Dr. Pablo A.Jiménez is a preacher, teacher, scholar, and church leader. He was Senior Pastor at Iglesia Cristiana (Discípulos de Cristo), Dorado, Puerto Rico, served as National Pastor for Hispanic Ministries in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, and taught homiletics at Gordon-Cornwell Theological Sminary. He is the author of many books and articles on preaching, leadership, and pastoral theology.

Dr. Jonli Tunstall serves as the Minister of Music and Worship Leader at Abundant Life Christian Church in Los Angeles, where she also supports the church's vision and operations as Church Administrator. She has led multiple community choirs and ensembles and regularly coordinates music for regional events with the Disciples of Christ Pacific Southwest Region, African American Convocation. Her musical contributions span commercial voiceovers, live recordings, and background vocals for various gospel artists. Dr. Tunstall is also the former director of the UCLA and Azusa Pacific University Gospel Choirs.She is passionate about creating spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can come together in worship through music.

Rev. Allison Bright (she/her) was raised in a rural Missouri congregation that trusted young people with real ministry. When that trust led her to the pulpit as a teenager, she discovered the work God called her to. She spent most of her twenties studying storytelling and scripture, eventually earning her Master of Divinity from Brite Divinity School, where she was a Walker Ministerial Preaching Scholar. Today, Allison serves the local church as Associate Minister at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the general church through the Disciples–ELCA Bilateral Dialogue. These days, much of Allison’s spiritual practice happens in the garden, where she talks to God with her hands in the soil and God answers in the scent of tomato plants and the towering faces of sunflowers. In the garden and in the pulpit alike, Allison believes the Church is at its best when it tells the truth with beauty, courage, and hope. Allison shares life with her fiancée, Karen, a therapist who is rarely far from a good book.

Rev. Ashley Dargai is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). After teaching high school English for a number of years, Ashley enrolled in seminary and followed the call to Christian ministry. She has fulfilled that call in parish ministry, hospital chaplaincy, and digital platforms. She is married and has two kids. She writes on Substack, at Everything Is Crumbling, about theology and existential dread.

Rev. Baek Hee Kim, originally from Seoul, Republic of Korea, relocated to the United States to delve into the postcolonial interpretation of biblical texts. Currently, he fulfills the role of Pastor at Bethel Christian Church in Noblesville, IN, while serving as the Communication Coordinator for North American Pacific/Asian Disciples (NAPAD). His ministry focuses on nurturing cultural awareness within the Korean/Asian community and actively contributing to establishing a pro-reconciling community.

Derek Penwell is an author, editor, speaker, and activist. He is the senior minister of Douglass Boulevard Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Louisville, Kentucky and a lecturer at the University of Louisville in Religious Studies and Humanities. He has a Ph.D. in humanities from the University of Louisville and a D.Min. from Lexington Theological Seminary. He is the author The Mainliner’s Survival Guide to the Post-Denominational World, from Chalice Press, about how mainline denominations can avoid despair in an emerging world, as well as Outlandish: An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize, on what it means to follow a Messiah executed by empire. He currently writes on Substack at Heretic Adjacent. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.

Pastor Minerva Guzman was born in rural Mexico, one of eleven children, and moved to Ciudad Juárez as a teenager. After working as a quality control supervisor and a nursing assistant, she came to faith in Christ through a visiting missionary — becoming the first believer in her family. She began a home Bible study that grew into a mission church, which she led for many years, and later served alongside Pastor Julián Ibarra in Ciudad Juárez for 15 years while training at the ICBL Bible Institute. After her family relocated to Arizona, she completed further biblical training at Azusa Institute. She now serves as pastor of Iglesia Dios de Segunda Oportunidad – Discípulos de Cristo in Glendale, Arizona, where she was ordained in 2010, and ministers alongside her husband, children, and grandchildren.

Rev. Virzola Jo-Nan Law-Allen is Senior Minister of Northway Christian Church in Dallas, Texas — a congregation rooted in ecumenical and interfaith work for over 120 years. She made history as the first woman and African American to hold that role, following earlier appointments as the first female and African American Senior Pastor of Lindenwood Christian Church in Memphis and a leader of anti-racist faith communities at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. She holds a Master of Divinity from Phillips Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Jarvis Christian University, along with graduate coursework at Brite Divinity School, where she now chairs the Board. She is married to Brian Allen, mother to Jasmin Williams, and grandmother to Ava Jo-Nan Law Williams and Aiden Thomas Williams.