See below sessions in which contributors participated or led.
Jared E. Alcántara
Jared E. Alcántara is the Paul W. Powell Associate Professor of Preaching at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. Full Bio »
Lisa Allen-McLaurin
Lisa Allen-McLaurin is professor of worship, music, and spirituality at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, as well as being an ordained clergy person and the coordinator of practical ministries for the Sixth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Full Bio »
Calvin Worship Apprentices
The Calvin University Worship Apprentices are a team of students who work behind the scenes and in worship services to plan and lead worship on campus. Full Bio »
Makihiko Arase / 荒瀬牧彦
Makihiko (Mack) Arase is a Japanese Presbyterian minister and a hymn writer and pastors Den’en Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kanagawa and teaches liturgics, preaching practicum, and church music at Japan Biblical Theological Seminary in Tokyo. Full Bio »
Shannan Baker
Shannan Baker is a postdoctoral research fellow in music and digital humanities at Baylor University, where she received her doctorate in church music. Full Bio »
Vince Bantu
Vince Bantu is assistant professor of church history and Black church studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and directs the Meachum School of Haymanot which provides theological education for urban pastors and leaders. Full Bio »
Kimberly Hope Belcher
Kimberly Hope Belcher is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, in Liturgical Studies, and the current Vice President/President-Elect of the North American Academy of Liturgy. Full Bio »
Amanda Benckhuysen
Amanda Benckhuysen is a safe church consultant for Thrive and an ordained pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, and she also writes, speaks, and teaches about biblical hermeneutics, the history of biblical interpretation, and Christian feminism. Full Bio »
Daniel Block
Daniel Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament in the Wheaton College Graduate School, where he developed the Old Testament segment of the doctoral program. Full Bio »
Joyce Borger
As both a resource development specialist and senior editor of Reformed Worship, Joyce Borger is keen to listen to the questions being asked by churches and then identify, learn from, and amplify wise and gifted voices who can speak to them as well as create platforms for gifts and learning to be shared. Full Bio »
Kary Bosma
Kary Bosma is the Director of Operations for the Calvin Prison Initiative, which provides a fully-accredited Bachelor of Arts degree to incarcerated students in Ionia, Michigan. Full Bio »
Rodrigo Cano
Rodrigo Cano is the pastor of Community Christian Church in Aurora, Illinois, and cares about integrating missional living within the life of the church. Full Bio »
Lindsay Wieland Capel
Lindsay Wieland Capel helps churches become more accessible and welcoming to people with disabilities through her role with Thrive, a collaboration of agencies of the Christian Reformed Church in North America. Full Bio »
Fernando A. Cascante
Fernando A. Cascante is a senior consultant with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, working with grants programs, coaching in worship and preaching initiatives, teaching in leadership and intercultural learning courses, and developing resources. Full Bio »
Kai Ton Chau
Kai Ton Chau is a Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, leading curriculum development in cultural competency. Full Bio »
Constance Cherry
Constance Cherry is an experienced professor, worship leader, musician, and pastor, having served in local church ministry and academic teaching positions for more than forty-five years. Full Bio »
David Cherwien
David Cherwien is well known throughout the United States as church musician, conductor, organist, composer, and workshop/worship leader. Full Bio »
Todd Cioffi
Todd Cioffi is a professor in Congregational and Ministry Studies at Calvin University and director of the Calvin Prison Initiative (CPI). Full Bio »
María Eugenia Cornou
María Eugenia Cornou is an Associate Director and Program Manager for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship serving on the executive leadership team and with program areas of responsibility including staff learning and assessment, international programs, intercultural learning, and grantmaking support. Full Bio »
Todd Deatherage
Todd Deatherage is the cofounder of Telos, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit dedicated to the formation of communities of American peacemakers across lines of difference to bring healing to conflict at home and abroad. Full Bio »
Benet Dogonyaro
Benet Emmanuel Bethuel Dogonyaro is an ordained minister with the Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria, a gospel singer, and a song writer who has produced three albums of gospel songs. Full Bio »
Ronnie Farmer Jr.
