Leadership
The Rev. Dr. L. Edward Phillips, Associate Professor of Christian Worship, Candler School of Theology
Bishop Larry Goodpaster, Retired, Bishop in Residence at Candler School of Theology, The United Methodist Church
The Rev. Taylor W. Burton Edwards, Worship Consultant and Pastor of Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Warner Robins, GA.
Meet the team
Deacon Jennifer Baker-Trinity, Program Director for Resource Development, Augsburg Fortress and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Consultant)
The Rev. Linda Bell, President, Pastor, Metro New York Synod - Enrolled in the DMin Program at United Lutheran Seminary
Dr. Mary Jane Burton, Infectious Disease Specialist, VA
The Rev. April Casperson, Deacon, Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the West Ohio Conference
The Rt. Rev. Brian Cole, Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee
The Rev. Lisa Garvin, Associate Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life and board member of the UM Board of Church and Society
Ms. Melanie C. Gordon, UM, Children’s Ministry Consultant, Do-LOVE-Walk Consulting, and former staff, Ministries with Children, Discipleship Ministries
The Rev. Ben Gosden, pastor, South Georgia Conference
Brian Hehn, Director, The Center for Congregational Song, The Hymn Society
Dr. Mimi Kiser, Assistant Professor Research Track, Interfaith Health Program, Hubert Department of Global Health and Exec. Committee Religion and Public Health Collaborative, Rollins School of Public Health
The Rev. Chris McAlilly, pastor, Oxford University UMC, Oxford
Dr. Marcia McFee, Worship Design Studio, UM
The Rev. Dr. W. Douglas Mills, Pastor, Mountainside UMC, Cedar Crest, NM, former Ecumenical Office Staff, The United Methodist Church
The Rev. Dr. Bruce T. Morrill, SJ, Edward A. Malloy Chair of Catholic Studies in the divinity school at Vanderbilt University [Roman Catholic, consultant role]
The Rev. Hyemin Na, doctoral candidate, Emory GDR, UM Elder, Northern Illinois Conference
The Rev. Dr. Amos Nascimento, Director of Global Education and New Initiatives, The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church
Richard A. "Ran" Nisbett, PhD, MSPH. Global health policy expert working with infections diseases in Africa, SE Asia, and the Circum-Caribbean, retired.
Ms. Diana Sanchez-Bushong Director, Music Ministries at Discipleship Ministries, UM
The Rev. Dr. Mark Stamm, Perkins School of Theology, UM
The Rev. Kevin L. Strickland, Bishop of the Southeastern Synod, ELCA
The Rev. Jonathan Trapp, Pastor, Church of the Redeemer (ELCA), and public health expert.
Dr. Christian Weaver, Infectious Disease Specialist, VA
The Rev. Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker, UM, Boston University School of Theology
Deacon John Weit, Assistant to the Presiding Bishop / Executive for Worship, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Rt. Rev. Robert Wright, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta