve as the organizational leader and…
Brad Walker
Brad Walker serves as the senior pastor of FBC Sparta in Sparta, Tenn. Brad attended Tennessee Tech University, where he played basketball and majored in English Literature. It…
Bradley L. Sickler
Bradley L. Sickler (Ph.D., Purdue University) is associate professor of philosophy and the program director for the master of arts in theological studies program at the University…
Brady A. Weller
Brady is a former policy intern at the ERLC and the current president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA at Loyola University Maryland. He studies writing and philosophy…
Brady Cooper
Brady Cooper is the Senior Pastor at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, TN. Brady is responsible for giving overall vision and providing direction to New…
Brandon D. Smith
Brandon D. Smith works with the Holman Christian Standard Bible and teaches theology at California Baptist University. He’s also co-author of Rooted: Theology for Growing Christians…
Brandon Elrod
Brandon Elrod serves as a public relations specialist with the North American Mission Board focusing on internal and external written communication.
Brandt Waggoner
Brandt is the lead pastor of Fairview Church in Lebanon, Tennessee. He is the husband of Jill, and father of Judson, John Martin, and Jackson. He…
Brent Dusing
Brent Dusing is the CEO and founder of TruPlay, a gaming platform created to bring high-quality, fun, and biblically-sound entertainment to audiences worldwide. Over his career,…
Brent Leatherwood
President
Brent Leatherwood was elected as president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in 2022, after a year of leading the organization as acting president. Previously,…
Brent Leatherwood
President
Brent Leatherwood was elected as the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in 2022, through a unanimous vote by the board of trustees. He…
Brett Aucoin
Dr. Aucoin has been teaching at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2004, and also serves as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at The College at Southeastern. He…
Brett McCracken
Brett McCracken is a senior editor and director of communications for The Gospel Coalition.
Brett Pitman
Brett Pitman currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. In addition to serving at Highland Park, he also…
Bri Stensrud
Bri Stensrud is an author, speaker, and human dignity advocate. Formerly the Director of Sanctity of Human Life Initiatives at Focus on the Family, she currently…
Brian Auten
Brian Auten serves as an intelligence analyst with the United States government.
Brian Coates
Brian Coates serves as an Associate Executive Pastor at Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, Tennessee. He is a native of Springfield, Virginia. He holds M.Div. and Ph.D.…
Brian Croft
Brian Croft has served in pastoral ministry for over 25 years and is the founder and executive director of Practical Shepherding. He is also the senior…
Brian Dembowczyk
Before becoming the Gospel Project’s Managing Editor, Brian Dembowczyk served in local church ministry for over 16 years. Brian is completing a Ph.D. dissertation on family…
Brian Fikkert
Dr. Brian Fikkert is a professor of Economics and Community Development and the founder and president of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College.…
Brian Fisher
Author, speaker, and business leader Brian Fisher co-founded Human Coalition after years serving in executive management in the for-profit and non-profit arenas.
Brian Grim
Brian J. Grim, Ph. D., is president of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (RFBF) and a leading expert on international religious demography and the socio-economic…
Brian Hobbs
Brian Hobbs serves as editor of the Baptist Messenger, the statewide newsjournal of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma (BGCO). Hobbs also serves as BGCO Communications…
Brian Howard
Brian Howard is the Executive Director of Context Coaching Inc., a firm that specializes in coaching high-achieving leaders.
Brian Mattson
Dr. Brian Mattson was born, raised, and currently lives in the State of Montana. Educationally, he obtained a B.A. from Montana State University-Billings, an M.A.R. from…
Brian McKenney
Brian McKenney is the communications director at Calvary Chapel Chattanooga, where he lives out his passion for communicating the life-changing truth of God's Word. He lives…
Brittany Allen
Brittany Allen is a wife to James and a mother to Theo and three babies lost through miscarriage. She’s a writer, occasional speaker, and theology lover.…
Brittany Salmon
Brittany is a wife, mother, and writer living in Abilene, Texas. She is an adjunct professor in Global Studies, a doctoral student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and…
Brooke Kramer
Brooke Kramer serves as the Team Coordinator for the Washington, D.C., office. She assists with scheduling, event planning, office coordination, and project management. Brooke graduated from John…
Brooke Medina
Research Fellow
Brooke Medina is an ERLC research fellow and serves as vice president of Communications for the John Locke Foundation where she manages a team of talented…
Brooks Kimmey
Brooks has been pastoring at FBC Robinson since July of 2016. Prior to this, he served as a Student Minister in Allen, TX and a Pastoral…
Bruce Frank
Dr. Bruce Frank, Lead Pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church in Arden, NC, is a gifted communicator with a creative teaching style relevant to today’s culture. Bruce…
Bruce Ware
Bruce A. Ware is the T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Ware is a highly esteemed theologian and author…
Bryan Baise
Bryan Baise served as associate professor of Philosophy and Apologetics and program coordinator of Worldview and Apologetics at Boyce College. He was a college pastor for…
Bryant Millsaps
Bryant Millsaps is the former Tennessee secretary of state and director of the state’s Higher Education Commission and former president/treasurer of Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes. Millsaps, in…
Bryant Wright
Bryant Wright is the President of Send Relief, a compasson-based ministry that seeks to meet not only physical needs, but also spiritual needs of people all…
Bryne Palmer
Bryne Palmer was born and in Roswell, New Mexico before moving to Albuquerque at the age of 19 to attend the University of New Mexico.He worked…
Buddy Gray
Dr. Buddy Gray is the Senior Pastor of Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, Ala. He has served in this role since 1986 and previously served…
Buster Brown
Buster Brown is the Senior Pastor of East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and a member of The Gospel Coalition Council. He earned…
Byron Day
Byron Day is the Senior Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Laurel Maryland where he has served for over 26 years. He currently serves as president…
Byron McWilliams
Byron McWilliams is the lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Odessa, Texas. He serves as a trustee of the International Mission Board of the Southern…
C. Ben Mitchell
Ben Mitchell, Ph.D. served as a research fellow of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a member of the Ethics Committee of the Christian Medical…
Caleb Morell
Caleb Morell is a pastoral assistant at Capitol Hill Baptist Church and an M.Div. student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Caleb Turner
Caleb Turner serves as the Equipping Pastor for the Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas. In addition to ministry, he also serves as an Executive…
Cam Triggs
Cam Triggs serves as the Lead Pastor of Grace Alive. He began studies at University of Central Florida as a Religious Studies major and continued his education…
Cameron Presson
Cameron Presson is an ERLC intern and senior at Belmont University pursuing a double major in Religious Studies and Communication Studies. With plans to pursue ministry…
Candi Cushman
Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family, is a leading national expert on education issues affecting public and private education, including school choice and…
Candice Watters
Candice Watters is the Fighter Verses blog editor. She is a wife and mom, and author of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help it…
Carissa Early
Carissa Early is an editor and counselor with Gospel Care Collective. She focuses on providing a compassionate context for people to explore their stories and encounter God’s tender mercy. Carissa writes…
Carl Ellis
Carl Ellis Jr. currently works as an adjunct professor of theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary. He also served as an adjunct faculty member at the…
Carl Laferton
Carl Laferton is the author of the bestselling kids’ book The Garden, the Curtain and the Cross. His newest book, The God Contest, shows kids how…
Carl R. Trueman
Carl R. Trueman (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College. He is an esteemed church historian and previously…
Carla Arriola
Carla Arriola was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, where her grandparents were missionaries with the IMB. There, she met the love of her life, Julio Arriola. After…
Carlotta White
Psalm 139 Project Placement Coordinator
Carlotta White served as the ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project placement coordinator organizing ultrasound machine placements for pregnancy resource centers and coordinating dedication services. She has a…
Carmen Fowler LaBerge
Carmen LaBerge is a writer, speaker and host of the daily Christian talk radio show The Reconnect. She is also in her ninth year serving as the…
Carmen LaBerge
Carmen LaBerge is an author, speaker and host of the weekday Chrsitian talk radio show Mornings with Carmen LaBerge, airing live Monday-Friday through across the Faith…
Carol Graham
Carol Graham is the founder & CEO of Liberty Women’s Clinic.
Carolina Lumetta
Carolina Lumetta is a senior at Wheaton College (IL), studying English Writing and Political Science. She served as a public policy intern with the ERLC during…
Caroline Saunders
Caroline Saunders is a writer, pastor’s wife, and mother of three who believes in taking Jesus seriously and being un-serious about nearly everything else. She loves serving…
Carolyn McCulley
Carolyn McCulley is the author of three books and a contributor to the ESV Women’s Devotional Bible, as well as a frequent speaker at women’s ministry…
Cary Corley
Cary has experience in group counseling and individual therapy. He has worked at the Dallas Children‘s Advocacy Center and in the private practice sector. He obtained…
Casey B. Hough
Casey B. Hough (Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) currently serves as director of Partnerships and Curriculum at World Hope Ministries International and assistant professor of…
Casey Hough
Casey B. Hough (Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) currently serves as director of Partnerships and Curriculum at World Hope Ministries International and assistant professor of…
Casey Mattox
Casey Mattox, Esq., serves as senior counsel and the director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom. When Mattox first joined ADF in 2009,…
Casey McCall
Casey McCall is lead pastor at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church – Oldham County. He writes frequently for Prince on Preaching and the Oldham Era and has…
Cassie Pattillo
Cassie Pattillo is a student pastor’s wife, mom to two energetic boys, and hopeful adoptive mom to their daughter, growing in their hearts from India. She’s…
Catherine Boyle
Catherine Boyle is Mental Health Ministry Director for Key Ministry.
Catherine Glenn Foster
Catherine Glenn Foster is President & CEO of Americans United for Life, whose mission is advancing the human right to life in culture, law, and policy.
Catherine Hodge
Catherine Hodge is a family medicine physician from the U.S. She has served at Nkhoma Mission Hospital with her husband Dave and their three young daughters…
Catherine Parks
Catherine Parks writes and lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, two children, and a cute dog named Ollie. She's the author of Empowered and Strong, collections…
Cesar Y. Perez
Cesar Y. Perez serves as the Director for Hispanic Ministry at FBC Richmond, Ky. Born and raised in Cuba, he received a B.S. in Linguistics from…
Chad Ashby
Chad Ashby is the pastor of College Street Baptist Church in Newberry, South Carolina, where he lives with his wife and three boys. He is a graduate of…
Chad Chambers
Chad Chambers is the Executive Director of C.H.A.R.M. Prison Ministry in Houston, Texas. Chad has previously served as a Youth Pastor, Golf Professional, and regularly teaches as…
Chad Keck
Chad Keck serves as the Senior Pastor of FBC Kettering in Dayton, Ohio. He is married to Candace Keck and they have been blessed with four…
Chad Poe
Chad Poe is originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he received a degree in Secondary Education.…
Champ Thornton
Champ Thornton (Ph.D.) is an acquisitions editor at Crossway. He and his wife, Robben, live in Newark, Delaware, have been married since 1996, and enjoy being parents…
Charles Camosy
Charles C. Camosy is associate professor of theological and social ethics at Fordham University. His work on ethics and policy moves beyond stale and lazy arguments which…
Charles Fowler
Charles Fowler serves as the Senior Pastor of Germantown Baptist Church in Germantown, TN. He served for sixteen years at Union University in various capacities including…
Charles L. Quarles
Charles L. Quarles (Ph.D., Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is coauthor of The Cradle, the…
Charles R. Moore, Jr.
Pastor Charles R. Moore, Jr. serves as the senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Paducah, Ky. Beyond Kentucky, Charles has shepherded congregations in California,…
Charles Stone
Charles Stone has been a pastor for 40 years in both the U.S. and Canada,and has authored six books and blogs at www.charlesstone.com. A lifelong learner, he…
Charlie Dates
Dr. Charlie Edward Dates is Senior Pastor at Progressive Baptist Church in Chicago, IL. In 2011, at age 30, he became the youngest Senior Pastor in…
Charmaine Yoest
Charmaine began her career in The White House during the Reagan Administration and served as a Senior Advisor to the 2008 Huckabee for President Campaign. She…
Chase Stevens
Chase Stevens is a law student at the Wake Forest University School of Law and a graduate of Liberty University, where he received his B.S. in…
Chelsea Sobolik
Chelsea Sobolik serves as Director of Government Relations for World Relief, a a global Christian humanitarian organization and the largest Evangelical refugee resettlement in the U.S.…
Chelsea Stanley
Chelsea Stanley is a child of God, wife, and mom of three young boys. She loves encouraging women with the truth of the gospel at her…
Chelsen Vicari
Chelsen Vicari serves as the Evangelical Program Director for the Institute on Religion and Democracy. She earned her Masters of Arts in Government from Regent University…
Chelsey Youman
Chelsey Youman serves the pro-life coalition by advocating for pro-life policies and jurisprudence, mobilizing local grassroots to strengthen the pro-life movement and its footprint.
Chet Harvey
Chet Harvey is the discipleship pastor at Hebron Church in Dacula, Georgia. He has formerly pastored or been on staff at churches in North Carolina, Florida,…
Chris Boggus
Chris Boggus has served as the Executive Pastor at Grace Church in Waco, Texas, for three years. Prior to joining this young church plant, Chris served…
Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1600-member church in the heart of Detroit. Chris is also a Dean at Moody Theological Seminary…
Chris Castaldo
Chris Castaldo is lead pastor of New Covenant Church, Naperville. He is author of Talking with Catholics About the Gospel and coauthor of The Unfinished Reformation:…
Chris Cipollone
Chris Cipollone is a pastor, speaker, teacher, and author. He currently serves in Sydney, Australia. In addition to this work, Chris is the founding director of Biblical…
Chris Gaynor
Chris Gaynor is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and he serves as pastor of Prayer and Worship at the Summit…
Chris Horst
Since starting in 2006, Chris Horst has served in a variety of roles at HOPE International. As vice president of development, Chris employs his passion for…
Chris Lewis
Chris Lewis is the pastor of Foothill Church in Glendora, California. Foothill Church joined the Southern Baptist Convention in 2017. Chris received a B.A. from Evangel…
Chris Martin
Chris Martin, author of “Terms of Service,” is a content marketing editor at Moody Publishers and a social media, marketing and communications consultant. He has led…
Chris Smith
Chris H. Smith Jr. is the assistant director of Student Life at Boyce College where he has adjunct taught systematic theology. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D.…
Chris Williamson
Dr. Chris Williamson, also affectionately known as “Pastor Chris,” is the founder and Senior Pastor of Strong Tower Bible Church, a multiracial fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee.…
Christiana Holcomb
Christiana Holcomb, Esq., serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom.
Christiana Kiefer
Christiana Kiefer is senior counsel with the Center for Conscience Initiatives at Alliance Defending Freedom.
Christie Mac Segars
Christie Mac Segars is the vice president of Domestic Programs. She holds a Bachelors from Samford University and a Masters in Social Work from The University…
Christina Fox
Christina Fox writes for a number of websites and ministries such as True Woman and Desiring God Ministries. She is the author of A Heart Set…
Christopher Divietro
Chris was raised in southern New Jersey and attended Allegheny College where he met his wife, Liz. Liz taught middle school science. They have been married…
Christopher Summers
Christopher Summers is managing editor of Open Doors USA, a global ministry dedicated to connecting the Church in the United States with their brothers and sisters…
Christopher Yuan
Dr. Christopher Yuan has taught the Bible at Moody Bible Institute for over eight years and his speaking ministry on faith and sexuality has reached five…
Christy Britton
Christy Britton is a wife and mom to four boys. She has a degree in Finance from Louisiana State University. She writes Bible study curriculum for…
Chuck Johnson
Chuck serves as president and CEO of the National Council For Adoption. He is responsible for all aspects of NCFA, including management as well as implementing…
Cindi Boston
A long-time leader in the pregnancy help community at the local, state and national levels, Cindi Boston was named Heartbeat International's Vice President in January 2016.…
Cindy Asmussen
Cindy Asmussen is the Ethics & Religious Liberty Advisor for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and sits on the Texas Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee.…
CJ Rhodes
The son of famed civil rights attorney Carroll Rhodes Sr., Rev. Rhodes has traveled to two Latin American countries, ministered nationally, has published columns that have…
Claire Gibson
Claire Gibson is a writer based in Nashville, TN. Her debut novel, Beyond the Point, was a Book of the Month pick in April 2019. Her…
Cliff Lea
Cliff is the lead pastor for both teaching and church leadership at FBC Leesburg in Florida, and has served there since 2007. He is a graduate…
Clint Darst
Clint Darst is currently finishing up his M.Div from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC. He spent 7 years working for Campus Outreach as…
Clint Little
Clint is a graduate of Southeastern Seminary. He is a Pastor of Discipleship at North Wake Church in Wake Forest, NC. Clint also hosts a podcast…
Clint Pressley
Clint Pressley is the pastor at Hickory Grove Baptist Church Charlotte. He and his wife Connie have two sons.
Cody Barnhart
Cody Glen Barnhart is director of music and media at First Baptist Alcoa in Alcoa, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Spurgeon College, previously interned at…
Cody Brumley
Cody Brumley serves as the Pastor of Ministries and Mission at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, AR. He and his wife, Breanna, have three children…
Cody Montgomery
Cody Montgomery serves as an elder at Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, and is the executive director of Frontlines Ministries, an organization that aims…
Cole Huffman
Cole Huffman and his wife Lynn have five children: Marshall, Helen, Holly, Caley Kate and Colson. Cole is a graduate of the University of North Alabama,…
Cole Mitchell
Cole is currently an undergraduate student at Texas A&M Univerity. Upon graduation, he intends to commission into the Marine Corps and then attend seminary prior to a…
Coleman Ford
Coleman Ford (Ph.D., Th.M.) is founder and editor of Center of Ancient Christian Studies and Fides et Humilitas: The Journal of the Center for Ancient Christian…
Coleman Philley
Coleman Philley is the Senior Pastor of Katy’s First Baptist Church. Born and raised on the eastside of Houston, he earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering…
Colleen Chao
Colleen Elisabeth Chao is a freelance editor and the author of the children’s book on suffering, Out of the Shadow World. She blogs about God’s kindness to her…
Collin Garbarino
Collin Garbarino is the Director of Graduate Programs in Humanities and Associate Professor of History at Houston Baptist University. He got his PhD and MA in History at Louisiana State…
Connor Bales
Connor Bales has served at New Beginnings Baptist church in Longview, Texas, since August of 2012. He currently serves as Lead Pastor and prior to that…
Conrad Close
Conrad Close formally served as the Digital Marketing Manager. Conrad graduated from Kennesaw State University with a B.A. in Public Relations. He lives in Chicago with…
Cooper Shull
Cooper Shull is from Ringgold, Georgia, and is a senior at Samford University majoring in Finance. He serves on the SGA executive board as treasurer and…
Corey Fawcett
Corey Fawcett will be a Ph.D. finance student at Rice University, and he has worked in venture capital focusing on blockchain technology.
