Laci Lee Adams is a queer, white, Cajun woman. She is both a student at Iliff School of Theology and the minister of community discipleship at Warren United Methodist Church.

Rachel Allen is a recent graduate from Iliff School of Theology, pursuing ordination in the United Methodist Church. She is a Caucasian straight supporter who recently moved to southern California to work in youth and young adult ministries.

Rev. Kharma Amos is the pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, and is a current student in the Doctor of Ministry Program at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass.

Rev. April Baker is one of the pastors of Glendale Baptist Church in Nashville. She has served on the board of directors of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America and is a member of the Alliance of Baptists. She is one of the few out lesbians within the Alliance of Baptists. Part of her work with these two organizations has included working with others to coordinate a retreat that was the basis for the feature article "Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Resource for Congregations in Dialogue on Sexual Orientation."

Rev. Dr. Bentley de Bardelaben is an ordained United Church of Christ minister. An experienced pastor, de Bardelaben was recently appointed minister for racial justice in the Justice and Witness Ministries Office of the United Church of Christ, Cleveland.

Rev. Sharon A. Benton is the associate minister at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ in Fort Collins, Colorado. Plymouth is her first congregation after serving several years in chaplaincy. She and her partner, Jamie Kepros, are learning what it will mean to each be a "postmodern pastor's wife" as Kepros also prepares for ordained ministry.

Dr. Alma Faith Crawford is associate professor of preaching and worship at Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA. A minister with standing with the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association, she describes herself as an "in the life" African biblical theologian. She is the mother of Elizabeth, a six year old womanist.

Anne Dunlap is a second-year student at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Along with other Iliff students, she was invited to participate in Out In Scripture by her professor and Out In Scripture editorial advisory board member, the Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre. Dunlap is a lesbian, passionately in love with her partner of 12 years. Dunlap’s particular theological interests include recovering the Bible as a source for community-building and justice-making for the progressive church, and the use of liturgy/ritual/sacrament in the struggle for peace and justice. Dunlap is seeking ordination in the United Church of Christ.

Rev. Jennifer Glass serves on staff as the Rock the World pastor at Vision of Hope Metropolitan Community Church in Mountville, PA, and is the administrative assistant for Metropolitan Community Church Region 3, working with Rev. Elder Arlene Ackerman. She graduated from Lancaster Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity degree in 2005. She also earned a Master of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry from Boston College in 1997. Jen and her partner Maria share their home with 8 of God's creatures, 3 dogs and 5 cats.

Dr. David O. Jenkins is director of the Faith and the City Program, lecturer in Church and Community and co-director of Contextual Education at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

Elcindor Johnson is a recent graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. His academic interests center on the intersection of theology with issues of sexuality and gender. He is an active member of Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mark Jordan is Asa Griggs Candler Professor at Emory University. His academic interests circle around the performance of religious identities, Christian teachings on sex and the varieties of theological rhetoric.

Rev. Eun-sang Lee is a straight Asian-American male clergyperson serving Warren United Methodist Church, a reconciling congregation in Denver.

Rev. Dr. Mark Lee is a retired Metropolitan Community Church minister, having served churches in Colorado, Wyoming and South Dakota. He recently earned his doctorate of ministry at Iliff School of Theology which included completing his thesis, "Hearing the Eunuch's Children: Preaching in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Communities."

Derek Krehbiel is a United Church of Christ seminarian at Iliff School of Theology and student of the Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre, editorial advisory board member of Out In Scripture. Krehbiel is currently the associate pastor of Henderson Community Church in Henderson, Colorado. Krehbiel is also married to the Rev. Darlene Avery, and draws much wisdom and insight from their relationship.

Lorraine Leist is a Caucasian, United Church of Christ, bisexual student at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. She is mother to a young son, and is passionate about the intersections of justice, identity and Christianity.

Eu Kit Lim (Kit) is a straight man from Malaysia of Chinese descent. He became a Christian during his senior year at college. Currently he is pursuing a doctorate degree at the Iliff School of Theology and the University of Denver with interests in social justice, liberation theology, Latin American social movements and reconciliation between liberal and conservative Christians.

Rev. Rich McCarty is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of religious studies at the University of Iowa , co-moderator of the Holy Relationships National Steering Committee and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. McCarty is writing a dissertation on Thomas Aquinas and the virtue of temperance as it relates to sexual ethics.

Rev. Lori McPherson is a pastoral assistant serving on the staff of Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, where she received a master’s of divinity degree in 2007. McPherson is also an attorney who works at the National District Attorneys Association, where she specializes in the prosecution of online crimes against children.

Sean McRoberts is a straight male supporter in LGBT work. He is a United Methodist student at Iliff School of Theology and a former student minister at Warren United Methodist Church.

