Meet Our Heroes

Featured in Black + Evangelical, meet narrator, Dr. Vincent Bacote, and those who shared their experiences and expertise.

Dr. Vincent Bacote
Professor of Theology, Wheaton College, Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics

Dr. Ruth Lewis Bentley
Wheaton College Board of Trustee 1988-2002, Wheaton College 2022 Alumnus of the Year

Dr. Carl Ellis
Provost's Professor of Theology and Culture, Reformed Theological Seminary

Lisa Fields
CEO and founder of Jude 3 Project

Dr. Henry Greenidge
Consultant and coach for multiethnic churches and ministries

Rev. Brenda Grier-Miller     
Minister at Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship                                      

                                                                                                   
Dr. Stanley Long
Chairman of the Board, Urban Ministries, Inc.

Dr. Nicole Martin
President and CEO, Christianity Today

Rev. Dr. Walter McCray
President, National Black Evangelical Association

Dr. Albert “A.G.” Miller
Associate Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Oberlin College, Pastor of Oberlin House of the Lord Fellowship

Dr. Joy Moore
Visiting Scholar at Litfin Divinity School, Wheaton College

Dr. William “Bill” Pannell
American evangelical leader, theologian, and professor of preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary

Rev. Ronald C. Potter
Theologian and a historian of the modern Black evangelical movement

Dr. Dwight Radcliff
Academic Dean for the William E. Pannell Center for Black Church Studies and Assistant Professor of Mission, Theology, and Culture, Fuller Seminary

Dr. Soong-Chan Rah
Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism, Fuller Seminary

Rev. Derrick Rollerson
Executive Pastor of Westlawn Gospel Chapel

Rev. Mark Soderquist
Pastor, Westlawn Gospel Chapel

Dr. Jemar Tisby
Professor of History, Simmons College, Author and Speaker

Rev. Brandon Washington
Pastor, Embassy Christian Bible Church 

C. Jeffrey Wright
CEO of Urban Ministries, Inc. (UMI)