Corey Smith
Corey is married to his high school sweetheart, Hope. They are blessed to have two children, Penny Jo and Conrad. He received his M.Div. and is…
Cory D. Higdon
Cory D. Higdon (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an adjunct professor of history and humanities at Boyce College. He serves as the director of…
Courtney L. Moore
Courtney L. Moore is a pastor’s wife who blogs to inspire others with fresh hope from God’s word, especially as it relates to motherhood and ministry.…
Courtney Moore
Courtney Moore is the founder and president of Women & Work, an organization that inspires women to step into their God-given calling and view their work…
Courtney Reissig
Courtney Reissig is the Managing Director for Risen Motherhood, as well as the author of three books (most recently, Teach Me to Feel Worshiping Through the…
Crawford Loritts
Crawford was ordained to the ministry in March 1972. He attended Cairn University in Philadelphia, PA graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Bible with…
Curtis Cook
Curtis Cook has served as the Senior Pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in Cambridge, Mass., since the church was planted in 2003. Curtis also serves as…
Curtis Jones
Curtis is the Senior Pastor of Bayou City Fellowship in Houston, TX. In 2011, He, his wife Amanda, and 60 friends joined together with a singular focus:…
D.A. Carson
D.A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is a founding member and currently the president of…
D.J. Jenkins
D. J. Jenkins is the pastor of Anthology Church of Studio City in Los Angeles, California.
D.J. Jordan
D.J. Jordan is the Communications Director in the Office of United States Senator James Lankford (Okla.). Prior to coming to Capitol Hill in 2008, D.J. worked…
Dan McConchie
Dan McConchie is the State Senator for the 26th District of Illinois. Previously, Dan worked for non-profit groups in states across the country as an advocate for…
Dan Nichols
Dan Nichols is the lead pastor of Grace Christian Fellowship in Cortland, New York. He’s married to his best friend Joy, and they have two boys…
Dan Powers
Dan Powers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer. He has been with Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County…
Dan Strange
Daniel Strange is college director at Oakhill Theological College in London where he lectures on culture, religion, and public theology. Dan is married to Elly, and…
Dan Szy
Daniel Szy is a researcher and writer at the University of Missouri and holds an MA in church ministries from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dan Trippie
Dan Trippie has been married to his wife Gina for 24 years and is the father of twin sons. After ministering in the Southern U.S., Dan…
Dana Hall McCain
Dana Hall McCain currently serves as state director for a U.S. senator. For year, she wrote a weekly column centered on the topics of faith, culture,…
Dane Hays
Dane Hays has served in counseling and discipleship ministry for over twenty years. He currently serves in Decatur, AL full time as a pastor at his…
Dani Park
Dani Park was born and raised near Rochester, New York, with her two siblings. God saved Dani in college through an on-campus ministry that primarily served…
Daniel Akin
Daniel Lowell "Danny" Akin (born January 2, 1957) is the sixth president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and the College at Southeastern in Wake Forest, North Carolina. A leader…
Daniel Darling
Dan Darling is the director of the Land Center for Cultural Engagement for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a columnist for World Magazine and a…
Daniel Hostetter
Daniel Hostetter serves as an intern in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C. office. He is pursuing a degree in Government: Politics & Policy at Liberty University and…
Daniel J. Hurst
Daniel J. Hurst is director of Medical Professionalism, Ethics, and Humanities and assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Rowan University School of Osteopathic…
Daniel Patterson
Daniel Patterson is former Executive Vice President of the ERLC. He holds a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his…
Daniel R. Heimbach
Daniel R. Heimbach, senior professor of Christian ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is an ordained Southern Baptist minister, fellow of the SBC Ethics and Religious…
Daniel Rentie
Daniel Rentie is College Associate at Frisco First Baptist Church in Frisco, Texas. Paradigm College Ministry was created in September of 2019, with a mission to…
Daniel Suhr
Daniel R. Suhr is an attorney and counselor licensed to practice law in Wisconsin. He holds a J.D., cum laude, from Marquette University Law School and…
Daniel T. Porter
Daniel T. Porter is a Digital Content Manager based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Daniel and his wife, Morgan, are active members of Rio Church, a church…
Danilo Santiago
Danilo Santiago is the founding and lead pastor of the Covenant Christian Church since 2011. Dan migrated to Chicago, Ill., in 1998 and served as church planter/pastor…
Danny Akin
Dr. Daniel L. Akin became the sixth president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on January 15, 2004, after a unanimous vote of election by the Seminary’s…
Dante D. Wright, I
Dr. Dante D. Wright has served as the Senior Pastor of Sweet Home Baptist Church of Round Rock for 13 years. He and his wife Tracy…
Darby Strickland
Darby is a Christian Counselor who works with individuals, families, couples and groups facing a variety of issues. Darby was trained at Westminster Theological Seminary where she obtained…
Darla Wilkinson
Darla Wilkinson graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the wife of a wonderful husband.
Daryl Crouch
Daryl has served in local pastoral ministry for over 25 years. He has been the Senior Pastor of Green Hill Church in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., since…
Dave Miller
Dave Miller serves as senior pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church in Sioux City, Iowa. He served as President of the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference. He…
Dave Owens
Dave currently serves as the Executive Director of Harbor Network, a network of like-minded churches across the U.S. helping pastors launch, lead, and multiply thriving, gospel-centered…
David “Gunner” Gundersen
David ‘Gunner’ Gundersen is a pastor at BridgePoint Bible Church in Houston. You can connect with Gunner through his blog or Twitter.
David Boudia
David Boudia is an American diver. Boudia was named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team in the 10-meter platform and in the synchronized 10-meter platform event with former synchro partner Thomas Finchum.…
David Closson
David Closson, M.Div., serves as the Director of Christian Ethics and Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council where he researches and writes on issues related to…
David Crosby
Dr. David Crosby is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA. David is a graduate of Baylor University, where he majored in both…
David Daleiden
David Daleiden is a citizen journalist with nearly a decade of experience in conducting investigative research on the abortion industry. In 2013, David started The Center for…
David Dockery
David S. Dockery is distinguished professor of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and president of the International Alliance for Christian Education.
David Dunham
David serves as pastor of Counseling and Discipleship at Cornerstone Baptist Church in the Detroit metro. He is the author Addictive Habits: Changing for Good (P&R,…
David E. Crosby
David E. Crosby, pastor of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, has often encountered inquiries of faith throughout his long career in ministry. Serving as a…
David E. Prince
David E. Prince is pastor of preaching and vision at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky., and assistant professor of Christian preaching at the Southern Baptist Theological…
David French
David French is a staff writer at National Review, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran…
David Johnson
David Johnson is the Executive Director of the Arizona Mission Network of Southern Baptists.
David Kinnaman
David Kinnaman is the author of the bestselling books Good Faith, You Lost Me and unChristian. He is president of Barna Group, a leading research and…
David Koyzis
David Koyzis is a Global Scholar with Global Scholars Canada. He is the author of the award-winning Political Visions and Illusions (InterVarsity Press, 2nd ed., 2019) and We Answer to…
David Murray
David Murray (DMin, Reformation International Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and pastor of Grand Rapids Free…
David Platt
David Platt is president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. David’s first love in ministry is making disciples, sharing, showing, and teaching God’s Word…
David Powlison
David Powlison (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is a teacher, a counselor, and the executive director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation. He is also the senior…
David Roach
David Roach is chief national correspondent for Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service. BP reports on missions, ministry and witness advanced through the Cooperative…
David W. Jones
Professor of Christian Ethics at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Comments on the Bible at redeemedmind.com.
David W. Whitlock
David Whitlock is the president of Oklahoma Baptist University. Active in a variety of professional organizations, Whitlock has served as a consultant-evaluator with the Higher Learning Commission since…
Dean Inserra
Dean Inserra is the lead pastor of City Church in his hometown of Tallahassee, Fla. He has a passion to bring gospel clarity to the under-reached…
Deb Gorton
Dr. Deb Gorton is a clinical psychologist who works as a change agent for individuals, organizations, and emerging leaders, helping them refine, embrace, and thrive in…
Denise Harle
Denise Harle serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where she is a member of the Center for Life. In this role, Harle focuses her…
Dennis Greeson
Dennis Greeson is the associate director of the BibleMesh Institute and a Ph.D. candidate in Systematic Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Nashville,…
Dennis Kim
Dr. Dennis Manpoong Kim is the senior pastor of Global Mission Church of Greater Washington (GMC). He has been serving faithfully as the senior pastor of…
Denny Burk
Research Fellow
Denny Burk is professor of Biblical Studies at Boyce College, which is the undergraduate school of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He also…
Derek Rishmawy
Derek Rishmawy is a Ph.D student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School studying Systematic Theology. He's a regular contributor to sites like The Gospel Coalition, Christ and Pop…
Deron Spoo
Deron Spoo is the lead pastor of First Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since he became pastor in 2000, Deron has helped First Tulsa transition from…
Derrick DeLain
Derrick DeLain is currently planting Proclamation Church in Nashville, Tenn. He has been married to Rachel for ten years and they have two children. The DeLains…
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan was the former Vice President for the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity and Chief of Staff for Ben Sasse, and he is currently…
Devin Maddox
Devin Maddox is the trade book publisher at B&H Publishing Group. He is also a Ph.D. student in Applied Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, focusing…
Dhati Lewis
Dhati is the Lead Pastor at Blueprint Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He was born and raised in California and later moved to Texas where he completed his…
Diana Chandler
Chandler has been a freelance writer since 2008 and now works for Baptist Press. Her work for Baptist Press has included coverage of last year's hurricane-related flooding…
Diane Black
As a registered nurse, small businesswoman and former educator, Congressman Diane Black brings a unique and dynamic perspective to her work in Congress. Diane’s faith in…
DJ Jenkins
DJ Jenkins grew up east of Los Angeles in Redlands, Calif. During his college years at Cal Poly Pomona, DJ met a great group of students…
Don Bosch
Don Bosch has received Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV). He previously served for six years on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the…
Don Buckley
Emeritus Fellow
Don Buckley is a Family Medicine Specialist and founding member of the ERLC’s Research Institute.
Donald Whitney
Don Whitney has been Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky since 2005. Before that, he held a similar position…
Donna Gaines
Donna Gaines is a Pastor’s wife, former educator (M.Ed. from Texas Woman’s University), Bible teacher, author of four books, and editor of A Daily Women’s Devotional.…
Dorena Williamson
Dorena Williamson is a bridge builder, speaker, writer, and worship leader who knows the power and beauty of racial awareness. She and her husband, Dr. Chris…
Doug Carlson
Doug Carlson serves as the Leland House Office Manager. In this role, Doug oversees the administrative and organizational needs of the Washington office. Doug received his…
Doug Hixson
Doug Hixson is the founding Pastor of Connection Church. He has been married to Dana for 22 years and together they are raising two kids. Doug…
Doug Phillips
Doug Phillips serves as the Executive Director of For the City, a national nonprofit helping individuals, churches, nonprofits and businesses bring justice and restoration to their…
Drew Dyck
Drew Dyck (M.A. in Theology) is an editor at Moody Publishers and the former managing editor of Leadership Journal. His work has been featured in USA…
Drew Griffin
Drew Griffin serves as Pastor at Cross Church in New York City. Drew’s family began its American journey 100 years ago on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.…
Dustin Bruce
Research Fellow
Dustin Bruce is the dean of Boyce College and assistant professor of Christian Theology and Church History. Formerly, Bruce was associate vice president for spiritual formation…
Dustin Messer
Dustin Messer teaches theology at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas. Additionally, Dustin is senior fellow of theology and culture at the Center for Cultural Leadership…
E. Stephen Burnett
E. Stephen Burnett creates sci-fi and fantasy as well as nonfiction, such as The Pop Culture Parent: Helping Kids Engage Their World for Christ (coauthored with…
E.B. Oak
E.B. Oak is an international human rights attorney who worked at a women’s legal center in China with women who were forced to undergo coerced and…
Ed Litton
Ed Litton serves as the 63rd President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Litton was elected on June 15, 2021, at the SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville,…
Ed Seay
Ed Seay is a native of Houston, Texas. He has served in local church ministry since 1967. He holds degrees from Houston Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological…
Edgar Aponte
Edgar Aponte served as director of Hispanic leadership development at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to earning a master of divinity at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,…
Eileen Moore
Eileen Moore graduated with honors from Northeastern University with a B.A. in biology and a certification in respiratory therapy. She attended Wake Forest University School of…
Elaine Sommerville
Elaine Sommerville is a CPA and serves as an editorial advisor for ChurchLawAndTax.com. She is also the author of Church Compensation: From Strategic Plan to Compliance (2018,…
Eli Morris
Dr. Eli Morris received his Master of Divinity with honors from Memphis Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.…
Elicia Horton
Elicia Horton is currently serving alongside her husband, D.A. Horton, in Long Beach, California, as a church planter. She is a mother of three, former home…
Elisabeth Doherty-Astle
Elisabeth Doherty-Astle works for the University of Derby where she implemented a specialist Mentor Scheme for the Law students, built the Judicial Shadowing Scheme, and has done…
Elisabeth Elliot
Elisabeth Elliot was one of the most influential Christian women of our time. For a half century, her best selling books, timeless teachings and courageous faith have…
Elise Hilton
Elise is responsible for Acton’s social media, along with researching and writing for Acton’s blog. With a M.A. in world religions, she has a background in…
Eliza Huie
Eliza Huie is a licensed counselor and author. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling and has advanced certificates in biblical counseling from The Christian…
Elizabeth Bristow
Press Secretary
Elizabeth Bristow serves as the press secretary for the ERLC. Elizabeth oversees public relations and media operations for the organization. She received a B.A. in Public…
Elizabeth Brock
Elizabeth Brock moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 2016 to work as a sells rep for a local music label. She enjoys writing in her free time.…
Elizabeth Graham
Elizabeth Graham serves as CEO for Life Collective, Inc. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She and her…
Elizabeth Hyndman
Elizabeth Hyndman reads, writes, and tweets. Officially, she’s a Social Media Strategist at LifeWay. She earned her MA from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and her…
Elizabeth Oates
Elizabeth Oates is an author, blogger, and speaker whose family tree was plagued with generations of divorce, dysfunction, and brokenness. Today she advocates for healthy marriages…
Elizabeth Selle
Elizabeth is a Christ-follower, who desires to help young people walk with Jesus Christ. Elizabeth graduated from Cairn University with her M.S. in Counseling and B.A.…
Ellen Dykas
Ellen oversees the Philadelphia office’s ministry to women. Her ministry is focused on discipleship with women who are struggling with sexual and relational sins in their…
Elli Oswald
Elli Oswald is the executive director of the Faith to Action Initiative, a coalition of organizations focused on promoting best practices in care for orphans and…
Emily Chapman Richards
Emily Chapman Richards serves as Show Hope’s executive director. She has enjoyed watching Show Hope grow from a dream in her parents’ hearts to an organization…
Emily Colson
Emily Colson is a popular speaker, and author of the award winning book, Dancing with Max. Emily speaks in churches and organizations nationwide, and has appeared on numerous…
Emily Gehman
Emily Gehman is a storytelling coach from the greater Detroit area. She holds a B.S. in Bible & Counseling from Clarks Summit University and an M.A.…
Emily Greene
Emily Greene graduated with a B.A. from Evangel University. She is a writer for Prison Fellowship.
Ender Palencia
Ender Palencia is the Multi-Site Pastor and Grand Prairie Campus Pastor at Fielder Church in Arlington, Texas. He holds a degree in Business Administration from Carson-Newman…
Eric Baxter
Eric Baxter is vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Eric Costanzo
Eric Costanzo has served as Pastor of South Tulsa Baptist Church since May 2016. South Tulsa has developed a multi-faceted ministry to international and refugee families,…
Eric Mason
Dr. Eric Mason aka “Pastor E” is the founder and pastor of Epiphany Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA. He and his wife, Yvette, have three sons, Immanuel,…
Eric Mayo
Eric Mayo is a research and operations associate. In his role, he assists with administrative and research needs within the Office of the President. He also…
Eric Ortlund
Eric Ortlund lives in London, England, where he teaches Old Testament at Oak Hill Theological College. He and his dear wife, Erin, have two lovely teenagers.…
Eric Weatherbee
Eric Weatherbee is a former health industry administrator who lives in Maryville, Tennessee, with his wife and kids. They have a passion for missions and foster…
Erich Bridges
Erich Bridges earned his B.A. from Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a writer based in Richmond, Va., with over 30 years experience in Baptist journalism.
Ericka Andersen
Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer. Her first book, Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected From the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma and…
Erik Cummings
Erik Cummings serves as the lead pastor of the New Life Church of Carol City in Miami, Fla. Additionally, Erik serves as President of the Florida…
Erik Parks
Erik Parks is married to author Catherine Parks and has two children. He is a Nashville filmmaker whose debut feature film, “Why We Breathe” is currently…
Erik Reed
Erik is the founding and lead pastor of The Journey Church in Lebanon, Tennessee. He has a B.A. in Religious Studies from Western Kentucky University and…
Erik Stanley
Erik W. Stanley, Esq., serves with Alliance Defending Freedom as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian Ministries.
