Rasool Berry

Rasool Berry serves as Teaching Pastor at The Bridge Church in Brooklyn, New York, and is Director of Partnerships & Content Development at Our Daily Bread Ministries. He is the host of the Where Ya From? podcast, is featured in the award-winning Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom documentary, and also in the docuseries, In Pursuit of Jesus. He is the general editor of the book and video series called The Whole Man, which focuses on spiritual development for African American men.

Rasool graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in Africana Studies and Sociology.

Rasool’s work often examines the intersection of faith and culture and has had his work featured in Christianity Today, Relevant Magazine, The Witness, and the book Keeping The Faith: Reflections on Politics & Christianity. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Tamica, and their daughter.

Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil

When you hear the name Brenda Salter McNeil, three words immediately come to mind: Passionate, Powerful, and Prophetic. She is a woman of God who is gifted as a teacher and preacher and is a leader in the international movement for peace and reconciliation. Her mission is to inspire, equip, and empower emerging Christian leaders to be practitioners of reconciliation in their various spheres of influence. She is an Associate Professor of reconciliation studies in the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, where she also directs the Reconciliation Studies program. She also serves on the pastoral staff of Quest Church in Seattle, WA. Dr. Brenda is recognized internationally as one of the foremost leaders of reconciliation and was featured as one of the 50 most influential women to watch by Christianity Today. She is the author of Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0; A Credible Witness: Reflections on Power, Evangelism and Race (2008); The Heart of Racial Justice: How Soul Change Leads to Social Change (2005), coauthored with Rick Richardson; Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now (2020); and her newest book recently released Empowered To Repair (2024).

Dr. Mark E Strong

Dr. Mark E. Strong has served as the Lead Pastor of Life Change Church since 1988. A dynamic and diverse church located in the heart of the city of Portland, Oregon. He is a gifted communicator who has preached and taught the Bible throughout the United States and the world. His passion is to build the church, and help people find freedom and grow in their relationship with Christ. He has also labored in his city to address social issues and the needs of the marginalized.

He serves on the Board of Regents at Portland Seminary. He is the author of Church for the Fatherless, The Divine Merger, and Who Moved My Neighborhood (IVP). Mark and his wife Marla have been married for thirty-six years and have four children. They reside in Portland, Oregon.

Lenore Three Stars

Lenore is Oglala Lakota, born on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where her father, also Oglala, was born. Her mother is Minnecoujou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Reservation, S.D.

Lenore earned her BA from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, raised a son, and completed a federal civil rights career in Seattle, Washington. After she retired, she accepted a gubernatorial appointment to the Washington State Human Rights Commission. After relocating to Spokane, WA to be near her two takojas (grandkids), Lenore earned an M.A. from Portland Seminary/George Fox University in Oregon.

Lenore speaks, writes, and teaches from a Native perspective on decolonizing theology and racial reconciliation. In 2021, she was instrumental in achieving a denominational vote to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery. She enjoys being a cohort leader for “Decolonizing with Badass Indigenous Grandmas”, and has contributed to various publications, including The Covenant Companion Magazine, the Covenant Quarterly, and a chapter in the book, “Reimagining Short-term Missions. She currently serves on boards related to her interests in justice, Indigenous issues, and creation care.

Amy Williams

A 30 year youth ministry veteran, AMY L. WILLIAMS follows her passion to minister to teens involved in gangs, youth on probation/parole, and those lost in the criminal justice system – at the core of which life-on-life mentoring is her key strategy. Amy is currently the Project Coordinator for the Illinois Youth Center (IYC) for New Life Centers. Her role coordinates and brings restorative justice programming and peace circles into the St Charles, Warrenville, and Chicago juvenile prisons. Amy just released her first book “Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God’s Eyes” with InterVarsity Press. She speaks and trains internationally sharing her passion to reach as many youth with the message of HOPE.