Dr. Michael Miller is a straight man and ally who teaches philosophical and systematic theology at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Among his upcoming publications is the work Reshaping the Contextual Vision in Caribbean Theology.

Rev. Irene Monroe is author who has been published in numerous journals, publications and books. She writes from a lesbian standpoint in the weekly column "The Religion Thang," found in Newsweekly, the largest LGBT newspaper that circulates widely throughout New England. She also writes "Faith Matters" for The Advocate and "Queer Take" for The Witness, a progressive Episcopalian journal. Her writings have appeared in the Boston Herald and in Boston Globe. Her award-winning essay, "Louis Farrakhan's Ministry of Misogyny and Homophobia" was noted with critical acclaim.

Rev. Vanessa E. Owen is an out lesbian and ordained United Church of Christ pastor currently serving as staff chaplain at the Children's Hospital in Denver. She is especially interested in helping a new vision of the church to emerge, keeping Scripture, sacrament, liturgy and ritual as central tools for enacting the peace of God. She is honored to be on the journey with her partner and blessed by the companionship of their two dogs and two cats.

Rev. Ken Pilot is an ordained minister in the Metropolitan Community Churches, serving as senior pastor of MCC Family in Christ in Fort Collins, Colorado. He also serves on the denomination's Board of Pensions and as mentor in the Church Revitalization Initiative.

Dr. Alton B. Pollard III is director of the Black Church Studies Program and associate professor of religion and culture at Candler School of Theology and the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University in Atlanta.

Rev. Dr. Ann Holmes Redding is a straight supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. She currently serves as director of faith formation at Saint Mark’s Cathedral and as adjunct faculty at Seattle University in Seattle. Redding is a New Testament scholar who has taught in theological schools in New York City and at Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.

Rev. Dr. Wayne A. Reed is a gay religious educator who is active in social justice ministry at Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City. He is currently assistant professor of education at Brooklyn College (City University of New York) and is involved in action-based research on education and poverty.

Sara Rosenau tries to keep her identity as the beloved of God at the center of her life. After that, she is a white bisexual theologian-in-training at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. Rosenau joyfully lives with her partner, Kathleen, and their dog, Finn, in Denver. She was invited to be a conversation partner in Out In Scripture by her professor and Out In Scripture editorial advisory board member the Rev. Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre.

Dr. Helene Tallon Russell is assistant professor of theology at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Her areas of special interests include feminist theology, process thought, Soren Kierkegaard and concepts of selfhood. She lives in Indianapolis with her parrot Tangelo.

Rev. Shively T. J. Smith is a student in the Master’s of Theological Studies Program at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, where her focus is on New Testament studies.

Rev. Dr. Marti J. Steussy, MacAllister-Petticrew professor of biblical interpretation at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Her book publications include Psalms (2004), David: Biblical Portraits of Power (1999) and Gardens in Babylon: Narrative and Faith in the Greek Legends of Daniel (1993), as well as two science fiction novels.

Dr. Holly Toensing is assistant professor in the department of theology at Xavier University in Cincinnati. A New Testament scholar, she is also program chair for the Society of Biblical Literature’s LGBTQ Hermeneutics Consultation.

Pastor Joseph Tolton enjoys a three-faceted career serving the gay and lesbian community as a voice for spiritual freedom, social justice and economic empowerment. As a professional man of faith, Tolton is the pastor of Rehoboth Temple Christ Conscious Church where he seeks to empower all people with the transformative power of the Gospel and to nurture disciples of Christ in the Pentecostal Apostolic tradition. As a public advocate, Tolton serves as director of the REVIVAL Initiative. He is also the managing director of Blur Advertising, a full-service brand development and marketing communications firm. Tolton received his bachelor's degree in religion from Vassar College and his master's of business administration in management from Columbia University Business School.

Rev. Dr. D. Mark Wilson is an ordained American Baptist minister and former pastor of McGee Avenue Baptist Church in Berkeley, CA. He is a graduate of Howard University, Harvard Divinity School and the University of Michigan, where he received his Ph.D. in Sociology. Rev. Dr. Wilson is currently the assistant professor in Ministry and Congregational Leadership at the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, and a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, at the University of California Berkeley.

Rev. S. David Wynn, Sr.  holds a masters of theological studies degree from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Wynn has been a pastor in Metropolitan Community Churches more than 10 years. Wynn came out as transgender in November 2003. He currently serves as the associate pastor at Church of the Trinity, Metropolitan Community Church, in Sarasota, Fla.

Rev. Bridgette D. Young is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. She is currently the associate dean of the chapel and religious life at Emory University in Atlanta.

Rev. Jacquie Church Young is co-director of Leadership Now: Spiritual Formation with Youth at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pa. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.

Yvonne Zimmerman is a doctoral candidate in the religion and social change concentration of the joint Ph.D. in religious and theological studies at Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver. She is also a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.