Erin Davis
Erin is a speaker, author and blogger who addresses women of all ages nationwide and is passionately committed to sharing God’s Truth with others. She is the mother of…
Erin Hawley
Erin Hawley is a wife, mom to two small boys, and some-time lawyer. She is also an award-winning law professor at the University of Missouri, Yale-trained…
Erin Roach
Erin is a writer, wife, and mom.
Erin Straza
Erin Straza is a contemplative writer, heartfelt speaker, and redeemed dreamer. She is managing editor of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine and co-host of the Persuasion…
ERLC Intern
Occassionally, our summer interns contribute to and author articles for our site.
ERLC Staff
The staff of the ERLC strive to bring hope to the public square through Research, Policy, and Resources concentrated in four areas: life, religious liberty, marriage…
Esther Fleece
Esther Fleece is an international speaker and writer recognized among Christianity Today’s “Top 50 Women Shaping the Church and Culture” and CNN’s “Five Women in Religion…
Esther Smith
Esther Smith, M.A., is a biblical counselor at Life Counseling Center Ministries and is a licensed clinical professional counselor in the state of Maryland. She is…
Ethan Holsteen
Ethan and Michaela Holsteen have been married since 2016. They met in Louisville, Kentucky, when they were both studying Biblical Counseling at Boyce College. Ethan currently…
Ethan Lamb
Ethan Lamb served as an intern for the ERLC. He is studying History and Political Science at The University of Alabama, and is a native of…
Evan Lenow
Research Fellow
Evan Lenow serves as director of Church and Minister Relations and associate professor of Christian Studies at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. He is also the…
Evangelical Immigration Table
In June 2012, several national entities representing evangelical Christians, including the ERLC, formed the Evangelical Immigration Table (EIT) to encourage a national discussion about immigration rooted…
Faye Scott
Faye Scott serves as Minister to Children at First Baptist New Orleans. She earned a Master of Christian Education and Doctor of Education degree at New…
Felix L. Sermon, Jr.
Felix L. Sermon, Jr. was born in Negros Occidental, Philippines. He served as a missionary of the North American Mission Board as Chaplain of the United…
Frank Sommerville
Frank Sommerville is a CPA and attorney. He also serves as an editorial advisor for ChurchLawAndTax.com.
Fred Luter
Fred J. Luter Jr. (born 1956 November 11 in New Orleans) is a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He was elected on 2012…
Freda Bush
Freda McKissic Bush, M.D., FACOG has been deeply involved in women’s health issues for more than four decades. In 1968, she was a clinical instructor in…
Freddy T. Wyatt
Freddy Wyatt currently serves as the pastor of Real Life Church in San Diego. Freddy also was privileged to serve as a contributing author to the…
Gabriel Stovall
Gabriel Stovall writes for the North American Mission Board.
Galen Jones
Assistant Professor of Church Planting, Floyd K. Clark Chair of Christian Leadership at Oklahoma Baptist University.
Garrett Kell
Garrett Kell has served as Lead Pastor of Del Ray Baptist Church since 2012. Garrett grew up in Berkeley Springs, W.V. He attended Virginia Tech where…
Garrick D. Conner
Garrick D. Conner is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. He serves as discipleship pastor at Park Hill Baptist Church in North Little…
Gary Frost
For 18 years Gary Frost served as senior pastor of the Rising Star Baptist Church in Youngstown Ohio. He has served two terms as president of the State…
Gary L. Shultz Jr.
Gary L. Shultz Jr. is the senior pastor at First Baptist Church Tallahassee. Shultz has a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and received his…
Gary Lancaster
Gary Lancaster serves as the Audio Producer for the ERLC. Gary’s roles include recording, editing and producing all ERLC podcasts and audio content. Gary has a Bachelors of Science…
Gary Shultz
Gary Shultz is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Tallahassee, Florida. Gary also teaches theology at Baptist Bible Theological Seminary and Liberty University, and…
Gavin Ortlund
Gavin Ortlund is a husband, father, minister, and visiting scholar at Reasons to Believe. He writes regularly at gavinortlund.com
George Wright
George Wright serves as Senior Pastor of Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia, S.C. George is a graduate of the University of South Carolina (Business Administration) and…
Giancarlo Montemayor
Giancarlo Montemayor is one of the pastors at High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife Marcela. He is an leader…
Gina Trippie
Gina and her husband, Dan, have faithfully raised twins sons. She is the author of Peace for an Anxious Woman’s Heart and co-author of He Said, She Said, God…
Glenn Packiam
Glenn Packiam is one of the associate senior pastors at New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the lead pastor of New Life Downtown, a congregation of New…
Glenn Stanton
Glenn T. Stanton is the director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively on the issues of gender, sexuality,…
Grace Hody
Grace Hody is a Master of Divinity student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Her theological interests include Old Testament Studies, Analytic Theology,…
Grace Liu
Grace serves as Donor Relations and Communications Coordinator at The Field School in Chicago, Illinois. She received a B.S. in Community Leadership & Development and Violin…
Grace Sigmon
Grace Sigmon has served as an intern for 127 Worldwide through high school and now in college. She is currently studying nursing at the University of…
Gracilynn Hanson
Gracilynn Hanson has her Ph.D. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes freelance, and is a stay-at-home parent.
Grant Castleberry
Grant Castleberry serves as the Executive Director for CBMW. He is also a Ph.D. student in Church History at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is Marine…
Grant Ethridge
Dr. Grant Ethridge is the Senior Pastor of Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton Roads, Va. He holds six academic degrees, including a Doctor of Ministry and…
Grant Gaines
Grant Gaines is the senior pastor of Belle Aire Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He is married to Melisa and has five children. He is a…
Greg Forster
Greg Forster serves as the director of the Oikonomia Network at the Center for Transformational Churches, and is a visiting assistant professor of faith and culture…
Greg Gilbert
Greg Gilbert earned his BA from Yale University and his MDiv from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of the book "What is…
Greg Glod
Greg Glod is the senior policy analyst for the Center for Effective Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and the manager of state initiatives for Right…
Greg Matte
Gregg Matte is the senior pastor of Houston’s First Baptist Church. Before coming to Houston in 2004, Gregg founded Breakaway Ministries at Texas A&M University —…
Greg Pickering
Greg Pickering is Lead Pastor of Brazos Pointe Fellowship in Lake Jackson, Texas. He supports and coaches church planters through the Houston Church Planting Network and…
Gregg R. Allison
Senior Fellow
Gregg R. Allison serves as senior fellow focused on issues of marriage and family. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and…
Gretchen Ronnevik
Gretchen Ronnevik loves writing about rich theology rooted in real life. She is a mom to six kids that range from preschooler to teenager. She works as…
H.B. Charles, Jr.
H.B. Charles is the Pastor-Teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Fla. Prior to joining the Shiloh Church, he led the Mt. Sinai…
Hanna Welch
Hanna is a public school teacher who is passionate about making disciples for Christ. She and her husband served as IMB missionaries for 3 years in…
Hannah Anderson
Hannah Anderson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia with her husband, Nathan, and their three children, ages 12-17. They have been married for 20…
Hannah Daniel
Director of Public Policy
Hannah Daniel serves as the ERLC’s director of public policy, representing the policy interests of Southern Baptists to government through advocacy and education. Originally from Tennessee,…
Hannah Hall
Hannah C. Hall is a bestselling author and speaker with over one million books in print. Her newest book, Penguin and Moose Brave the Night, releases…
Hannah Hough
Hannah is a registered nurse who resides in Houston, Texas, with her family. Her husband, Casey, serves as the lead pastor at Copperfield Church. She is a…
Harrison Anderson
Hank graduated from the Air Force Academy and currently serves as an Air Force Officer. He lives with his wife and two children and is pursuing…
Heath Lambert
Dr. Heath Lambert is the Executive Director at the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors.
Heather Rice-Minus
Heather Rice-Minus is the vice president of government affairs and church mobilization for Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their…
Heather Thompson
Heather Thompson serves as director of Communications for The Paradox Church in Fort Worth, Texas. She loves country living with her husband, Brad, and their three…
Herbie Newell
Herbie Newell is president & executive director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. He holds a Master’s of Business Administration in Accounting from Samford…
Hunter Baker
Research Fellow
Hunter Baker, J.D., Ph.D., serves as provost and dean of the faculty of North Greenville University. He is the author of three books (The End of…
Hunter Melton
Hunter Melton serves at the Church at Avenue South, a regional campus of Brentwood Baptist Church, as the Discipleship Minister in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee.…
Ian Harber
Ian Harber is a writer and works at Endeavor. He amplifies the messages of digital ministries through social media and building partnerships. He’s been published by The…
Ian K. Smith
Ian K. Smith is the principal of Christ College, Sydney, where he also teaches Greek and New Testament. He has also served in parish ministry and as…
Isaac Whitney
Isaac Whitney is a student at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a pastoral intern at Christ Church West Chester in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
J. Alan Branch
Research Fellow
James Alan Branch is a professor of Christian Ethics at Midwestern Seminary where he has served since 2001. He earned his undergraduate degree from Kennesaw State…
J. Josh Smith
J. Josh Smith is the lead pastor of MacArthur Boulevard Baptist Church in Irving, Texas.
J. Mark Bowers
J. Mark Bowers writes and trains for the Chalmers Center, a church-equipping organization focused on breaking the spiritual, social, and material bonds of poverty. Having lived…
J. Matthew Pinson
J Matthew Pinson is president at Welch College in Nashville, Tennessee. A native of Pensacola, Florida, he attended Welch College in the 1980s and went on to…
J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear is the pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. He completed his Ph.D. in theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is…
J.R. Vassar
JR Vassar is lead pastor of Church at the Cross in Grapevine, Texas. He and his wife, Ginger, have three children, and he is the author…
J.T. English
JT English is a pastor at The Village Church in Dallas, Texas, where he leads The Village Church Institute. He holds a PhD in systematic theology from The…
Jack Graham
Dr. Jack Graham is the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the nation’s largest, most dynamic congregations. Dr. Graham has served two terms as president of…
Jack Klumpenhower
Jack Klumpenhower is the author of Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids and co-author of the small-group study The Gospel-Centered Parent. He lives in…
Jackson McNeece
Jackson McNeece is a Master of Divinity student from Oklahoma City, OK. In May of 2020, Jackson graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Medical…
Jacob Fentress
Jacob Fentress founded Guerilla Labs. He has over a decade of experience on the web – working for small non-profits, large internet retailers, and others. Jacob graduated from…
Jacob Shatzer
Research Fellow
Jacob Shatzer is provost of Union University. He is also an associate professor of Theological Studies and dean of Instruction. He received his Ph.D. from Marquette…
Jake Stone
Jake Stone is currently a Master of Divinity student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a junior fellow at the Andrew Fuller Center…
Jamaal Williams
Jamaal Williams is lead pastor of Sojourn Community Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He received a bachelor’s degree from…
Jamar Andrews
Jamar Andrews is a native of Jonesboro, Ark. He is married to Stephanie and they have two children. Jamar serves as the Lead Pastor of Word…
James Lankford
After serving four years in the U.S. House of Representatives, James was elected to the U.S. Senate to complete an unexpired term on November 4, 2014…
James Merritt
James Merritt is the Lead Pastor of Cross Pointe Church. He was born and raised in Oakwood, Georgia and surrendered his life to Christ as a…
James Mildred
James is the director of Communications and Engagement at Christian Action, Research, and Education (CARE). He is responsible for CARE’s external communications, from social media to websites, and…
James Netters
Dr. James LaVirt Netters, Sr. is the Senior Pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church- Westwood, where he has served for over 56 years. He is the…
James W. Shrimpton
James W. Shrimpton is a chartered accountant, hymnwriter, and children’s author. His first book, The King and the Dragon (Crossway, 2022) traces the biblical narrative in…
James Williams
James Williams has serve as Associate Pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta, Texas, since 2013. He and his wife, Jenny, have three children and are actively…
Jamie Aten
Jamie Aten is founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton. Visit jamieaten.com.
Jamie Dickerson
Jamie Dickerson is the executive director of Care Net of Las Cruces.
Jamie Ivey
Jamie Ivey is a podcaster, writer, and speaker from Austin, Texas. She is the proud mama of four kids and the wife of Aaron, worship pastor…
Jamus Edwards
Jamus Edwards attended Murray State University where he earned a B.S. in Organizational Communication and a minor in Youth and Non-Profit Leadership. It was during his…
Jana Howerton
Jana is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Bachelors in Communication Disorders. Her husband Josh is the Lead Pastor of The Bridge Church, and they…
Janaye Platt
Janaye Platt lives with her husband, Chris, and two dogs in North Carolina. Janaye loves working with her church’s youth group. After living overseas for two…
Jared C. Wilson
Jared C. Wilson is the Director of Content Strategy for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Managing Editor of For The Church(and host of the FTC Podcast), and Director of The Pastoral Training…
Jared Crabtree
Jared is the former pastor of families at Redeemer Fellowship Kansas City. He studied at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Michelle, and they…
Jared H. Moore
Jared Moore has served in pastoral ministry in a Southern Baptist context for 13 years. He currently pastors New Salem Baptist Church in Hustonville, KY. He…
Jared Kennedy
Jared is the husband of Megan and father to Rachael, Lucy, and Elisabeth. After serving fifteen years on staff at local churches, Jared now works as…
Jared Musgrove
Dr. Jared Musgrove is the pastor for Leader Development at The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, and co-founder and executive director of communityleadership.org. He is…
Jared Poulton
Jared Poulton (M.Div.) is a graduate of Columbia International University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Biblical Counseling and…
Jared Smith
Jared Smith is currently an intern at the ERLC’s office in Washington, D.C. He is a recent graduate of Rhodes College and will be attending Belmont…
Jared Wellman
Jared Wellman is the pastor of Tate Springs in Arlington, Texas. Jared also serves as an Executive Committee Member of the Southern Baptist Convention. Jared has…
Jasmine Holmes
Jasmine L. Holmes is the author of Mother to Son: Letters to a Black Boy on Identity and Hope. She is also a contributing author for Identity Theft: Reclaiming the…
Jason Cook
Jason Cook is an editor for The Gospel Coalition, focusing on pastoral ministry and integrating faith and work. He is associate pastor of preaching at Fellowship Memphis.…
Jason Dees
Jason Dees is the pastor of Christ Covenant in Atlanta, Ga. He and his wife Paige have three children. Jason grew up in Alabama and earned…
Jason Duesing
Research Fellow
Jason Duesing serves as the provost, senior vice president for Academic Administration, and professor of Historical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served for more…
Jason Goolesby
Jason Goolesby is a writer, realtor, and songwriter. He has been a resident of Lebanon, Tennessee, since 1995 when he moved there to attend college and…
Jason Gray
Jason Gray was born and raised in Tampa. Fla. He serves as the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Church in Abilene, Texas, which he helped plant in…
Jason K. Allen
Dr. Jason Allen is the fifth and youngest president of Midwestern Baptist Seminary. He has served as pastor and interim pastor of Southern Baptist churches in…
Jason Kovacs
Jason has been serving churches and non-profit organizations in the areas of pastoral care, counseling, and orphan advocacy for over 15 years. Along with his role in…
Jason Nichols
Jason Nichols is the worship pastor at Tate Springs in Arlington, Texas. He and his wife are also classical singers who have performed across the U.S.…
Jason Paredes
Jason is the Lead Pastor of Fielder Church in Arlington, Texas, a growing multi-ethnic church in the heart of the DFW area. As a third-generation Latino…
Jason Roach
Jason Roach is a pastor from London and the author of Swipe Up: A better way to do love, sex and relationships.
Jason Thacker
Senior Fellow and Director of the Research Institute
Jason Thacker serves as senior fellow focused on pro-life and other bioethical issues including abortion, reproductive technologies, medical care, euthanasia, and end-of-life decision making. He also…
Jason Vance
Jason Vance serves as the planting pastor of Valley Life Church in Surprise, Ariz. Prior to Valley Life Church, Jason served as the Director of Missions…
Jason Wright
Jason Wright is a Product Graphic Designer for NCAA football at Nike in Portland, Ore.
Javier Peña
Javier Peña is a foreign affairs specialist with a passion for religious freedom. After receiving a B.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University, he worked in…
Jay Adkins
Jay Adkins has served as Pastor of First Baptist Church of Westwego since 2002. He holds a Master of Divinity in Biblical Languages and a Master…
Jay Kim
Jay Kim is an author and serves on staff at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California, overseeing teaching and leadership.