Ronnie Farmer Jr. is the director for the Strengthening Ministry with Children Coordination Program at Indiana Wesleyan University, a pastor at Real Community Covenant Church, and the founding director of the I Have A Dream Preschool Academy. Full Bio »
Ronald Feenstra
Ronald Feenstra is the Heritage Professor of Systematic and Philosophical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary, where he has taught for many years. Full Bio »
Lisa Fields
Lisa Fields is a prominent Christian apologist who combines her passion for biblical literacy with her heart for sharing God’s love to all those she meets. Full Bio »
Ruth Naomi Floyd
Vocalist and composer Ruth Naomi Floyd has created a discography of mostly original compositions dedicated to a sacred jazz expression. Full Bio »
Marco Fornerone
Marco Fornerone is minister of the Waldensian Church in Rome, Italy. Full Bio »
Steve Fridsma
Steve Fridsma AIA LEED is a licensed architect, designer, and consultant with nearly 30 years of experience in a wide variety of building types; however, has focused his learning and experience on leading congregations through the planning and design of ministry environments since 2001. Full Bio »
Justin B. Fung
Justin B. Fung serves as the pastor of leadership and spiritual formation at Christ City Church in Washington, DC, where he gets to live out his passion for discipleship and spiritual formation that is evidenced by justice and peace, particularly in multicultural, multiethnic, and multiclass contexts. Full Bio »
Nate Glasper Jr.
Nate Glasper Jr. is Resource Development Specialist and Campus Worship Associate at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and serves as director of the Calvin University Gospel Choir. Full Bio »
Brian Hehn
Brian Hehn is an inspiring song leader who is just as comfortable leading an a cappella singing of “It Is Well” as he is drumming and dancing to “Sizohamba Naye.” Full Bio »
Joslyn Henderson
Joslyn Henderson is the director of worship arts at Christ City Church in Northeast Washington, DC, and as a nationally celebrated gospel singer and worship leader, infuses her performative ministry with her scholarship on Black sacred music. Full Bio »
Scott Hoezee
Scott Hoezee is the director of the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary, dedicated to providing resources for busy pastors with the goal of helping them write fresh, vibrant sermons. Full Bio »
Mary S. Hulst
Mary S. Hulst has served as University Pastor at Calvin University since 2009 after obtaining a PhD in communication ethics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Full Bio »
Munther Isaac
Munther Isaac is pastor of Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem and the academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College in Palestine. Full Bio »
Chan Gyu Jang
Chan Gyu Jang is a Resource Development Specialist for Web-based Liturgical Resources at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and is the Director of Music at Woodlawn Christian Reformed Church. Full Bio »
Victoria Emily Jones
Victoria Emily Jones works at the intersection of Christianity and the arts, exploring the spiritually formative powers of visual art, poetry, music, and other art forms. Full Bio »
Mark Labberton
Mark Labberton is the Clifford L. Penner Presidential Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Fuller Seminary. Full Bio »
Sean Lee
Sean Lee pastors the disability ministry at All Nations Church in Sunland, California. Full Bio »
Esther Lightcap Meek
Esther Lightcap Meek is an author, public speaker, and professor of philosophy emeritus at Geneva College in western Pennsylvania. Full Bio »
Artie M. Lindsay Sr.
Artie M. Lindsay Sr. is pastor of spiritual formation at Tabernacle Community Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan as well as serving as Flourishing Faith Communities director with the Urban Church Leadership Center. Full Bio »
Joel Littlepage
Joel Littlepage is a pastor of worship and formation at Grace Mosaic, a vibrant congregation in northeast Washington, DC, and the founder and co-director of the Daily Prayer Project, a periodical that seeks to animate the life of prayer through the manifold beauty of the church. Full Bio »
Karin Maag
Karin Maag is the Director of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies at Calvin University, one of the world’s foremost collections of works on or by John Calvin. Full Bio »
Katharine Mahon
Katharine Mahon is an advising professor in the Center for University Advising at the University of Notre Dame, where she advises first year students in the College of Engineering and is involved in student development initiatives for engineering students. Full Bio »
Luz E Maldonado
Luz E. Maldonado is an ordained elder of The United Methodist Church and has been a pastor for thirty-eight years, and she is also currently serving in the Florida Annual Conference of the UMC at New Covenant United Methodist Church in Sebring, Florida. Full Bio »
Eric Mathis
Eric Mathis is associate pastor of The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, DC, with responsibilities in administration, faith formation, music, worship, and young adult ministry. Full Bio »
