Sheila Wise Rowe is a writer, speaker, and spiritual director who has ministered to abuse and trauma survivors for over twenty-five years. She is the author of Healing Racial Trauma and Young, Gifted, and Black.

Ruth Haley Barton is founder of the Transforming Center and a seasoned spiritual director. She is the author of many books including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Sacred Rhythms, and Invitation to Solitude and Silence.

Tish Harrison Warren is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night. She is a weekly contributing newsletter writer for the New York Times and writes a monthly column for Christianity Today.

Terry M. Wildman (Ojibwe and Yaqui) is the lead translator, general editor, and project manager of the First Nations Version. He is the founder of Rain Ministries and serves as the director of spiritual growth and leadership development for Native InterVarsity.

As an editorial director with InterVarsity Press, Cindy Bunch acquires and develops Bible studies, small group books and a wide variety of general-interest books. She has been leading small groups for the past twenty years and has written numerous Bible study guides, including several in IVP's LifeGuide Bible Studies series.