Jay Strother
Jay Strother is the Lead Campus Pastor of The Church at Station Hill, a regional campus of Brentwood (TN) Baptist Church. He’s a graduate of New…
JD Thorne
JD Thorne has served as the lead pastor of Point Mallard Parkway Baptist Church in Decatur, Ala., since 2011. He is happily married to Corrie and…
Jeanette Hagen Pifer
JEANETTE HAGEN PIFER (B.A., Biola University, M.A. Talbot School of Theology, Ph.D., University of Durham) is Professor of New Testament at Biola University, where she has…
Jeanne Mancini
Jeanne Mancini was appointed to the role of President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund in the fall of 2012. In this capacity…
Jeanneane Maxon
With almost 10 years of executive level non-profit leadership, Jeanneane Maxon is an attorney and nationally recognized speaker and human rights advocate.From 2012 through 2015, she served…
Jed Coppenger
Jed Coppenger serves as the lead pastor of Redemption City Church, a church plant in Franklin, Tenn., and Director of Baptist 21. He has served in…
Jedd Medefind
Jedd Medefind serves as president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
Jeff Dodge
Having come to Christ as a university student, Jeff Dodge’s passion is to develop leaders to establish local churches in university communities. To that end, Jeff is…
Jeff Haanen
Jeff Haanen is the Executive Director of Denver Institute for Faith & Work. He has writen for Christianity Today, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, Independent School, Comment…
Jeff Harris
Jeff Harris has been the Senior Pastor at Grace Point since 1994 and has had the privilege of seeing the community grow from the very beginning.…
Jeff Iorg
Dr. Jeff Iorg is the president of Gateway Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Jeff Long
Jeff Long serves as Senior Pastor at Parkwood Baptist Church in Gastonia, N.C. Jeff grew up outside of Hickory, N.C. He came to faith in Christ…
Jeff Medders
J.A. Medders is the lead pastor of Redeemer Church in Tomball, Texas, where he lives with his wife Natalie and their two kids. He is the…
Jeff Palmer
Jeff Palmer serves as Executive Director/CEO of Baptist Global Response (BGR). BGR is a Southern Baptist relief and development organization dedicated to seeing people around the world…
Jeff Pickering
Jeff Pickering is the director of the Initiative on Faith & Public Life, a project of the American Enterprise Institute. AEI is a leading public policy…
Jeff Wright
Jeff Wright has served as the Pastor of Midway Baptist Church in Cookeville, Tenn., since 2011. He holds an M.A.R. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. His…
Jeffrey B. Riley
Research Fellow
Jeffrey B. Riley is a professor of Ethics and associate dean of Graduate Studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a research fellow…
Jeffrey Bilbro
Jeffrey Bilbro (Ph.D., Baylor University) is the editor-in-chief of Front Porch Republic. He is also the author of Loving God’s Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological…
Jeffrey J. Barrows
Jeffrey J. Barrows, DO, MA (Ethics), serves as senior vice president of Bioethics and Public Policy for Christian Medical & Dental Associations. Dr. Barrows is an…
Jen Oshman
Jen Oshman is a wife and mom to four daughters and has served as a missionary for almost two decades on three continents. She currently resides in Colorado,…
Jen Pollock Michel
Jen Pollock Michel is the award-winning author of Teach Us to Want, Keeping Place, and Surprised by Paradox. She holds a B.A. in French from Wheaton…
Jen Stewart
Jen Stewart is currently leading a team of people from City Church in Tallahassee, Fla., as they love, befriend, and help empower 70 refugee adults and…
Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas. She has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. An…
Jenn Hesse
Jenn Hesse is a writer, editor, and cofounder of a ministry that supports women walking through infertility, infant loss, and adoption. She lives with her husband…
Jenn Kintner
Office Coordinator
Jenn Kintner holds a Doctorate of Education from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to her work at the ERLC she spent 10 years discipling and teaching…
Jenna Fleming
Jenna is a pastor’s wife, mother, educator, and Christ follower. She is a 5th grade ELA/SS teacher at Union Elementary in Tennessee.
Jennifer Case Cortez
Jennifer Case Cortez writes about autism, culture, and women’s issues. Her work has been featured in The Devotional Bible for Dads (Zondervan), The Life Promises Bible (Zondervan), The Mom’s Bible: God’s Wisdom…
Jennifer Lahl
Ms. Lahl is founder and president of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care…
Jennifer Lyell
Jennifer Lyell serves as Vice President of Book Publishing & Merchandising at LifeWay Christian Resources where she leads the second largest business segment of Lifeway’s ten Ministry…
Jennifer Spencer
Jennifer Spencer lives in Monroe, Michigan, with her husband and three children. She is a home educator and serves women and children in various ministries at…
Jenny Marcelene
Jenny Marcelene spent six years living in conservative Muslim countries and desires to help parents and children catch a glimpse of how God is at work…
Jeremiah G. Dys
Jeremiah G. Dys, formerly of the Morgantown C&MA Church, now lives in Charleston, W.Va., with his wife and two children. He is the executive director and…
Jeremy Dys
Jeremy Dys, Esq., is Deputy General Counsel for First Liberty and host of the First Liberty Briefing. Dys earned his law degree from West Virginia University College…
Jeremy Evans
Jeremy Evans earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Texas A&M and taught at both New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeremy authored or…
Jeremy Linneman
Jeremy Linneman is lead pastor of Trinity Community Church, a church he planted in Columbia, Missouri. Prior to planting Trinity, he was a staff pastor of Sojourn Community Church…
Jeremy Lloyd
Jeremy Lloyd is a Ph.D. student in ethics at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City. He and his wife, Erica, live in St. Louis with their five…
Jeremy M. Kimble
Jeremy Kimble is assistant professor of Theology and interim director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Cedarville University, in Ohio. He received his Ph.D. in…
Jeremy Roberts
Jeremy Roberts is married with two children and serves as the Lead Pastor of Church of the Highlands, Chattanooga, TN. He is an Adjunct Professor at Liberty University and Midwestern…
Jerry Sutton
Jerry Sutton is a professor, retired Southern Baptist pastor, and author.
Jess Rainer
Jess Rainer is the Pastor of The Church at Spring Hill. He has previously served on staff for three churches, two of which were new churches.…
Jessalyn Hutto
Jessalyn Hutto is the author of Inheritance of Tears: Trusting the Lord of Life When Death Visits the Womb, a book that seeks to share the hope of…
Jesse Masson
Jesse Masson has been counseling since 2012 and lives in Kansas City with his wife and three children. In 2020, he started Connected Counseling LLC, a…
Jesse Pawley
Jesse Pawley serves as the Worship and Discipleship Pastor at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas. He and his wife, Anna, met while in college at…
Jessica Burke
Jessica Burke is married to her high school sweetheart, and they have four children. The Burkes lived in Skopje, Macedonia as missionaries for 3 years before…
Jessie Sandberg
Jessie Sandberg grew up in a ministry family as the fourth of six daughters of Dr. John R. Rice. She holds degrees from Wheaton College and…
Jill Nelson
Jill Nelson has taught Sunday school for more than 30 years and now writes children’s and youth curriculum for Truth78. As well as authoring God’s Gospel…
Jill Waggoner
Strategic Project Manager & Communications Strategist
Jill Waggoner serves as the ERLC’s strategic project manager and communications strategist. She shepherds strategic projects for the organization and assists in providing direction for varied…
Jim Daly
Jim Daly is president of Focus on the Family and host of the daily broadcast, heard by more than 6.3 million listeners a week on more…
Jim Domen
Jim was raised in a God-fearing home and accepted Christ at age seven. But after he graduated from George Fox University, he was so desperate to…
Jim Richards
Jim Richards is the executive director of the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. He pastored for twenty-one years in Louisiana, later serving as Director of Missions in…
Jim Rodgers
Jim works for Church Building Consultants in Wheaton, IL, a firm that provides churches, Christian schools, and ministries the full spectrum of services to assess, initiate, plan, design,…
Jim Tipton
Jim Tipton is a member of Sojourn Community Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky, where he leads a Bible study for members aged 50 and above. A…
Jimmy Scroggins
Jimmy Scroggins is the Lead Pastor of Family Church, where he has served since July 2008. He and his wife, Kristin, have eight children. Under Jimmy’s leadership,…
Joanna Kimbrel
Joanna Kimbrel is the Director of Theology for The Daily Grace Co., as well as a staff writer and co-host of the Daily Grace Podcast. She lives in…
Joe Ball
Joe Ball serves as the Director for Discipleship and Ministry at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. An East Tennessee native, he has received a Bachelor of…
Joe Batluck
As president of Teen Challenge International, U.S.A., Joe Batluck provides strategic leadership for eighty-three independent Teen Challenge corporations comprising two hundred and forty centers across the…
Joe Carter
Joe Carter is the author of The Life and Faith Field Guide for Parents, the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible, and the co-author of How to Argue Like Jesus: Learning…
Joel Dillon
Dr. Dillon received his Masters from Appalachian State University, and his Doctorate from the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology. In his pre-doctoral training with Northwest…
Joel Gilbert
Joel Gilbert has served in Baptist churches in the D.C. area for over 25 years and currently serves as Pastor at Poolesville Baptist Church in Poolesville,…
Joel Rainey
Joel Rainey has served as Lead Pastor at Covenant Church, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, since 2016. Prior to this he spent 11 years with the Baptist Convention…
Joey Kline
Joey Kline is the director of Christ Community Kids at Christ Community Church in Huntersville, North Carolina. He has served in Kid’s Ministry for over 18…
John Aaron Matthew
John Aaron Matthew is the Lead Pastor of Clear Lake Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He has a passion to see churches revitalized in pursuit of…
John D. Foubert
John D. Foubert, Ph.D., is Dean of the College of Education at Union University and Principal of John D. Foubert, LLC consulting. He also serves at…
John D. Herring
John D. Herring serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Prosper in Prosper, Texas. John is a native Texan and a graduate of Texas A&M…
John Dyer
John Dyer is an author and serves as the dean of Enrollment Services and Distance Education and adjunct professor in Media Arts and Worship at Dallas…
John Erickson
John Erickson has served as the lead pastor of Jubilee Community Church in Minneapolis, Minn., since planting it in 2010. He is happily married to Leslie and…
John Farish
John Farish serves as a policy intern for the ERLC in the Washington, D.C., office, where he assists staff in representing Southern Baptist policy initiatives. He…
John Garland
John Garland served as an intern for the ERLC’s Nashville office. He is a junior studying political science and history at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee,…
John Goodrich
JOHN GOODRICH (B.A., Moody Bible Institute; M.Div., Th.M., Talbot School of Theology; Ph.D., University of Durham) is Professor of Bible at Moody Bible Institute, where he…
John Hammett
John Hammett is Senior Professor of Systematic Theology and John Leadley Dagg Chair of Systematic Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
John Hume
John Hume has served as an Associate Pastor at Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church for over 21 years. John grew up on a farm outside Louisville, Ky.,…
John Kimbell
John Kimbell serves as Pastor of Preaching & Discipleship at Clifton Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky. He received his MDiv (2003) and Ph.D. (2008) from The Southern…
John Lennox
John Lennox is professor of Mathematics Emeritus at the University of Oxford. He lectures on Faith and Science for the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics. He…
John M. Perkins
Dr. Perkins is president of the John and Vera Mae Perkins Foundation of Jackson, Mississippi. He is one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the…
John Mark N. Reynolds
Dr. Reynolds is a Senior Fellow of Humanities at The King’s College in New York City, and a Fellow of the Center For Science and Culture at…
John Murchison
John serves as the director of The Austin Stone Institute (ASI), a ministry of The Austin Stone dedicated to training leaders through resources, classes, and events.…
John Onwuchekwa
John Onwucheckwu serves as the Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Atlanta, Ga. John is a native of Houston, Texas, who was born into a Nigerian home…
John Partin
John Partin was a former policy intern for the ERLC. He is currently a legislative correspondent at the United States Senate and Missions Intern at Edward…
John Piper
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church,…
John Plum
John Plum is the founding and lead pastor of TurningPoint Church in Tulsa, Okla. He holds a Bachelors of Arts from Oral Roberts University and a…
John Powell
John Powell is the senior pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas. Previously, he served as senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Hamlin,…
John Toone
John Toone is the Associate Pastor of East Shore Baptist Church (Harrisburg, Penn.). He came to salvation, was baptized, and matured in his faith through the…
John Wilsey
Research Fellow
John Wilsey is chair of the Church History Department at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and book review editor of The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology,…
John-Michael Ritchey
John-Michael Ritchey attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. After receiving his degree, he taught Upper School English at North Cobb Christian school,…
Jon C. Nelson
Jon is the senior pastor of Soma Community Church in Missouri. He is the former and first Black president of the Missouri Baptist Convention. He is…
Jon Kelly
Jon Kelly is the lead pastor of Chicago West Bible Church. He was born in Chicago and raised in Philadelphia. Growing up, he spent most of…
Jonathan Akin
Jonathan Akin is the pastor of Fairview Church in Lebanon, Tenn. He is a founding member of a young leader movement called Baptist21 and an adjunct…
Jonathan Andrews
Jonathan Andrews has been researching and writing on Middle East affairs since 2003. He is the UK representative of the International Institute for Religious Freedom and…
Jonathan Brooks
Jonathan Brooks serves as the Lead Pastor of Restoration Church Bryan. Jonathan and his wife, Stephani, moved to Bryan in the fall of 2013 to plant…
Jonathan C. Edwards
Jonathan C. Edwards (M.Div, Th.M) is the Director of Curriculum for Docent Research Group where he also serves as a lead writer. He is the author…
Jonathan Holmes
Jonathan Holmes is the Founder and Executive Director of Fieldstone Counseling. He previously served for fifteen years on the pastoral teams of Parkside Church and Parkside…
Jonathan Leeman
Jonathan Leeman (PhD, University of Wales) is the editorial director for 9Marks and an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist in Washington, DC. He has written for…
Jonathan Threlfall
Jonathan Threlfall serves as assistant pastor at Hanover Baptist Church in Glen Allen, VA. He and his wife Christa have four young children. Jonathan holds a…
Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni Eareckson Tada, the Founder and CEO of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. Mrs. Tada has served on…
Jordan Ballor
Jordan J. Ballor (Dr. theol., University of Zurich; Ph.D., Calvin Theological Seminary) is a senior research fellow and director of publishing at the Acton Institute for the…
Jordan Wootten
Jordan Wootten serves as a News and Culture Channel Editor at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and a writer/editor at RightNow Media. He’s a board…
Jose Abella
Jose Abella serves as the Lead Pastor of Providence Road Church in Miami, Fla. Additionally, Jose serves as the 2nd Vice President of the Southern Baptist…
Joseph Rossell
Joseph Rossell serves as research analyst at IRD. He received a master's degree in International Commerce & Policy in July 2014, from George Mason University's School…
Joseph Stegall
Joseph Stegall is lead pastor of Providence Baptist Fellowship in Nolensville, Tenn. In May of 2008 he graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with the Master…
Joseph Thigpen
Joseph Thigpen serves as Discipleship Pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Fla. He is married to Laura, and they have one daughter. Joseph has earned an…
Josh Branum
Josh Branum is the Family Pastor at Faithbridge Church in Jacksonville, Fla. He has held a passion for the gospel and missions ever since he felt…
Josh Herring
Josh Herring is a Humanities Instructor at Thales Academy, a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Hillsdale College, and a doctoral student in Faulkner University's Great…
Josh Holler
Josh Holler is an associate pastor at First Baptist Church Duncan in Duncan, Oklahoma. He is a husband, father, and author of Redeeming Warriors: Veteran Suicide,…
Josh Howerton
Josh has been with The Bridge since 2008. He graduated from Union University with an undergrad in Biblical Theology and is currently engaged in continued theological…
Josh Hussung
Josh Hussung is pastor of youth & families at Grace Community Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Josh Powell
Josh Powell is a third generation Southern Baptist pastor. He is a graduate of North Greenville University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Josh has served…
Josh Vaughn
Josh Vaughn is the senior pastor of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. Before coming to Waco, Josh served as Associate Pastor for Young Marrieds…
Josh Wester
Joshua B. Wester is the lead pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Joshua B. Wester
Joshua B. Wester serves as Director of Content and Chair of Research in Christian Ethics. In this role, he provides analysis, content, and counsel on ethical issues…
Joshua Cooley
Joshua Cooley is a New York Times bestselling author and a full-time children’s minister. His latest book is a 365-day youth devotional entitled, Creator, Father, King:…
Joshua Hutchens
Josh Hutchens is the Founder and President of Gospel Life Global Missions. Previously, Josh pastored two churches in Kentucky and served for two years as a missionary in Moldova. He…
Joshua Martin
Joshua Martin is a recent graduate of Charleston Southern University. He is currently serving as a pastoral resident at Northwood Baptist Church in North Charleston, South…
Joy Allmond
Joy Allmond is the managing editor of Facts & Trends, and has also written for Crosswalk.com, LifeWay, WORLD magazine, and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. She lives in Nashville with her husband,…
Joy Riley
Dr. Joy Riley is executive director of The Tennessee Center for Bioethics & Culture and serves on the ethics committee of a Nashville-area hospital. Board-certified in…
JR Vassar
JR Vassar is the Lead Pastor at Church at the Cross in Grapevine, TX. JR has a passion to help the local church grow in maturity…
JT English
JT English is the Lead Pastor at Storyline Fellowship in Arvada, Colorado. Before joining Storyline, JT served as a Pastor at The Village Church, where he…
Juan Sanchez
Juan Sanchez was converted to Christ in 1983 at the age of 17. In 2005, Juan joined the staff of High Pointe Baptist Church to serve…
Judi H. Prince
Judi H. Prince is married to pastor David E. Prince, an active member of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, and is a stay-at-home mom of eight children. Her husband,…
Juliana Wootten
Juliana Wootten is a special education teacher in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area.
Julie Lowe
Julie Lowe is a faculty member at CCEF. She holds an M.A. in counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary. She is a licensed professional counselor with over…
Julie Masson
Julie Masson previously served on staff with the ERLC. She has over fifteen years of marketing and communications experience from working for SBC entities and other…
Justin Camblin
Justin Camblin is a pastoral assistant and staff nerd at Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky.
Justin Giboney
Justin Giboney is an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign.
Justin Lonas
Justin Lonas serves as editorial and content specialist for the Chalmers Center at Covenant College. He is also an M.Div. student at Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta.
Justin Miller
In 2007, Justin co-founded CARE for AIDS as a junior at Vanderbilt University. CARE for AIDS exists to empower people to live a life beyond AIDS.…
Justin Mullins
Justin Mullins is the Young Families pastor at Collierville First Baptist Church in the Memphis, Tennessee area and serves as an adjunct professor of Christian Education at…
Justin Perry
Justin Perry was graciously saved by God during the summer before he was a high school senior when a student pastor shared the gospel with him.…
Justin Reimer
Justin Reimer, along with his wife, Tamara, are the co-founders of the Elisha Foundation, an organization dedicated to Christ-centered transformation in the lives of those impacted by…
Justin Sampler
Justin Sampler is pastor of First Baptist Church in Inola, Okla. He also currently serves as a chaplain in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. He received…
Justin Smith
Justin is the College Minister at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, Texas. He lives there with his wife, Rebecca, and son. He is passionate about…
Justin Taylor
Justin Taylor is the executive vice president of book publishing and book publisher at Crossway, a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes the ESV Bible and gospel-centered…
K. Marshall Williams
Keith Marshall Williams, Sr. is the pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church of Philadelphia since 1984. He received his Masters of Divinity Degree from the Palmer Theological…
K.A. Ellis
K.A. Ellis is Director of the Center for the Study of the Bible & Ethnicity (CSBE), Reformed Theological Seminary.