Craig Mattson
Craig Mattson has taught and researched in the field of communication for more than twenty years at Trinity Christian College and is now the Arthur H. DeKruyter Chair in Faith and Communication at Calvin University. Full Bio »
The McGraths
The McGraths have recorded four Celtic Psalms albums with Kiran Young Wimberly and Dónal O’Connor and their heavenly yet earthy sound has provided the bedrock of Celtic Psalms music since 2013. Full Bio »
Clair Mesick
Clair Mesick is an assistant professor of religion at Calvin University and specializes in Pauline literature and early Christian social ethics. Full Bio »
Barbara Day Miller
Barbara Day Miller is associate professor emerita at Candler School of Theology, where from 1997-2016, she oversaw the planning, coordination, and facilitation of Candler's worship and ceremonial life; taught courses in Liturgical Practices and Worship Planning; and directed the Candler Singers, an elite choir of seminary students. Full Bio »
Steve Norman
Steve Norman is a pastor, author, speaker, and coach at Winning at Home, a Christ-centered counseling group in Zeeland, Michigan. Full Bio »
Brianna K. Parker
The lessons from that research and experience as a millennial engagement coach have been used to create her digital Bible study curriculum for young adults titled, “Open Table: Where Everyone Gets a Seat” and has been culled into a book, “What Google Can’t Give.” Full Bio »
Julie Pennington-Russell
Julie Pennington-Russell has served since January of 2016 as senior pastor of The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, DC. Full Bio »
LaTonya Mclver Penny
LaTonya McIver Penny serves as the pastor for Belonging Fellowship, a virtual ministry based in Mebane, North Carolina, that works to create spaces of Belonging for all of God's children. Full Bio »
Adam Perez
Adam Perez is a Cuban-Dutch American scholar and worship leader from Miami, Florida, serving as assistant professor of worship studies at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Full Bio »
William Phemister
William Phemister is a retired Wheaton College professor of piano living in metro Chicago, Illinois, who has performed, taught master classes, won piano awards around the world, and has served churches as choir director, music director, and organist. Full Bio »
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
Cornelius Plantinga, Jr. is Senior Research Fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary. Full Bio »
Xiomara Reboyras-Ortiz
Xiomara Reboyras-Ortiz es puertorriqueña y residente del estado de Florida. Full Bio »
Satrina Reid
Satrina Reid is a Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, serving as a team member in the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching Grants and the Ministry Leadership Cohort programs, leads formative learning events, and manages consultations sponsored by the Institute. Full Bio »
Katie Ritsema-Roelofs
Katie Ritsema-Roelofs is a commissioned pastor in the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and serves as a worship specialist with Thrive, a ministry of the CRC. Full Bio »
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan is a Resource Development Specialist for mentoring worship leaders at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and worship pastor at Calvin University. Full Bio »
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M.
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. is the Werner R. H. and Elizabeth R. Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, where he teaches systematic theology. Full Bio »
Elly Boersma Sarkany
Elly Boersma Sarkany has served for a decade as pastor of worship at Covenant Church in Saint Catharines, Ontario, where she plans and leads worship with volunteer teams. Full Bio »
The Choral Scholars
The Choral Scholars is one of West Michigan’s premiere chamber ensembles with repertoire spanning a variety of genres, including sacred music. Full Bio »
Ruth Ann Schuringa
Ruth Ann Schuringa is the worship director at Mountainview Christian Reformed Church in Grimsby, Ontario, and an endorsed worship coach with Thrive, a ministry of the Christian Reformed Church. Full Bio »
Derek C. Schuurman
Derek C. Schuurman is professor of computer science at Calvin University with research interest in faith and technology issues. Full Bio »
Tom Schwanda
Tom Schwanda is a professor of Christian Formation and Ministry, emeritus at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL and senior fellow for Christian Spirituality at the C. S. Lewis Institute. Full Bio »
Joseph Seo
Joseph Seo has been a family and children's ministry pastor at a Korean American church in the Chicago area for sixteen years and specializes in faith formation of children in immigrant families and in the influence of their parents. Full Bio »
Pearl Shangkuan
Pearl Shangkuan is professor of music and director of choral activities at Calvin University and serves as co-editor of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Choral Music Series with GIA Publications, Inc. Full Bio »
Jeremy Simpson
