Founder of Companion to the Poor, attorney, and advocate for urban slum communities, pioneering holistic churches and development initiatives.

Retired professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, author, and former Visiting Director at the Manchester Wesley Research Centre, specializing in church renewal and mission theology.

Ph.D. in Transformational Development. Research fellow at Calvin University and consultant advocating for women in poverty and at-risk children.

Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary. Director of the Ralph D. Winter Research Center, researcher, educator, and church mission consultant.

Lowell Bliss is the director of Eden Vigil Institute for Environmental Leadership, an environmental missions organization launched by Christar in 2009. Lowell led the writing team for the Lausanne Global Consultation on Creation Care and the Gospel “Call to Action” and is one of the few evangelical Climate Leaders with the Climate Reality Project.

D. Litt. et Phil. in Biblical Studies, University of South Africa. Former WCIU president and editor of the William Carey International Development Journal.

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Administration, Biola University. Director of African International University’s Institute for the Study of African Realities.

Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, Claremont Graduate University. Founder of Building Global Bridges and Urban Leadership Foundation board member.