Kadin Christian
Kadin served on the ERLC staff in the office of the president. An Alabama native, Kadin previously served as an intern with the ERLC, and then…
Karen Cole
Karen Cole previously served the ERLC in the communications area, editing print pieces and proposing and producing audio and video content.
Karen Roseberry
Karen was raised in the South Bay Area of California and earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree in Political Science at California…
Karla Siu
Karla Siu is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18+ years of experience serving families and children recovering from trauma. Karla currently provides consultation to the North…
Kate Hox
Kate Hox has a deep desire to see her four children know and love Jesus Christ. She has always enjoyed finding gospel-centered resources, and now she…
Kate Trammell
Kate Trammell is the director of state policy at Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit serving prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, and a leading…
Katelyn Walls Shelton
Katelyn Walls Shelton is the senior policy adviser at the Institute for Women’s Health.
Katherine Forster
Katherine Forster is a teenager who serves as lead writer and managing editor for TheRebelution.com, an online platform that reaches hundreds of thousands of Christian teens, parents,…
Kathryn Butler
Kathryn Butler (MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons) is a trauma surgeon who is board certified in surgical critical care and served on the faculty…
Kathryn Jean Lopez
Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute where she directs the Center for Religion, Culture, and Civil Society, and editor-at-large of National Review. She…
Kathryn Reid
Kathryn Reid is on staff with World Vision.
Katie Blackburn
Katie Blackburn is a wife, mother of five, writer, and a teacher. She is saved by grace, and sustained by cold brew coffee and quiet, early mornings…
Katie Faris
Katie Faris (B.A., Grove City College) is the author of God Is Still Good: Gospel Hope and Comfort for the Unexpected Sorrows of Motherhood and a…
Katie Fruge
Katie Frugé is a stomach cancer survivor, special needs parent, amateur baker, professional theologian, and human rights advocate. She has a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, her…
Katie McCoy
Research Fellow
Katie McCoy serves as the director of Women’s Ministry for Baptist General Convention of Texas. She holds a Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where she…
Kay Bennett
Kay Bennett serves as a Send Relief Missionary as executive director of Baptist Friendship House, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kay received a B.S. degree in Counseling…
Kay Warren
Kay Warren cofounded Saddleback Church with her husband, Rick Warren, in Lake Forest, California in 1980. She is a passionate Bible teacher and tireless advocate for those…
Kayla Toney
Kayla Toney is Associate Counsel with First Liberty Institute, concentrating on religious liberty matters and First Amendment rights for clients of all faiths. Prior to joining…
Keith Collier
Keith Collier pastors at First Baptist Groesbeck Church in in Groesbeck, Texas and was the communications associate and editor of the SBTC's Southern Baptist TEXAN newsjournal. Collier has served since 2007…
Keith Warden
Keith Warden is Senior Pastor of Picayune’s First Baptist Church in Picayune, Miss., where he has served since 2004. He holds a B.M. from Samford University,…
Kelly Needham
Kelly Needham writes a blog at kellyneedham.com. Kelly met her husband, Jimmy, at Texas A&M University in 2005. At the time, he wanted to be history…
Kelly Rosati
Kelly Rosati is the vice president of Community Outreach at Focus on the Family where she serves as the ministry spokesperson on child advocacy issues. Rosati…
Kelsey Hency
Kelsey Hency is the founder and editor-in-chief of Fathom Magazine, a media company set out to compel people to seek out the depths of Christian faith.…
Kelvin Cochran
Kelvin J. Cochran is an author, public speaker, former Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, and former Fire Chief of Atlanta Fire Department.
Ken Connelly
Ken Connelly is legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates and others opposing government efforts to force…
Ken Holland
Ken Holland most recently served as Executive Pastor at University Heights Baptist Church in Huntsville, Texas. He is currently transitioning back into the marketplace as a…
Kendal Conner
After spending 10 years working in youth ministry, Kendal currently serves as a Groups Minister at Redeemer Fellowship in Kansas City, Missouri. Kendal received her B.A.…
Kenneth Magnuson
Research Fellow
Ken Magnuson serves as the executive director of the Evangelical Theological Society. He also serves as professor of Christian ethics at Southwestern Seminary. He previously taught…
Kent Annan
Kent Annan is director of Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College. Visit kentannan.com.
Kevin Ezell
Dr. Kevin Ezell serves as the President of the North American Mission Board, providing strategic vision, direction, and leadership as NAMB works to reach North America…
Kevin Miller
Videography and Video Editor
Kevin Miller serves as videographer and video editor for the ERLC. He has a BS in Electronic Media Communication Production from Middle Tennessee State University. In…
Kevin Shrum
Kevin Shrum is the Lead Pastor at Inglewood since 1995. He recieved his B.A. in Theology from Missouri Baptist University and studied at The Southern Baptist Theological…
Kevin Smith
Kevin L. Smith is Executive Director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware and Assistant Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Kevin Ueckert
Kevin Ueckert serves as the Lead Pastor of First Baptist in Georgetown, TX. He received a BBA from Texas A&M, a M.Div. at Southwestern Baptist Theological…
Kevin Webb
Kevin Webb is an Associate Pastor at Lakeview Baptist Church in Auburn, Ala. He and his family live in Opelika, Ala.
Kimber Graves
Kimber Graves is the supervisor for the Louisville office of Bethany Christian Services, where she has worked for 9 years, serving children and families throughout Indiana and…
Kimberly Whitten
Kimberly Whitten is a recent student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pursing a Masters of Divinity in Women’s Studies. Kimberly has a background in ministry, serving on staff…
Knox Thames
Knox Thames currently serves as the Special Advisor for Religious Minorities in the Near East and South / Central Asia at the U.S. Department of State…
Kody Gibson
Kody Gibson (M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife and three children. He serves as Director of Enrollment and Communications…
Kody Kness
Kody Kness acted as the vice president of ChinaAid, an organization that seeks to expose human rights abuses and promote truth, justice and freedom by advocating for religious freedom and…
Kris Towers
Kris Towers serves on the Events Team for the ERLC. His responsibilities include assisting with planning events, working with sponsors and exhibitors, and overseeing conference apps.…
Krissie Inserra
Krissie is a pastor’s wife, mom, and active member in her local church and community. She has served in pregnancy resource centers and has authored numerous…
Kristen Clark
Kristen Clark is married to her high school sweetheart, Zack, and has a background in Biblical counseling, young women's ministry, teen mentoring, online blogging, and is…
Kristen Ferguson
Research Fellow
Kristen Ferguson is associate dean of Education Effectiveness, director of Online Education, and associate professor of Educational Leadership at Gateway Seminary. She received her Ed.D. and…
Kristen Kansiewicz
Kristen Kansiewicz is an assistant professor and Program Director of the graduate counseling program at Evangel University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a PhD…
Kristen Lowry
Kristen Lowry serves as an IMB missionary and as the international orphan care consultant for Send Relief, where she advises Southern Baptist missionaries, churches, and international…
Kristen Waggoner
Kristen K. Waggoner serves as General Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. Her role includes oversight of the U.S. Legal Division and Communications, which includes over 100…
Kristen Wetherell
Kristen Wetherell is a wife, mother, and writer. She is the author of “Fight Your Fears,” co-author of the award-winning book “Hope When it Hurts,” editor…
Kristie Anyabwile
Kristie Anyabwile is a wife, mother, and homemaker who loves leading Bible studies, discipling women, cooking, hospitality, and reading. She lives in Washington DC with her husband…
Kyle Bryant
Mr. Kyle Bryant serves as the Campus Director for TCS Heights. Although raised in the public school system, Kyle is passionate about seeing a revival of…
Lainey Greer
Lainey Greer, Ph.D., is a speaker and author whose passion revolves around theology and the physical body. Years of theological education, personal training, and church ministry…
Lane Wakefield
Lane Wakefield is the director of the Center for Sales Strategy in Sports and Entertainment (S3E) and clinical assistant professor of Marketing at the Hankamer School…
Larry Riley
Larry Riley has served as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Clarksville, Tenn., since October, 2012. Larry brings over 25 years of experience in full-time…
Latifah Phillips
Latifah Phillips is an artist, writer, producer and engineer. She is a member of the band Page CXVI.
Laura Campbell
Laura Campbell is a master’s student at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a member of Emmaus Church in Kansas City, Missouri, along with her husband, Collin.…
Laura Messick
Laura Messick is the executive director of Portico, a pregnancy resource center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Laura Thigpen
Laura Thigpen is a pastor’s wife, adoptive mom, freelance writer, and an administrative assistant at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Joseph, serve Imago Dei…
Laurel Shaler
Dr. Laurel Shaler is a licensed social worker and professional counselor. She holds master's degrees in Social Work and Theology, and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education…
Laurelen Muller
Laurelen Müller serves as the executive director of Speak for the Unborn. She helps to implement the big picture vision and mission of the ministry in…
Lauren Ashford
Lauren Ashford has three children and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Lauren Brown
Lauren Brown serves as Stand for Life Logistics and Operations Administrator. Lauren is originally from Mississippi and graduated from Delta State University. She and her husband…
Lauren Chandler
God has always spoken to me through birds and creatures of flight—there’s something worshipful about the way they move, something I admire and am jealous of,…
Lauren Green McAfee
Lauren Green McAfee is a speaker, writer, connector and coffee enthusiast with a heart to engage others in the Bible. While pursuing her graduate degrees in…
Lauren L. Moy
Lauren L Moy is a Certified Career Coach with over 20 years of human resources management and coaching experience in the private, public and non-profit sectors (financial…
Lauren McAfee
Research Fellow
Lauren McAfee serves as corporate ambassador for Hobby Lobby, the country’s largest arts and crafts retailer. She also works on special projects for Museum of the…
Lauren Rae Konkol
Lauren Rae Konkol serves as the Team Coordinator. She assists the Washington, D.C. office with scheduling, event planning, office coordination, and project management. Before joining the…
Laurie Chapman
Laurie is a Jesus-loving discipler, mother to seven wonderful people and three grandsons, who currently lives in Wilmington, Delaware. She enjoys almost anything as long as…
Leeann Poarch
Leeann Poarch serves as an ERLC intern in the Nashville office. She is a senior at the University of Oklahoma pursuing degrees in economics and history,…
Leeann Stiles
Leeann Stiles is an educational consultant in Dubai, UAE. She holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky. She grew up in Louisville, KY.…
Leigh Ann Marshall
Leigh Ann Marshall is a mother of two adult young ladies and grandmother of one granddaughter. Leigh Ann lives in Lebanon, Tennessee. She is an accomplished…
Leigh Gust
Leigh Gust is a graduate of Grove City College, a veteran, an Army spouse, and home-educates her five children, ages 2-13. She spends her free time…
Lemanuel Williams
Lemanuel Williams is the director of discipleship at Redemption City Church in Franklin, Tennessee. He is a Hunt Scholar completing his Master of Divinity at Southeastern…
Lesley Hildreth
Lesley Hildreth is the Women’s Discipleship Director for The Summit Church in Durham, North Carolina.
Leslie Peacock Caldwell
Leslie Peacock Caldwell is the managing editor at the IMB.
Lieryn Barnett
Lieryn Barnett is a covenant member of Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is passionate about mental illness and biblical literacy. Lieryn has contributed…
Ligon Duncan
Ligon Duncan is the Chancellor/CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary and the John E. Richards Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology. Ligon was born in Greenville, SC,…
Lilly Park
Lilly Park serves as Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Since 2011, she has taught undergraduate and graduate students in the…
Lilly Park
Research Fellow
Lilly Park serves as the associate professor of Biblical Counseling at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. She has contributed to Trained in the…
Linda Lowry
Lindy Lowry is a writer and editor on staff with Open Doors USA.
Lindsay Nicolet
Editorial Director
Lindsay Nicolet serves as the editorial director for the ERLC. She oversees the day-to-day management of all content and resources from the Nashville office. Lindsay completed…
Lindsey Carlson
Lindsey Carlson is a church planter’s wife, the mother of five children, and has served alongside her husband in pastoral ministry for 16 years. She enjoys…
Lindsey Holcomb
Lindsey A. Holcomb, MPH, works at Samaritan Village, a safe home and therapeutic program for adult survivors of sex trafficking. She is a former case manager…
Lindsey Teat
Lindsey is an Alabama native, pastor's wife and mom of four awesome kiddos. She loves encouraging others in their walk with Christ and is passionate about serving those…
Lisa Misner
Lisa Misner is the social media/public policy manager for the communications team of the Illinois Baptist State Association. She is also a contributing editor for the…
Lisa Spence
Lisa lives in Auburn, Alabama, where she teaches a ladies’ Bible study at her church and volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in…
Liz Wann
Liz Wann lives in Philadelphia with her husband and three children. She is the author of a book for weary moms, The End of Me: Finding Resurrection…
Lizette Beard
Lizette Beard coordinates research projects for LifeWay Research on topics such as multi-site churches, mega church growth, church planting, small groups, discipleship, outreach to first generation…
Lizzy Taylor
Project Manager and Administrative Assistant
Lizzy Taylor serves as the project manager and administrative assistant, helping to manage the ERLC’s online presence and assisting with projects and initiatives. Lizzy previously served…
Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Lore Ferguson Wilbert is a writer, thinker, and learner. She blogs at sayable.net. She and her husband Nathan live in Flower Mound, Texas.
Lori Bova
Lori Bova is the founder and administrator of Veritas Classical Christian Academy in Hobbs, New Mexico. More importantly, she is a follower Jesus Christ, wife, mother,…
Lourdes Anita Branch
Lourdes Anita Branch is an educator and writer living in Brooklyn, New York. As a lover and follower of Jesus, she seeks to see him reflected…
Luke Mintz
Luke I. Mintz is a policy intern in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C., office. Originally from Tennessee, he is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science…
Luke Stamps
Research Fellow
Lucas Stamps serves as professor of Christian Theology at Anderson University and the Clamp Divinity School. Stamps is a graduate of Auburn University (B.S. in history)…
Luma Sims
Luma Simms is an associate fellow of the Philos Project, whose mission is to promote positive Christian engagement in the Middle East. Her work has appeared in…
Lyman Stone
Lyman Stone is the Chief Information Office of Demographic Intelligence, a population consulting firm. He is also a research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies,…
Maddie Steele
Maddie Steele graduated with a degree in Journalism from Union University and works in Marketing and PR in Jackson, Tennessee. She is also a wedding and…
Maegan Clark
Maegan Clark is from Fort Smith, Arkansas, lives in Franklin, Tennessee, but is an avid Oklahoma Sooner fan. She is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Educational…
Maina Mwaura
Maina Mwaura resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Tiffany, and daughter, Zyan. He is a graduate of Liberty University and New Orleans Theological Seminary and has…
Malcolm Yarnell
Research Fellow
Malcolm B. Yarnell III is research professor of Systematic Theology in Fort Worth, Texas, where he enjoys exploring theology with his students. He is the author…
Malia Sandberg
Malia Sandberg is an elementary school teacher and lives with her husband and three children in South Muncie, Indiana. They are committed to loving Jesus, their…
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio is an American politician and attorney, and a United States Senator of Florida. Rubio previously served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Rubioa native of…
Marcus Allen
Marcus Allen serves as lead pastor of Faith Family Baptist Church in Kingwood, Texas. He was born and raised in Jacksonville, Fla. He married his high…
Marie Delph
Marie Delph serves both the Marketing and Communications teams at the ERLC. Her primary duties are web and project management, and editing. Marie came to the ERLC in 2010, having…
Mario Díaz
Mario Díaz, Esq., serves as Concerned Women for America’s (CWA) Legal Counsel and leads CWA’s Legal Studies Department. Mr. Diaz is a Constitutional Law scholar who…
Marissa Postell
Marissa Postell serves as the managing editor of LifewayResearch.com. As a writer, she hopes to tell compelling narratives to equip the church to live on mission…
Mark Carrington
Mark Carrington has been serving as Lead Pastor of Wornall Road Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., since 2017. Mark has degrees from N.C. State University (BA)…
Mark Coppenger
In addition to teaching at Southern Seminary, Coppenger is managing editor of the online Kairos Journal. Before attending seminary, he taught at Wheaton and Vanderbilt, where…
Mark Dance
Mark Dance (D.Min.) leads Pastoral Wellness for Guidestone as well as the Care4Pastors Network. Prior to that he served as a lead pastor for 30 years…
Mark Dever
Mark serves as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. A Duke graduate, Dr. Dever holds a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,…
Mark Hearn
Mark Hearn is the senior pastor of First Baptist Duluth, Georgia. Previously, he was the Senior Pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has been…
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly is a career Southern Baptist journalist and host of a podcast at godsrevolution.org. He has written several brief books, including Journey into Justice and Proof…
Mark Liederbach
Research Fellow
Mark Liederbach is the senior professor of Ethics, Theology, and Culture, Dean of Students, & vice president for Student Services at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He…
Mark Mellinger
Mark Mellinger is the marketing and development director for the National Embryo Donation Center, a life-affirming Christian non-profit in Knoxville, Tennessee. He also continues a long…
Mark Satterfield
Mark Satterfield serves as the senior pastor of The Glade Church in Mount Juliet, Tenn. He also serves as a church consultant with LifeWay Leadership. Mark…
Mark Smith
Mark Smith serves as a pastor at The Hallows Church in Seattle, Washington. Before serving as a pastor, Smith taught children’s dramatic arts for over 10…
Mark Tooley
Mark Tooley is the president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and editor of IRD's foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD…
Marshal Ausberry
Marshal Ausberry is married to the former Robyn Duke, they have three adult children and two grandchildren. Marshal serves as the Sr. Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church,…
Martin Cothran
Martin Cothran, the author of Memoria Press’ Traditional Logic, Material Logic and Classical Rhetoric programs, is an instructor of Latin, Logic, Rhetoric, and Classical Studies at…
Marty Hogue
Marty Hogue is pastor of First Baptist Church of Ravenel, South Carolina.
