Author

Dr. Reggie Blount is the Murray H. Leiffer Associate Professor of Formation, Leadership, and Culture at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He teaches in the fields of Christian Education, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, and congregational leadership. He also serves the seminary as director of the Center for the Church and the Black Experience. He is also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Oikos Institute for Social Impact and an Advisory Board Member for the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving.

Rev. Dr. F. Douglas Powe, Jr.

F. Douglas Powe, Jr., is director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and holds the James C. Logan Chair in Evangelism (an E. Stanley Jones Professorship) at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. He is also co-editor with Jessica Anschutz of Healing Fractured Communities (Palmetto, 2024) and coauthor with Lovett H. Weems Jr. of Sustaining While Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation (Fortress, 2022). His previous books include The Adept Church: Navigating Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Abingdon Press, 2020); Not Safe for Church: Ten Commandments for Reaching New Generations; New Wine, New Wineskins: How African American Congregations Can Reach New Generations; Transforming Evangelism: The Wesleyan Way of Sharing Faith; and Transforming Community: The Wesleyan Way to Missional Congregations.