Meet the article writers

José Luis Avendaño
José Luis Avendaño is on the staff of an evangelical Lutheran church (ECLA) in Des Moines, Iowa. Read full bio…

J. Brent Bill
Brent Bill is the author of many books and the executive vice president of the Indianapolis Center for Congregations. The Center provides various resource services to congregations in Indiana. Read full bio…

Michael Birkel
Michael Birkel is a religion professor at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Read full bio…

Bruce Bishop
Bruce is coauthor of Practicing Discernment Together. He lives in Newberg, Oregon, and is communications director for Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends and a full-time seminary student. Read full bio…

David C. Byrne
David C. Byrne is executive director of the Coalition for Hispanic Ministries and lives in Friendswood, Texas. Read full bio…

Matt Chesnes
Matt Chesnes is pastor of Morning Star Friends Church, Chardon, Ohio. Read full bio…

Marcile Crandall
Marcile Crandall and her husband, Bob, are retired and live in Newberg, Oregon. Read full bio…

Philip DeVol
Philip DeVol of Marengo, Ohio, consults and trains on poverty issues, the design of adolescent treatment programs, and improving retention rates of new hires from poverty. Phil consults for aha! Process, Inc. and has led numerous workshops based on the book Bridges Out of Poverty. Read full bio…

Gary Fawver
Gary Fawver is retired from teaching outdoor ministries at George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon) and is now involved with consulting and leadership development for Christian camps in Russia. Read full bio…

Tim Goodfellow
Tim Goodfellow is an adjunct instructor at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon. Tim and his wife, Laura, operate a small business and they live in Dundee, Oregon. Read full bio…

Michael Huber
Michael Huber is pastor of West Hills Friends Church, Portland, Oregon. Read full bio…

Gregg Koskela
Gregg Koskela is senior pastor at Newberg (Oregon) Friends Church. Read full bio…

Karla Morton
Karla Morton is pastor of Friends House—a non-traditional church in Meridian, Idaho. Read full bio…

Carl Ralston
Carl Ralston operates an insurance business in Akron, Ohio, and is a 1992 graduate of Malone College, Canton, Ohio. Read full bio…

Josh Reid
Josh Reid is youth pastor at Newberg (Oregon) Friends Church. Read full bio…

Tom Sine
Tom Sine is an author, teacher, historian, and international consultant in futures research. He and his wife, Christine—who live in Seattle, Washington—founded Mustard Seed Associates, a network of followers of Jesus that seeks to unleash the creative potential of individuals who want to put God's purposes first in their lives. Read full bio…

Carole Spencer
Carole Spencer is an adjunct instructor in church history and spiritual formation at George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon. Read full bio…

Debby Thomas
Debby Thomas lives in Rwanda where she is a missionary together with her husband, David, and their four children. Debby and David moved to Rwanda to serve with Evangelical Friends Mission in 1997. Read full bio…

Jean Thomas
Jean is the author of At Home with the Poor. He and his wife, Joy, have lived in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, and directed the ministry of the Haiti Christian Development Fund since 1984. Read full bio…

Stan Thornburg
Stan is pastor of North Valley Friends Church in Newberg, Oregon. Read full bio…

Joseph & Stephanie Thouvenel
Joseph and Stephanie Thouvenel serve on the staff at Twin Rocks Friends Camp, Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Read full bio…

Gerald Wilson
Gerald Wilson was a biblical studies professor at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California, at the time of his death in November 2005. Read full bio…