Marty Machowski
Marty Machowski is a Family Life pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, where he has served on the pastoral staff for over 30…
Mary
Mary is a volunteer pregnancy counselor at Lifeline Children’s Services.
Mary Bales
Mary Bales has been married to Connor for 20 years. They have five children: Kathryn, 16; Coleman, 14; Libby, 12; Hannah, 8; Campbell, 7. Two of…
Mary Beth Chapman
Mary Beth Chapman is a New York Times’ best-selling author, speaker, and the wife of GRAMMY® and Dove Award-winning recording artist, Steven Curtis Chapman. She is…
Mary Holloman
Mary Holloman is the Communications Coordinator at The Pregnancy Network in North Carolina. She has written for many online publications, including Lifeway Research, the Christian Broadcasting…
Mary Mohler
Mary Mohler is the founder and director of the Seminary Wives Institute, an academic program for student wives at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College…
Mary Wiley
Mary Wiley is the author of Everyday Theology, an eight-week Bible study exploring essential doctrines and why they matter in our everyday lives. She holds an…
Mary Wurster
Mary Wurster grew up in Sylvania, Ohio, and currently attends Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. She will graduate with a degree in Political Science, Philosophy, and…
Mat Alexander
Mat Alexander is the pastor of First Baptist Church in Gadsden, AL. He’s a graduate of the University of Mobile and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.…
Matt Beasley
Matt Beasley serves as Pastor of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Greenville, Texas. Prior to coming to Ridgecrest in 2012 he and his wife served with the…
Matt Boswell
Matt Boswell is the pastor of The Trails Church. Matt is a Native Texan who grew up the son of a Baptist pastor, and also grew…
Matt Capps
Matt Capps came to Fairview as the Senior Pastor in June of 2015. Matt earned his M.Div. with Biblical Languages at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and…
Matt Chandler
Matt Chandler serves as Lead Pastor of Teaching at The Village Church in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. He came to The Village in December 2002 and…
Matt Chewning
Matt is the Lead Pastor of Netcast Church. He grew up in New Jersey and became a Christian at a college just outside Boston, Mass. After…
Matt Crawford
Matt Crawford serves on the staff of City Church Tallahassee as the pastor for the church’s East Campus, which is launching Spring 2018. Matt also works…
Matt Henslee
Matt Henslee is the pastor of Mayhill Baptist Church in Mayhill, New Mexico. In addition to his ministry at MBC, Matt co-hosts Not Another Baptist and…
Matt Kendrick
Matt Kendrick is the Next Generation Pastor of Biltmore Church in Asheville, N.C. He and his wife Courtney have two children. Matt received his undergraduate degree at…
Matt McCullough
Matt McCullough serves as a pastor of Edgefield Church. Before joining with Edgefield, he helped to plant Trinity Church near Vanderbilt University and served as pastor…
Matt Moore
Matt has spent the last seven years in New Orleans, Louisiana serving a church plant that he helped start in 2012. He and his wife, Talitha,…
Matt Peek
Matt Peek began serving as Pastor at First Baptist Church Pelham in June 2014. He is married to Leigh Anna, and they have four children. Matt…
Matt Sharp
Matt Sharp serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Public Policy. In this role, he leads…
Matt Sliger
Matt Sliger serves as Co–Pastor at South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn. He earned a PhD in Applied Theology from Southeastern Seminary and currently serves…
Matt Surber
Matt Surber is the lead pastor at Mission City Church. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies and Communications from East Texas Baptist University. He then…
Matthew Arbo
Matthew Arbo has a Ph.D. in ethics from the University of Edinburgh, currently serves as a research fellow in Christian Ethics at the ERLC, and has…
Matthew Bennett
Matthew Bennett is assistant professor of missions and theology at Cedarville University. He joined the faculty at Cedarville in 2017 after serving as a missionary in…
Matthew Blankenship
Research Assistant
Matthew Blankenship serves as a research assistant at the ERLC, assisting in the drafting and review of Research Team assets and resources. He previously worked as…
Matthew Clough
Matthew Clough serves as the Lead Pastor at Fellowship West, a multi-campus replant church located in the Kansas City metro area. Matthew is also an active…
Matthew D. Hamilton
Matthew D. Hamilton earned his B.A. in Pastoral Ministry from the Moody Bible Institute and more recently completed his M.A. in Theological Studies from Princeton Theological…
Matthew Hawkins
Matthew Hawkins is the former Policy Director for the ERLC. He holds a Master of Arts in Ethics and Public Affairs from George Mason University. He and…
Matthew Herriman
Matthew Herriman is Executive Assistant to the President. He coordinates and manages all the logistics related to the president’s calendar and travel. Matthew is a graduate of…
Matthew J. Franck
Matthew J. Franck is the Director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at…
Matthew J. Hall
Matthew J. Hall was appointed as provost and senior vice president for academic administration of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in April 2019. Previously, Hall served…
Matthew J. Tuininga
Matthew J. Tuininga is the assistant professor of moral theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of Calvin’s Political Theology and the…
Matthew Jackson
Matthew Jackson is a current intern at the Nashville office. Being from Belfast, Northern Ireland; he will be completing his final year this coming academic year…
Matthew Loftus
Matthew is a family physician who works more or less full-time as a family doctor at Bet Eman (His House of Hope) Hospital in Yei, South…
Matthew McCullough
Matt McCullough serves as a pastor of Edgefield Church. Before joining with Edgefield, he helped to plant Trinity Church near Vanderbilt University and served as pastor…
Matthew Mihelic
Matthew Mihelic is an International Policy Resident with the ERLC. He has served as a missionary to sub-Saharan Africa and is currently a student at the Southern…
Matthew Richardson
Matthew Richardson served as student pastor at Emmanuel International Church in Paris, France. He is an avid reader of theology. Matthew is currently studying to get…
Matthew Soerens
Matthew Soerens serves as the U.S. Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief and the National Coordinator for the Evangelical Immigration Table, a coalition of evangelical…
Matthew T. Hawkins
Matthew T. Hawkins is a former policy director of the ERLC. He is presently pursuing a Ph.D. in public theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and…
Matthew T. Martens
Research Fellow
Matthew T. Martens (J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law; M.A.B.S., Dallas Theological Seminary) is an author, trial lawyer, a former federal prosecutor, and a…
Matthew Y. Emerson
Matthew Y. Emerson is a Dickinson Associate Professor of Religion at Oklahoma Baptist University and an ERLC Research Fellow.
Maxie Dunnam
Dr. Maxie Dunnam became the fifth president of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, in 1994, and he served as chancellor of the seminary for 4…
Meagan Mayo
Meagan Mayo is the Senior Project Manager for the Operations Team. Meagan helps lead the operations team, manages operations projects day to day, and takes the…
Megan Dickerson
Megan Dickerson works for the Center for Faith and Culture at SEBTS where she is also a PhD student. She and her husband Drew have served…
Megan Shelburne
Megan serves on the Operations and Events team and provides administrative support to the Vice President of Operations. She also manages the Stand for Life social…
Melissa Affolter
Melissa Affolter is a counselor with Fieldstone Counseling, and research editor with Truth For Life Ministries. She is passionate about leading women’s discipleship at her home…
Melissa Kruger
Melissa Kruger is the author of Wherever You Go, I Want You to Know as well as several books for adults. She is the director of…
Melvin C. Smith
Reverend Doctor Melvin Charles Smith has been the Senior Pastor of Mount Moriah-East Baptist Church since 1967. He is a nationally and internationally recognized evangelist. He…
Meredith Flynn
Meredith Flynn is a writer in Springfield, Ill.
Micah Carter
Micah is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Ripley, MS. Micah was formerly part of the B&H Publishing Group of LifeWay. He enjoys writing about topics…
Micah Gaston
Micah serves as the campus pastor at the Midtown Campus of 3Circle Church on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. He is the president of Shrink the…
Micah Watson
Professor Watson is a native of the great golden state of California where he completed his undergraduate degree at U.C. Davis. He earned his M.A. degree…
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper was captured by Jesus at the age of 17. He and his wife Kailie have been married since June 2012, and they are the proud…
Michael Gerson
Michael Gerson is a conservative op-ed columnist for the Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with the ONE Campaign, a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice,…
Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute. Previously, he served as senior director for research and emerging issues at the U.S. Chamber…
Michael Herrington
Michael Herrington is married to Dana, and they are raising three girls in the mountains of North Carolina, where he serves as pastor at Christ Community Church…
Michael J. DeBoer
Michael J. DeBoer is an Associate Professor of Law at Faulkner University, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. He holds degrees from Liberty University, Southeastern Baptist…
Michael J. Kruger
Michael J. Kruger is the president and professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a leading scholar…
Michael McAfee
Michael McAfee is the President and Co-Founder of Inspire Experiences. Michael also serves part-time as the Teaching Pastor at Council Road Baptist Church, where he met his…
Michael Natelli
Michael Natelli is a senior at the University of Missouri, pursuing his B.A. in Geography. He is also an intern at Trinity Community Church in Columbia,…
Michael Sobolik
Michael Sobolik is a policy analyst and former congressional staffer working in Washington, D.C., where he lives with his wife Chelsea.
Michael T. Hamilton
Michael Hamilton writes and edits for Good Comma Editing, LLC. Hamilton writes and edits at the intersection of liberty, language, and learning. His efforts to reform…
Michael Wood
Michael Wood has served as the Lead Pastor of First West in West Monroe, La., since 2014. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary…
Michaela Holsteen
Ethan and Michaela Holsteen have been married since 2016. They met in Louisville, Kentucky, when they were both studying Biblical Counseling at Boyce College. Ethan currently…
Michelle Bates
Michelle lives in Humansville, Missouri, with her husband and children. They are owners of a small inn and a tool rental company. Michelle and her family…
Michelle Reyes
Michelle Ami Reyes, Ph.D., is the co-author of The Race-Wise Family, vice president of Asian American Christian Collaborative and scholar in residence at Hope Community Church…
Miguel Echevarria
Miguel Echevarria is the Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek Director of Hispanic Leadership Development at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Mika Edmondson
Mika Edmondson is the pastor of New City Fellowship OPC, a Presbyterian church in Southeast Grand Rapids. He earned a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Calvin Seminary and…
Mike Glenn
Mike Glenn serves as Lead Pastor of Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tenn., where he has served since 1991. Mike graduated from Samford University in Birmingham…
Mike Harder
Mike Harder serves as Lead Pastor at Green Hills Church in Nashville, Tenn. Mike was born and raised as a missionary kid in Bogota, Colombia. After…
Mike Keahbone
Mike currently serves as the Lead Pastor at Cherokee Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Okla. Mike grew up in the small town of Elgin, Okla.…
Mike Law Jr.
Prior to serving as the Senior Pastor of Arlington Baptist Church, Mike Law Jr. served as the planting pastor of a local church in Northern Virginia,…
Mike Mccarty
As a former police officer and domestic violence/sexual assault detective with the Metro Nashville Police Department, Mike has spent 25 years in violence prevention programs. He…
Mike McGarry
Mike McGarry is the youth pastor at South Shore Baptist Church and author of Lead Them to Jesus: A Handbook for Youth Workers (New Growth Press, 2021); A Biblical Theology of…
Mike Pence
Mike Pence served as the 48th Vice President of the United States and the 50th Governor of the State of Indiana.
Mike Wittmer
Michael Wittmer is Professor of Systematic Theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and author of Becoming Worldly Saints: Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?.
Miles Mullin
Vice President and Chief of Staff, Director of Research
Miles S. Mullin II, Ph.D., serves as vice president and chief of staff for the ERLC, having previously served at the Missouri Baptist Convention, Hannibal-LaGrange University,…
Missie Branch
Missie Branch is the Vice President for Community Engagement at Stand for Life and former Asst. Dean of Students to Women and the Director of Graduate…
Mollie Hemingway
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a senior editor at The Federalist. A longtime journalist, her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Los…
Montse Alvarado
Montse Alvarado is the VP & Executive Director of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Muche Ukegbu
Though born and raised in Houston, Texas, for most of his adult life, Muche Ukegbu called Atlanta home as he served alongside his closest friends to help…
Mykhailo Cherenkov
Mykhailo Cherenkov is the vice president for strategy and education at the Association for Spiritual Renewal, Mission Eurasia’s (formerly Russian Ministries) national affiliate in Ukraine, as…
Myriah Snyder
Myriah Snyder is a senior writer/editor for the IMB.
Naghmeh Abedini
Naghmeh Abedini is a U.S. Citizen who was born in Tehran, Iran and moved to the United States with her family when she was nine. Naghmeh’s…
Naomi Overton
Naomi Overton serves as USA Child Advocacy Director for Compassion International. She is also the former CEO of MOPs International.
Natalie Sarrett
Natalie Sarrett writes for Send Relief.
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Natasha Sistrunk Robinson is an international speaker, leadership consultant, diversity and mentoring coach with nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the military, federal government, church,…
Nate Elgin
Nate Elgin is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned his Master’s Degree in Theology. He is married to Jennifer, and they have a…
Nathan Berkeley
Nathan Berkeley entered on duty as the outreach director in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs, Executive Office for Immigration Review, in May 2015. Mr.…
Nathan Carter
Nathan Carter grew up in rural Indiana, but since 2004 he has been a pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in the city of Chicago. He went…
Nathan Finn
Senior Fellow
Nathan A. Finn serves as senior fellow focused on issues of religious liberty. He is an professor of faith and culture at North Greenville University, where…
Nathan Knight
Nathan Knight is a pastor in Washington, D. C. He and his wife are parents to two boys. He is a graduate of Southeastern Theological Seminary.
Nathan Lino
Nathan Lino founded Northeast Houston Baptist Church in 2002 and has served as the Senior Pastor since that time. He earned degrees from Texas A&M University…
Nathan Lorick
Dr. Nathan Lorick is the Director of Evangelism for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. He works directly with churches across Texas to engage their communities…
Nathan Millican
Nathan Millican serves as the Lead Pastor at Foothills Baptist Church in Phoenix, Ariz. He is married to Lauren and they have four kids. Nathan earned…
Nathaniel Bishop Jr.
Nathaniel Bishop Jr. serves as Lead Pastor of Forest Baptist Church, a historic African-American church in the Newburg/Petersburg area of Louisville, Ky. He is a graduate of…
Nathaniel T. Brooks
Nathaniel T. Brooks serves as the Senior Pastor of The Greater St. John Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. Nathaniel is a graduate of The Samuel DeWitt…
Nathaniel Williams
Nathaniel Williams (M.Div, Southeastern Seminary) is the Editor of IntersectProject.org at Southeastern Seminary and the pastor of Cedar Rock First Baptist Church. His work has appeared…
Neal Hardin
Neal Hardin grew up in Murrieta, CA before getting his BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2012. Following that, he worked as…
Nic Seaborn
Nic Seaborn received his bachelor’s degree in Christian Studies from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. He then earned his M.Div. degree from Beeson Divinity School. He…
Nicholas Maricle
Nicholas is the pastor of Hessmer Baptist Church in Hessmer, Louisiana. He is also a Ph.D. student studying Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Nicholas…
Nicholas Raineri
Nicholas Raineri is a Chicago-land native who, after spending nine years as a missionary kid in Honduras, Germany, Greece, and France, has spent two years working in politics…
Nick Esch
Nick Esch serves as the Lead Pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Terrell, Texas. Nick has been a part of Cornerstone since 2008, serving in many…
Nick Nye
Nick Nye is the Lead Pastor for Apostles Church in New York City’s Union Square. Nick is married to Brittany and has four kids.
