Resource Authors

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...

Alva Copeland is a singer, songwriter, and vocal director based in California.

Rev. William H. Copeland Jr. (1933-2023) was a pastor and civil rights activist for more than six decades. He pastored Star Missionary Baptist Church in Kankakee, IL for thirty-six years. Rev. Copeland battled for the right of every child to have equal access to a quality education, organized marches against...

Rev. Dr. Martin B. Copenhaver is the former president (2014-2019) of Andover Newton Theological School. Formerly he was the Senior Pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Wellesley, MA. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and received his Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School in...

Rev. Lora Copley is the campus ministry director at Trinity Christian Reformed Church in Ames, IA.

John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was an American-born painter active in both the Thirteen Colonies and England. (Source: wikipedia.org)