Rev. Christine Chakoian is Pastor and Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest, Illinois, one of the largest congregations in the Presbyterian Church USA to be led by a woman. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Yale Divinity School, and McCormick Theological Seminary (DMin). She is an editor and writer for Feasting on the Wordand the author of the Abingdon Press book, Cryptomnesia: How a Forgotten Memory Could Save the Church.

Rev. Shane Stanford is Senior Pastor of Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, TN, with more than 5000 members. Rev. Stanford also served as Host of The United Methodist Hour, a television and radio ministry viewed in over 30,000,000 homes weekly.  He continues to host a radio blog entitled, LifeMatters. He is the author of the new Abingdon Press book, Five Stones: Conquering Your Giants with R. Brad Martin, and ten other books. His healthy church assessment, “The A2 Indicators” has been used in over 1,000 churches in four states.