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Rev. Andrew Connors is senior pastor at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, MD. From 2010 through June 2021, he served as clergy co-chair of Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD), a local affiliate of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) and Maryland's largest citizens power organization. From 2023-2024,...

Rev. Michael Connors is a pastoral theologian and homiletician currently serving as Homiletician in Residence at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. He previously served on the faculty of the Theology Department at the University of Notre Dame, where he directed the John S. Marten Program in Homiletics and Liturgics. A native...

Fr. Richard Conrad is a member of the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford, an examiner for the MTh degree of the University of Oxford, and was the Director of the Aquinas Institute from 2014 until 2020. He holds a license in dogmatic theology from the Angelicum in Rome, teaches dogmatic and sacramental...

Rev. Dr. Anthony (Tony) Cook is the Director of United States Ministries for Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM). His previous experience includes serving as a parish pastor and consulting numerous Christian entities on curriculum design and development. Synchronous distance learning, internet technologies, and sharing the Gospel through various forms of multimedia. Cook...

Rev. Christian Coon is the Northern Illinois Conference Director of Congregational Development, and a co-founder of Urban Village Church, a multi-site United Methodist Church in Chicago. In addition to his book "Failing Boldly," Christian also contributed to "Finding Peace in an Anxious World," "365 Meditations for Young Adults," and "365 Meditations for Men by Men." He...

Rory Cooney is an accomplished composer, skilled liturgist, and the parish music director at St. Anne Catholic Community in Barrington, IL, since 1994. His music expresses a deep reverence for the text as well as a lively concern for the practical needs of the parish. He is a graduate of...

Timothy Coons currently serves as CEO and president of Weld Community Foundation. He is also a musician, and has performed with his wife Betony Coons as Giants & Pilgrims. (Source: giantsandpilgrims.com; photo: weldcommunityfoundation.org)

Rev. Dale Cooper is a Resource Specialist for Liturgical Spirituality at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, as well as chaplain emeritus and adjunct faculty in the department of Congregational and Ministry Studies at Calvin University. Dale is the author of Coop's Column, a collection of spiritual reflections on Christian...

Rev. Dr. K. Edward Copeland is Associate Director of the Chicago Course on Preaching at The Charles Simeon Trust. He also serves as pastor of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Rockford, IL. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, University of California-Berkeley, Golden Gate Theological Seminary, and Trinity Evangelical...

Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland is the Executive Director of the NC Council of Churches, and is an ordained minister in The United Methodist Church. She previously pastored United Methodist churches in North Carolina, and is a graduate of Duke University. Prior to coming to the Council, she spent 16 years as the...