Nick Tidwell
Nick Tidwell serves as the executive pastor of First Baptist Church of Gallatin, Tennessee, an attorney, and president of Compassionate Counsel, a Christian legal aid ministry. …
Nicole Lino
Nicole Lino has been married for 18 years and is mother to four children. In 2002, she and her husband, Nathan, planted Northeast Houston Baptist Church…
Nikki Daniel
Nikki Daniel is a pastor’s wife from Augusta, Georgia. She has two sons and a daughter. She enjoys homeschooling, writing, and playing intense games of Settlers of Catan.…
Noah Oldham
Noah Oldham is the lead and planting pastor of August Gate Church, a multi-gathering church-planting church in the city and suburbs of St. Louis, Mo. Noah…
Noe Garcia
Noe Garcia is the Senior Pastor at North Phoenix Baptist Church in Phoenix, Az. He and his wife have four children. He holds a Doctorate of…
Noel Lozano
Noel Lozano serves as Senior Pastor at Turning Point in Miami, Fla. Noel came to the Lord when he was nine years old and was called…
O.S. Hawkins
O. S. Hawkins (PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the former pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. Since 1997 he has served…
Obbie Todd
Obbie Tyler Todd is pastor of the Church at Haynes Creek in Oxford, Georgia, and a Ph.D. candidate at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He also…
Owen Strachan
Owen Strachan is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He is also Senior Fellow for the Council of…
P.J. Tibayan
P. J. Tibayan is a member and pastor-theologian of Bethany Baptist Church in Bellflower, California, shepherding the church to share their lives so neighbors know God…
Paige Cunningham
Paige Comstock Cunningham, JD, PhD is the executive director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity. She is a Trustee of Taylor University. Cunningham is…
Paige Patterson
As the eighth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Paige Patterson carries more than four decades of experience in educating pastors and missionaries. After almost 18…
Palmer Williams
General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor
Palmer specializes in legal and policy analysis related to international human rights, sanctity of life, and government affairs. As a licensed attorney specializing in international law,…
Pat Aldridge
Pat is husband to Cheryl and father to Kate and Tom. He is the Community Life Pastor at Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, Illinois. He has…
Pat Hood
Pat is the Senior Pastor of LifePointe Church in Smyrna, TN. LifePointe has five campuses including ones in Bangkok, Thailand as well as Brussels, Belgium. Pat…
Patricia de Saladin
Patricia Saladin has a passion to teach the Word of God to women. She lives in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and serves as women’s ministry leader in…
Patrick McGinty
Patrick McGinty serves as the Coordinator of Strategic Partnerships. Prior to serving in this capacity he served as Office Coordinator/Executive Assistant in the Nashville Office. Patrick…
Patrick Schreiner
Patrick Schreiner is associate professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Patrick Weikle
Patrick currently serves as the lead youth pastor for United City Church. Patrick received his bachelor’s in Youth Ministry and Preaching with a minor in Biblical…
Paul Akin
Paul Akin, son of Danny Akin, currently serves as the Senior Aide to the President of the International Mission Board and is a PhD Candidate in…
Paul Chitwood
Paul Chitwood is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2,400 autonomous Baptist…
Paul D. Miller
Research Fellow
Paul D. Miller is a professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Georgetown University and a research fellow with the ERLC. He is also a…
Paul David Tripp
Dr. Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living,…
Paul Gotthardt
Paul is the Lead Pastor of Life Baptist Church in Las Vegas, NV. He grew up in Savannah, Georgia where he met his wife, Brea, in…
Paul Jimenez
Paul Jimenez serves as Pastor at Taylor’s First Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C. Paul was born in Greenville, S.C., and is married to the former Cheri…
Paul Martin
Paul Martin is the senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario. After leading the plant in 2000, he was involved in helping three other…
Paul Wilkinson
Paul was ordained at Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken, SC on May 31, 2015. He graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY with a…
Peggy Osborne
Peggy Osborne has been an Educator for 30+ years serving as a teacher and an administrator in the public school system. She is currently an independent…
Peter Bargas
Peter Bargas was born and raised in Southern California. He received his B.A. from The Master’s University and J.D. and M.L.S from Trinity Law School. Peter runs…
Peter Leithart
Peter J. Leithart is an American author, minister, theologian and president of Theopolis Institute for Biblical, Liturgical, & Cultural Studies in Birmingham, Alabama. Leithart blogs at…
Peter Sensenig
Peter Sensenig is a graduate of Palmer Theological Seminary and served as associate pastor at Oxford Circle Mennonite Church in Philadelphia.
Peyton Hill
Peyton Hill is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Prattville, Ala. He is passionate about preaching Christ from the entire Bible and motivating believers…
Philip Pinckney
Philip Pinckney is the Lead Pastor or Radiant Church in North Charleston, S.C. Philip received his Bachelor’s Degree from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina…
Phillip Bethancourt
Phillip Bethancourt is Lead Pastor at Central Church in Bryan-College Station, Texas. After serving as the Executive Vice President at the ERLC for seven years, Bethancourt…
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates has interned with the ERLC Nashville office. She is from the Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati Metro area and is a senior at Northern Kentucky University. She…
Quina Aragon
Quina Aragon is an assistant editor and administrative assistant for women’s initiatives for The Gospel Coalition. She’s also an author and spoken-word artist residing in Tampa,…
R. Albert Mohler
Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. serves as president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of…
R. Lucas Stamps
R. Lucas Stamps is a Faculty Lead and Associate Professor of Christian Studies at California Baptist University. His areas of focus include Christology, Trinity, historical theology, and Baptist theology.
Rachael Denhollander
Rachael Denhollander is an attorney, advocate, and educator who became known internationally as the first woman to file a police report and speak publicly against USA…
Rachel Hickle
Rachel Hickle serves as the funding and accreditation coordinator for Prison Programs at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She holds a B.S. in Biology from Union University…
Rachel Lonas
Rachel Lonas is a teacher in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She and her husband Justin have four daughters. She has a B.S. in English: Secondary Licensure from Bryan…
Rachel White
Rachel White is a licensed counselor, an advocate for human trafficking survivors, and founder of Her Song Jacksonville. Rachel has led her team to address a great…
Rachel Wiles
Deputy Chief of Staff
Rachel Wiles serves as deputy chief of staff and director of the Psalm 139 Project for the ERLC. In her role, she coordinates the activity in…
Rachel Wilson
Rachel Wilson is wife to Andrew and mom to three great kids (two of whom have autism). She is co-author of The Life We Never Expected…
Rafa Albolote
Rafa is an ERLC policy intern and a rising senior at the College of William & Mary double majoring in Business Analytics with Data Science and…
Rafael Bello
Research Fellow
Rafael Bello is an assistant professor of Religious Studies and the Ida Elizabeth and J.W. Hollums Chair of Bible at Oklahoma Baptist University. Bello earned his…
Raleigh Sadler
Raleigh Sadler speaks and writes on the topics of vulnerability and human trafficking. He has been published at The Gospel Coalition, The Huffington Post, and The Ethics…
Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical truth and drawing attention to the needy…
Randy C. Davis
Dr. Randy C. Davis became the executive director of the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board in 2010 (formerly Executive Board of the Tennessee Baptist Convention) after 34…
RaShan Frost
Senior Fellow
RaShan Frost serves as senior fellow focused on issues of human dignity. He is the lead pastor of The Bridge Church in North Charleston, South Carolina,…
Ray Ortlund
Ray graduated from Wheaton College as a Bachelor of Arts, from Dallas Theological Seminary as a Master of Theology, from The University of California at Berkeley…
Raymond Johnson
Raymond Johnson serves as Senior Pastor at Christ Church West Chester in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from Southern Seminary. Raymond…
Rebecca Fried
Rebecca Fried serves as an intern in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C., office. She is a rising senior at the University of Notre Dame majoring in Theology…
Rebecca McLaughlin
Rebecca McLaughlin holds a Ph.D. in renaissance literature from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill College in London. She is the cofounder of…
Rebekah Hannah
Rebekah Hannah is a biblical counselor at The Grace Center for Biblical Counseling at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. She is the editorial director and regularly contributes at Gospel Taboo. She…
Rechab Gray
Rechab Gray serves as Teaching Pastor at Cottage Grove Church in Des Moines, Iowa. Gray grew up as a military brat and has moved all over the…
Renee Rizzo
Renée Rizzo spent the first part of her career in the corporate world of finance, marketing and strategic planning before entering church ministry in her home…
Rhyne Putman
Rhyne Putman is associate vice president for Academic Affairs, director of Worldview Formation, and professor of Christian Ministries at Williams Baptist University.
Rich Perez
Rich is the Pastor of Vision and Teaching at Christ Crucified Fellowship in New York City. Accepting the call of Jesus at a young age, Rich…
Richard Land
Emeritus Fellow
Richard Land, D. Phil, is the executive editor of the Christian Post, having previously served as president of the ERLC (1988-2013) and president of Southern Evangelical…
Richard Stearns
Richard Stearns is president of World Vision U.S. and author of The Hole in our Gospel and Unfinished.
Rick Lance
Rick Lance is the state missionary and executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
Rob Boyd
Rob Boyd has served as the Senior Pastor of Green Valley Baptist Church since 2003. Green Valley is a multicultural family of faith located in the…
Rob Collingsworth
Rob Collingsworth is the Director of External Relations at Criswell College in Dallas. He previously worked at Criswell as the Director of Communications and as the…
Rob McCutcheon
Rob McCutcheon is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State focusing on the Middle East. He currently serves as the Deputy Director of…
Rob Schwarzwalder
Rob Schwarzwalder is a senior lecturer at Regent University. His op-eds have been published in numerous national publications, ranging from TIME and U.S. News and World Report to Christianity Today, The Federalist, and The…
Rob Wilton
Rob Wilton serves as the lead and founding pastor of Vintage Church in New Orleans, La. He also serves as a chaplain for the New Orleans…
Robbie Seay
Robbie Seay lives in Houston with his wife, Liz, and their five children. He serves as a worship pastor at Bayou City Fellowship, and is also…
Robby Gallaty
Robby has served as Long Hollow’s Senior Pastor since October of 2015. His radical salvation in 2002 and a powerful journey since has led him to a passionate…
Robert Anderson
Dr. Robert J. Anderson, Jr. is in his 17th year of ministry at Colonial Baptist Church in Randallstown, MD. Dr. Anderson is originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.…
Robert J. Delahunty
Robert Delahunty grew up in New York City. He was educated by the Jesuit order at Regis High School in Manhattan and graduated summa cum laude…
Robert P. George
Professor George holds Princeton's celebrated McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence and is the founding director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. He served…
Robert Sloan
Dr. Robert B. Sloan is president of Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas. Dr. Sloan and his wife Sue have seven adult children and more than…
Robert Welch
Robert Welch is the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charlotte, N.C. Prior to coming to Charlotte, he served as Senior Pastor of churches…
Robyn Chambers
Robyn Chambers is the program director for Option Ultrasound at Focus on the Family. In this role, she oversees all aspects of the program that provides…
Roland Warren
A graduate of Princeton University and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, Roland is an inspirational servant leader with a heart for…
Ron Edmondson
Ron is the Senior Pastor of Immanuel Baptist in Lexington, KY. Ron is passionate about planting churches, but also helping established churches thrive. He thrives on…
Ronald J. Sider
Ronald J. Sider, whose book Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger has been called one of the top 100 books in religion in the twentieth century, is a…
Ronni Kurtz
Ronni Kurtz (Ph.D., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Cedarville University. Before moving to Ohio, Ronni was a pastor in Kansas…
Ronnie Floyd
Dr. Ronnie Floyd is president and CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Ronnie Martin
Ronnie is lead pastor of Substance Church in Ashland, Ohio, and is co-host of The Art of Pastoring Podcast (w/Jared C. Wilson) and The Happy Rant…
Ronnie Parrott
Dr. Ronnie Parrott is the Lead Pastor at Christ Community Church in Huntersville, N.C., a suburb of Charlotte. He and his wife have six children. Ronnie’s…
Rosaria Butterfield
Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, a former tenured professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University, converted to Christ in 1999 in what she describes as a…
Ross Douthat
Ross Douthat joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in April 2009. His column appears every Wednesday and Sunday. Previously, he was a senior editor at…
Rufus Smith
Rev. Rufus Smith, IV is the Senior Pastor of Hope Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Memphis, Tennessee, one of the largest 100 congregations in America. He…
Russell L. Meek
Russell L. Meek (Ph.D., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a speaker, writer, and professor who specializes in the Old Testament and its intersection with the Christian…
Russell Moore
Russell Moore is former President of the ERLC. He holds a Ph.D. in systematic theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His latest book is The Courage to…
Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown is a wife and mother.
Ruth Chou Simons
Ruth Chou Simons is a bestselling author of several books, including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and Foundations.
Ruth Malhotra
Ruth Malhotra is Public Relations Manager for Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Alpharetta, Georgia. She is a member of First Baptist Church Atlanta, and her areas…
Ryan Lintelman
Ryan Lintelman is the pastor of First Baptist Church in West Columbia, Texas. He is a pastor’s kid who grew up in the greater Houston Area.…
Ryan Rice
Ryan Rice Sr. is a native of New Orleans. He received his Bachelors of Arts Degree from Dillard University, where he studied Mass Communications graduating Magna…
Ryan T. Anderson
Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is the William E. Simon senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he researches and writes about marriage, bioethics, religious liberty…
Ryan Tucker
Research Fellow
Ryan Tucker serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance Defending Freedom. He oversees all litigation efforts to maintain and…
Ryan Welsh
Ryan Welsh serves as lead pastor of teaching for The Village Church (Southlake) in Southlake, Texas. He also teaches as an adjunct instructor at Southwestern Baptist…
Ryan West
Ryan West is the LoveLoud National Coordinator at the North American Mission Board. He helps churches throughout the United States and Canada establish and conduct gospel-centered…
Sally Lloyd-Jones
Sally is a New York Times bestselling children’s book writer. Her books include the critically acclaimed, ‘How To Be A Baby… By Me, the Big Sister’, Gold…
Sally Michael
Sally Michael is a co-founder of Truth:78 and has authored curricula and books that are all marked by a passion for developing God-centered resources for the…
Sam Allberry
Sam Allberry speaks around the world as a pastor, preacher and apologist. He is the author of Seven Myths About Singleness, Why Does God Care Who I Sleep…
Sam Dahl
Sam Dahl is the Executive Assistant to the President. He coordinates and manages all the logistics related to the president’s calendar and travel. Sam is currently…
Sam Haymore
Sam serves as an intern in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C., office. He is pursuing an MA in Political Communication through Regent University. He attends Imago Dei…
Sam O’Neil
Sam O’Neil lives with his wife Stephanie and their dog in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Texas A&M in 2012 and worked for two years at…
Sam Rainer
Sam Rainer serves as president of Church Answers and is a cofounder of Rainer Publishing. He is also lead pastor at West Bradenton Baptist Church in…
Samuel “Dub” Oliver
Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver has been serving as Union’s 16th president since 2014. A native of San Antonio, he holds degrees from Baylor University and Texas…
Samuel D. Brownback
Ambassador Samuel D. Brownback, US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom at the State Department.
Samuel James
Samuel James serves as Communications Specialist in the Office of the President. He received his B.A. from Boyce College in Louisville, Ky. He and his wife,…
Samuel Rodriguez
Rev. Dr. Samuel Rodriguez is the President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)/CONEL, the world’s largest Hispanic Christian organization serving as a representative voice…
Sandra Peoples
Sandra Peoples (M.Div.) is a special needs mom and sibling. She and her family live outside of Houston, Texas, where she serves her church as the…
Sandy Wisdom-Martin
Sandy Wisdom-Martin is executive director/treasurer of national Women’s Missionary Union.
Sara Barratt
Sara Barratt is the 22-year-old editor-in-chief for TheRebelution.com. She’s the author of Stand Up, Stand Strong: A Call to Bold Faith in a Confused Culture. She’s the…
Sara Beth Fentress
Sara Beth Fentress is the Founder and Executive Director of 127 Worldwide, a non profit that helps Christians tangibly live out James 1:27. God has grown…
Sara Stegall
Sara is a wife and a mom of four daughters. She enjoys being a part-time fitness instructor, reading, writing, hiking, going on dates with her husband,…
Sara Wallace
Sara Wallace graduated from The Master's University where she met her husband Dave. Within a few years she moved from classroom teacher to homeschool teacher. She…
Sarah Bradshaw
Sarah Bradshaw is a wedding photographer and business coach for creative entrepreneurs. Sarah and her husband Buck currently reside in South Carolina with their two children.…
Sarah Clift Allen
Sarah Allen is a freelance business consultant and an adjunct professor at Grand Canyon University. She and her husband have had the honor of having 20 delightful children…
Sarah Igleheart
Policy Associate
Sarah Igleheart serves as a policy associate in our Washington, D.C., office, advocating for the public policy interests of the Southern Baptist Convention. Prior to coming to…
Sarah Rainer
Sarah Rainer obtained both her master’s and doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology. She specializes in working with children and families. Sarah and her husband, Art, have…
Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice is a pastor’s wife and mother of four. She holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and…
Sarah Short
Sarah Short is a freelance writer and photographer from Raleigh, N.C. She is currently a regular contributor to jdgreear.com and has been published in Christianity Today,…
Sarah Torre
Sarah Torre focuses on policy issues related to life, religious liberty, and family as a visiting fellow in the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society…
Sarah Walton
Sarah Walton is the co-author of Hope When It Hurts and Together Through the Storms, and the author of Tears and Tossings: Hope in the Waves…
Sarah Welch
Sarah Welch is a pastor's wife with a background in education. She resides in Raleigh-Durham, NC, where she's raising her four young kids for Jesus.
Scott Bertrand
Scott Bertrand serves as the Executive Assistant to the Provost at Houston Baptist University. He and his wife, Abby, have a daughter and a son. They…
Scott Foshie
Scott Foshie has been married to Audra since 2001, and they have enjoyed serving three churches in Tennessee over fifteen years where Scott served as an…
Scott Gilbert
Scott Gilbert serves as the senior pastor of Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. Originally from Somerset, Kentucky, he served two churches in his…
Scott Hildreth
Scott Hildreth is Assistant Professor of Global Studies and George Liele director of the Center for Great Commission Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Scott James
Research Fellow
Scott James is an associate professor & program director of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an author. He…
Scott Klusendorf
Scott Klusendorf travels throughout the United States and Canada training pro-life advocates to persuasively defend their views in the public square. He contends that the pro-life…
Scott Patty
Scott Patty is the founding pastor of Grace Community Church. Before he began Grace in 1993, he served as a youth pastor for ten years. He…
Scott Redd
Dr. Scott Redd is the president and an associate professor of Old Testament at the Washington, D.C., campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. He cares deeply about the…
Scott Sauls
Scott Sauls is senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. A graduate of Furman University and Covenant Seminary, Scott is married to Patti and is…
Sean DeMars
Sean Demars is one of the pastors of 6th Avenue Church of God in Decatur, Al. He has a wife and two daughters, two dogs, and about thirty…
Sean Martin
Sean Martin lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife, Abby, and son, John. Sean has worked in golf media for the past 11 years, and currently…
Sean McDowell
Sean McDowell, Ph.D., is a Biola University professor, internationally recognized speaker, popular blogger, and the co-author of the new book So The Next Generation Will Know…
Sebastian Traeger
Sebastian grew up outside of Philadelphia and graduated from Princeton University in 1996 with a degree in Politics. He moved to Washington, DC to work in…
Seth Brown
Seth Brown is content editor for the Biblical Recorder, news journal of North Carolina Baptists, and lay pastor at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, N.C. He…
Seth Woodley
Seth Woodley is the principal Faith Christian School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He completed a B.A. in English at the College of Charleston and an…
Shaka Mitchell
Shaka Mitchell serves as a Senior fellow for the American Federation for Children. He brings experience from several high-performing charter school networks, including Rocketship Education and…
Shane Idleman
Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, just North of Los Angeles.