Jeremy Simpson describes himself as a theologian and culture maker who believes that Christian communities should be a foretaste of the reconciled “kin-dom” of God. Full Bio »
Alydia Smith
Alydia Smith is a worship leader, educator, caregiver, mother, and Jesus-follower who works at the General Council Office of The United Church of Canada supporting worship and faith formation ministries. Full Bio »
Kathy Smith
Kathy Smith is Senior Associate Director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Program Manager for the Institute's grants programs. Full Bio »
Noel Snyder
Noel Snyder is a Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, focusing on publications, summer seminar learning events, and the Ministry Leadership Cohort. Full Bio »
Lisa Sung
Lisa Sung is an award-winning jazz pianist and composer with extensive international performance experience who also teaches at several colleges in West Michigan. Full Bio »
Dennis E. Tamburello
Dennis E. Tamburello is a professor of religious studies at Siena College in Loudonville, New York, where he teaches courses in theology, the history of Christianity, and ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Full Bio »
Yudha Thianto
Yudha Thianto is P. J. Zondervan Chair and Professor of History of Christianity and Reformed Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. Full Bio »
Robin Turner
Robin Turner directs the family ministries at All Saints Church, an Anglican congregation shaped by the three streams of scripture, sacrament, and Spirit in the heart of downtown Dallas, Texas. Full Bio »
Michiru Urakami
Michiru Urakami is pastor of Higashi Nakano United Church of Christ in Japan. Full Bio »
Frans van Liere
Frans van Liere (PhD, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 1995) is professor of history and director of the medieval studies program at Calvin University. Full Bio »
Alexis VanZalen
Alexis VanZalen is a Program Coordinator and Administrative Assistant at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Full Bio »
Kristen Verhulst
Kristen Verhulst is an associate director and program manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, serving on the executive leadership team and provides leadership in areas of staff learning and program assessment. Full Bio »
Forrest Wakeman
Forrest Wakeman is a performer, composer, producer, and keyboard player based in the West Michigan area, and a professor at Calvin University. Full Bio »
Chris Walker
Chris Walker is the pastor of worship and arts at Covenant Life Church in Grand Haven, Michigan, where he has served and worshiped with his family since 2010. Full Bio »
Joanna Wigboldy
Joanna Wigboldy is a Program Manager at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, serving on the Vital Worship, Vital Preaching grants team and directing the Ministry Leadership Cohort program. Full Bio »
Darlene Wildman
Darlene Wildman is an honorary member of the Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana and since 1998, she and her husband, Terry, have served Native communities through their nonprofit, Rain Ministries. Full Bio »
Terry M. Wildman
Terry M. Wildman, of Ojibwe and Yaqui ancestry, is the lead translator and project manager of the First Nations Version of the Bible and serves as the director of spiritual growth and leadership development for Native InterVarsity. Full Bio »
Rachel Wilhelm
Rachel Wilhelm is vice president of United Adoration, a global organization that seeks to revitalize the creativity of the local church by empowering artists to create in their own language, culture, and context. Full Bio »
Ashley Williams
Ashley Williams works and worships at Grace Mosaic church in Washington, DC, and also serves as codirector of the Daily Prayer Project. Full Bio »
Kimberly Williams
Kimberly Williams is a woman of God who desires to see every nation, tribe, and tongue worshiping together. Full Bio »
Uzoaku Juliana Williams
Uzoaku Juliana Williams is a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria currently serving as the first female assistant general secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, the foremost ecumenical body in Nigeria. Full Bio »
Kiran Young Wimberly
Kiran Young Wimberly is a Presbyterian minister and spiritual director; an American, living on the north coast of Ireland; a musician, podcaster, writer. Full Bio »
John D. Witvliet
John D. Witvliet is the founding director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW) and professor of worship, theology, and congregational and ministry studies at Calvin University and Calvin Theological Seminary. Full Bio »
Debbie Wong
Debbie Wong has been actively involved in church ministry since 2004 as a worship leader and musician and has had the privilege to lead and teach worship across Asia and in the United States. Full Bio »
Chris Woznicki
Chris Woznicki (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as the divisional learning manager for Young Life’s Southwestern Division. Full Bio »
Anne Emile Zaki
Anne Emile Zaki is assistant professor in the department of practical theology at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo and teaches courses on the theology and practice of worship, pastoral care, preaching as proclamation, and more. Full Bio »