Shane Russell
Shane is the Lead Pastor of Shoal Creek Baptist Church in Deatsville, AL. After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in Forestry, Shane began working…
Shannon Royce
Shannon Royce is the president of the Christian Employers Alliance. She worked on Capitol Hill, serving as legislative assistant and then counsel for two U.S. Senators.…
Sharen Ford
Dr. Sharen Ford is the program director for Focus on the Family’s adoption and orphan care efforts. In this role, she helps raise awareness of the…
Sharon Dirckx
Sharon Dirckx is a senior tutor at the Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics (OCCA). Originally from a scientific background, she has a Ph.D. in brain imaging from…
Shawn Powers
Shawn Powers is the CEO of Baptist Community Health Services (BCHS).
Sheila Dougal
Sheila Dougal lives in Surprise, Arizona, with her husband and two sons. She serves as the kids ministry director at her local church and is a…
Shelly Durkee
Shelly Durkee is a Christ-follower who is keenly aware of God’s mercy and grace. She is the wife of Ken, God's gift of grace to her,…
Sherelle Ducksworth
Sherelle Ducksworth is a Sociology instructor at Louisburg College and a Ph.D. student in Systematic Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Her research interests included Trinitarian…
Sherif Girgis
Sherif Girgis was born in Cairo and grew up in Delaware. He majored in philosophy at Princeton, where he won several academic prizes, including the 2007 Dante Prize for the nation’s best undergraduate essay on Dante. His senior…
Shona Murray
Shona Murray is a mother of five children and has homeschooled for fifteen years. She is a medical doctor and worked as a family practitioner in…
Sinclair Ferguson
Dr. Sinclair Ferguson is a Ligonier teaching fellow and Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary since 2017, commuting from Scotland where he is an…
Smooth Via
Smooth is a follower of Jesus, husband, and father. He and his wife Kelly have four girls, Cana, Kayil, Chloe, and Karis. Their journey in following…
Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari is a former editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal, based in London, where he also wrote the Border Lands column on security in…
Stacey Keck
Accountant
Stacey Keck has served in the business and finance office since 2008. She assists the chief financial officer with accounting and human resource functions. Stacey is…
Stacy Reaoch
Stacy Reaoch is a pastor’s wife, mother of four and co-author of Making Room for Her- Biblical Wisdom for Healthier Relationship with Your Mother-In-Law or Daughter-In-Law.…
Stephanie Holmes
Stephanie Holmes is a lawyer who works as an in-house employment counsel for a company outside of Chicago, Ill. She received her Bachelor of Arts in…
Stephanie Laferriere
Stephanie Laferriere works as a gospel worker for ONE HOPE serving at The Garden Church in Baltimore, Maryland. You can follow her on Twitter.
Stephanie Little
Stephanie Little is a writer and a Bible teacher. For ten years, she taught women of all ages at First Baptist Jacksonville, Florida. During her time…
Stephanie O. Hubach
Stephanie O. Hubach (MATS, Covenant Theological Seminary) is research fellow in disability ministries at Covenant Theological Seminary and visiting instructor in the seminary’s educational ministries program.…
Stephen Altrogge
Stephen Altrogge is a husband, dad, and writer. His most recent book is entitled, Untamable God: Encountering the One Who Is Bigger, Better, and More Dangerous Than…
Stephen Byrd
Stephen Byrd is an associate professor of education at Elon University. He serves as a pastor at Grace Reformed Baptist Church in Mebane, NC. For 10 years,…
Stephen Grcevich
Stephen Grcevich, M.D., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, serving as president and founder of Key Ministry, an organization that promotes meaningful…
Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson serves as a pastor at Summit Church in Southwest Florida. He earned his B.S. in Finance and M.B.A. from Florida Gulf Coast University. Stephen…
Stephen Partain
Stephen Partain is currently leading Kings Church, a church of missional communities committed to making good news tangible in the city of New Orleans. Prior to his…
Stephen Presley
Research Fellow
Stephen Presley serves as Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Life at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, an initiative of First Liberty Institute, and…
Stephen Stallard
Stephen Stallard is the lead pastor of Mosaic Baptist Church in Brooklyn. He graduated from Baptist Bible Seminary. Stephen serves as one of the primary preachers,…
Steve Bezner
Steve Bezner has been the Senior Pastor of Houston Northwest Church since 2013. Steve was born and raised in Gainesville, Texas. He is a graduate of…
Steve Hoppe
Steve Hoppe is the founder and Executive Director of Crosstown Counseling. He has over a decade of counseling experience working both as a pastor and full-time…
Steve Lemke
Emeritus Fellow
Steve Lemke is professor of Philosophy and Ethics and provost emeritus at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a founding member of the ERLC’s Research…
Steve Swofford
Steve is the Head Pastor at First Baptist Church Rockwall, TX. Steve has been the pastor of FBC Rockwall since 1989. He graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological…
Steve Timmis
Steve Timmis is a church planter in Sheffield, England, and CEO for Acts 29.
Steven Aden
Steven H. Aden serves as Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel at Americans United for Life. Aden joined Americans United for Life in August 2017, overseeing all legal…
Steven Castello
Steven is the Lead Pastor and planter for City on a Hill Church in Boston, MA. He previously planted Immanuel Church in Birmingham, AL, before moving…
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steven Curtis Chapman, Show Hope’s co-founder and Vice President, is an award winning singer/songwriter and recording artist with sales of over 11 million records. He has…
Steven Harris
Steven Harris holds a B.S. in Religion from Vanderbilt University, an M.Div. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, an M.A. in Religion from Yale University, and…
Steven M. Lee
Steven M. Lee serves as the founding pastor of Redeemer City Church in Washington, D.C. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from University of Maryland…
Steven Smith
Steven Smith married to his wife Ashley and has three wonderful children. Currently he serves as the Vice President for Student Services and Professor of Preaching at…
Supriya G. Reddy
Supriya G. Reddy currently serves as a children's ministry volunteer at Creekstone Church and was an active member at The Church at Brook Hills for many years. She…
Susan Codone
Susan Codone, Ph.D., is a full professor and administrator at Mercer University and a member of Ingleside Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., where she has served…
Susan McCrary
Susan McCrary and her husband Larry raised their kids, Parker and Megan, overseas in Europe. She now works as a consultant in helping families with educational…
Susie Hawkins
Susie Hawkins lives in Dallas and has been actively involved in ministry as a pastor’s wife, teacher and volunteer. A noted author, Susie holds a Master…
T. Elliot Gaiser
T. Elliot Gaiser is a conservative millennial from Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College and a law student at The University of Chicago.
Tabitha Rainwater
Tabitha Rainwater lives in Kansas City where she teaches elementary school in the inner city and serves as Director of Kids at her local church, Emmaus…
Tami Fitzgerald
Tami Fitzgerald, NC Values' Executive Director, has spent a lifetime serving and protecting pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious liberty values. Whether it is through 22+ years of…
Taryn Mays
Taryn Mays serves as the Lead Groups Minister at The Village Church in Plano, Texas. She received her B.S. in Leadership Studies from Texas A&M University…
Taylor Barkley
Taylor Barkley is the Government Affairs Manager at the Competitive Enterprise Institute where he works to develop relationships with U.S. lawmakers and agency staff, expand CEI’s…
Taylor Combs
Taylor Combs serves as associate publisher of Christian living and leadership books at B&H Publishing Group. He is a graduate of Lipscomb University and The Southern…
Taylor Field
Taylor Field has been working with Compassion Ministries with the North American Mission Board for over 35 years.
Taylor Rutland
Taylor Rutland is senior pastor at First Baptist Dothan, Alabama. He holds a Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Ph.D. from the New Orleans Baptist…
TC Taylor
TC Taylor is the the lead pastor of New Breed Church in Louisville, Ky. TC was born and raised in Terre Haute, Ind. After graduating high…
Tedrick Woods
Tedrick Woods is the senior pastor of Living Word Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas. Rev. Woods is married to Latanya F. Woods (who is an elementary…
Teresa Chambers
Teresa Chambers serves as the Interim Head of School at First Baptist Academy in Houston, Texas. She has been a part of First Baptist Academy since…
Terry Delaney
Terry Delaney has been in vocational ministry since July 2005 serving as a youth pastor, children’s pastor, co-pastor of a church plant, and now as senior pastor…
Terry W. Dorsett
Terry W. Dorsett has lived in New England as a pastor, author, and denominational leader for over 30 years. Since 2015, he has served as the…
Tessa Sanchez
Tessa Sanchez is a writer for the IMB.
Thom Rainer
Thom S. Rainer is a former president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Prior to LifeWay, he served at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twelve…
Thomas Gamble
Thomas Gamble serves as the Pastor for Missions and College at St. Andrew Baptist Church in Panama City, Fl. He and his wife Chelsea have been…
Thomas S. Kidd
Research Fellow
Thomas S. Kidd serves as research professor of Church History at Midwestern & the John and Sharon Yeats Endowed Chair of Baptist Studies. Kidd completed a…
Thomas White
Thomas White became the 10th president of Cedarville University on July 1, 2013. Serving in a variety of leadership roles and responsibilities, White has more than…
Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis is the executive video producer and marketing coordinator at the ERLC. He serves on the communications team, shooting and editing videos, monitoring Web analytics,…
Thor Madsen
Dr. Thor Madsen has been at Midwestern Seminary since 1999 and is currently Dean of Graduate Studies, PhD Program Director and Professor of New Testament, Ethics…
Tim Counts
Tim Counts is the pastor of Northshire Baptist Church in Manchester Center, Vermont, and is the content manager for Small Town Summits, a ministry affiliated with TGC New…
Tim Ellsworth
Tim Ellsworth is the Associate Vice President for University Communications at Union University. He is married, has three children and is a deacon at Cornerstone Community Church. He…
Tim Kyle
Tim Kyle is the president of BLF Editions, a not-for-profit French-speaking Christian ministry that publishes Christian literature. He tweets (mostly in French) at @timkyle
Tim Lubinus
Tim Lubinus has served as Executive Director of the Baptist Convention of Iowa since 2014. Formerly he served as the missions pastor at Cornerstone Church in…
Tim Mackall
Policy Associate
Tim Mackall serves as a policy associate in the ERLC’s Washington, D.C., office. He is responsible for advocating for Southern Baptist beliefs before the U.S. government and…
Tim Scheiderer
Tim Scheiderer (M.Div, Southern Seminary) is a freelance writer living in metro Washington, D.C., with his wife and daughter. His other writings can be found at…
Tim Walker
Tim Walker is the Pastoral Care and Communications Pastor at First Baptist Church Biloxi and an Adjunct Instructor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is…
Todd Brady
Todd Brady serves as Vice President for University Ministries and Assistant Professor of Theology and Missions at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. He received a Bachelor…
Todd E. Brady
Todd Brady is the Assistant Professor of Ministry and Vice President for University Ministries. He received his D.Min. at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div. at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and B.S. at Union University.
Todd Gray
Todd Gray is the executive director-treasurer at the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Gray has pastored churches in Kentucky and Indiana for 20 years and has served on…
Todd Kaunitz
Todd Kaunitz serves as a Lead Pastor for one of East Texas’ fastest growing churches, New Beginnings Baptist Church (NBBC), located in Longview. He is also the…
Todd Lafferty
Todd Lafferty is executive vice president of the International Mission Board. He first served as a Journeyman in Scotland from 1983-1985. He and his wife, Susan,…
Todd R. Chipman
Todd R. Chipman, Ph.D., has been the teaching pastor at The Master’s Community Church (SBC), Kansas City, Kansas, since 2000. Todd also serves as an assistant…
Todd Unzicker
With a passion for the local church and the Great Commission, Todd Unzicker’s vision for North Carolina Baptists is focused on rallying them to be a…
Tom Strode
Tom Strode serves as a correspondent for Baptist Press. Tom and his wife, Linda, have been married since 1978. They have two children with wonderful spouses…
Tony Beam
Tony Beam serves as the Director of Church and Community Engagement and Public Affairs at North Greenville University in Tigerville, S.C. He also serves as the…
Tony Evans
Dr. Tony Evans is one of the country’s most respected leaders in evangelical circles. As a pastor, teacher, author and speaker, he serves the body of…
Tony Merida
Tony Merida is pastor for Preaching and Vision of Imago Dei Church, Raleigh, North Carolina; director of Theological Training for Acts 29; and a council member…
Tony Reinke
My name is Tony Reinke, an author and non-profit journalist in the Twin Cities. My work focuses on how we best flourish in a digital age…
Tony Wolfe
Tony Wolfe is the executive director-treasurer of SCBaptist. Previously, he was the associate executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. Tony holds degrees from Southwestern…
Tracy Fries
Tracey Fries is the wife of Micah, and mother to three children.
Tracy McElhattan
Dr. Tracy McElhattan serves as Director of Early Childhood Ministries at Blue Valley Baptist Church in Overland Park, Kan. She also writes and edits Sunday School…
Travis Southern
Travis Southern is the Senior Pastor of Richland Baptist Church, Richland, Wash. He attended the University of Oklahoma with degrees in Chemistry and Business. While attending…
Travis Wussow
Travis Wussow is the former Vice President for Public Policy and General Counsel. Travis led the ERLC’s first international office located in the Middle East prior…
Trent Hunter
Trent Hunter serves as pastor for preaching and teaching at Heritage Bible Church in Greer, South Carolina. He is the author of Joshua (Crossway, 2016) and Graphical Greek: A Quick Reference Guide…
Trey Meek
Trey Meek has the privilege of serving as the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Rogersville, Tennessee. He holds a D.Min. in Applied Apologetics from…
Trillia Newbell
Trillia Newbell is the author of several books including A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God Is For Us, Fear and Faith,and the children’s books, Creative…
Tyler Hurst
Tyler D. Hurst is the senior associate pastor at The Journey Church (EFCA) of Tucson in Tucson, Arizona. He is a Ph.D. Student in Ethics at…
Tyler O’Neil
Assistant Editor of PJ Media, Tyler O'Neil is a conservative commentator. He has written for numerous publications, including The Christian Post, National Review, The Washington Free…
Vance Pitman
Vance Pitman is the Senior Pastor of Hope Church Las Vegasand the author of UNBURDENED: Stop Living for Jesus So Jesus Can Live Through You. As…
Vicki Courtney
Vicki Courtney is a national speaker and the author of many books and Bible studies for women of all ages. Her latest releases, What About Me? (for…
Victor Vieth
Victor Vieth is the director of Education and Research for the Zero Abuse project and the author of On This Rock: A Call to Center the…
Von Paxton
Von Paxton serves as the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Cordele, Georgia. Prior to serving at FBC Cordele, Von pastored in North Texas for…
Wade Phillips
Wade serves as Associate Pastor at Northcrest Baptist Church in Meridian, Miss. Before coming on staff, he spent 20 years in the TV news business as…
Walter Strickland
Born in Chicago and raised in Southern California, Walter’s passion is to equip people to flourish in their context from a deep commitment to God’s design.…
Wes Fowler
Dr. Wes Fowler serves as executive director-treasurer of the Missouri Baptist Convention, a network of more than 1,700 churches that work together to advance the gospel…
Wes Terry
Wes Terry is the lead pastor at Broadview Baptist Church in Abilene, Texas. He recieved his MDiv from Southwestern Seminary in 2011 and plans to pursue…
Wesley Mills
Wesley Mills is the Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.…
Wesley Vance
Wesley Vance is the Senior Pastor of the Fellowship Kansas City. He holds a Masters and Doctorate degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to serving…
Whitney Alexander
Whitney Alexander is a pastor’s wife, mom to three children, and an account manager for Venture Marketing Group in Gadsden, Alabama. She is a 2008 graduate…
Whitney K. Pipkin
Whitney K. Pipkin is a journalist and writer living with her husband and three kids in Northern Virginia, where they are members of Grace Bible Church.…
Will Standridge
Will Standridge serves as the preteen and atudent pastor at Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, Texas. He received his B.A. from Boyce College and M.Div. from…
William H. Prince
William H. Prince is a recent high school graduate. He plans to pursue a degree in political science and international busines at Eastern Kentucky University. William…
William Isaacson
Dr. William Isaacson “Willie” is Senior Pastor of First Baptist, Richmond, Missouri where he has served for over 11 years. He currently serves as the Chair…
Willis Deitz
Willis Deitz is husband to Whitney and father to Eden, Piper, and Anna. He serves as Kids Director at Pleasant Valley Community Church in Owensboro, Kentucky.…
Willy Rice
William (Willy) Rice is the pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Fla. In 2004 he returned to the Tampa Bay area where he was…
Won Kwak
Won Kwak is a second generation church planter and pastor. He is the lead planter of Maranatha Grace Church, a multi-cultural church located right outside Manhattan.…
Wren Yaeger
Wren worked as the Content and Messaging Coordinator at 127 Worldwide. She and her husband, Wyatt, have a son named Mordecai and now live in the…
Yuval Levin
Yuval Levin is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry…
Zach Cochran
Zach serves as executive pastor at Sojourn Church J-town in Louisville, Kentucky. Before this role, he served in student ministry for more than a decade at…
Zach Souter
Zach Souter serves as the Lead Pastor of Taylor Memorial Baptist Church in Hobbs N.M. He has a BBS in Church Ministry from Hardin-Simmons University, an…
Zachary Jones
Zachary Jones is a student at Florida State University, where he studies Political Science and International Affairs, and researches political Islam and religious freedom. He is…
Zachary Welch
Zachary Welch is an attorney, a logistics services consultant for the International Mission Board, an adjunct professor, and the outreach pastor at Providence Baptist Church in…