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Charter Signatories
Leith Anderson
Pastor, Woodall Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, President, National Association of Evangelicals
Bob Andringa
Managing Partner, The Andringa Group
Don Argue
Chancellor, Northwest University
Kay Arthur
Founder, Precept Ministries
Mark Bailey
President, Dallas Theological Seminary
Dennis Bakke
Co-Founder and CEO Emeritus, AES Corporation
Mark Batterson
Pastor, National Community Church, Washington, D.C.
David Bere
President and COO, Dollar General
Doug Birdsall
Executive Chair, The Lausanne Movement
Darrell Bock
Research Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary
Stuart Briscoe
Author, Minister-at-Large, Elmbrook Church, Brookfield, Wisconsin
George Brushaber
President, Bethel University
Bob Buford
Businessman/Founder, Leadership Network
Isaac Canales
Pastor, Mission Ebenezer
Ergun Caner
President, Liberty Theological Seminary/Author
M. Daniel Carroll R.
Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Denver Seminary
Paul Cedar
Chair, Mission America, Richard Cizik Governmental Affairs, National Association of Evangelicals
Luis Cortés
President, Nueva Esperanza USA
Loren Cunningham Co-Founder, Youth With A Mission
Danny DeLeon
Pastor, Templo Calvario, Santa Ana, California
Max De Pree
Author and Mentor
Leighton Ford
President, Leighton Ford Ministries
Justo Gonzalez
Historian/Author
David Gushee
Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University
Adam Hamilton
Pastor, United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Leawood, Kansas
Jack Hayford
Founding Pastor, The Church on The Way, President, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Roberta Hestenes
Educator/Author/Speaker, Former President, Eastern University
Dean Hirsch
President, World Vision International
H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr.
President, Huizenga Holdings
Joel Hunter
Pastor, Northland - A Church Distributed, Longwood, Florida
Walter Kaiser
President Emeritus, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Rich Karlgaard
Publisher, Forbes Magazine
John Kim
Korean American Church
Kelly Monroe Kullberg
The Veritas Forum
Peter Kuzmic
Eva B. and Paul E. Toms Distinguished
Professor of World Missions and European Studies, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Duane Litfin
President, Wheaton College
Max Lucado
Senior Pastor, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas, Author
Erwin Lutzer
Pastor, Moody Church, Chicago, Illinois, Gordon MacDonald Author/Pastor
Sammy Mah
President and CEO, World Relief
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Eric J. Metaxas
Socrates in the City
Jack Modesett
Partner, Vega Energy
Sam Moffett
Professor Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University
Shirley Mullen
President, Houghton College
Mark Noll
Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
John Ortberg
Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, Menlo Park, California
William Pannell
Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Vic Pentz
Pastor, Peachtree Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia
Rebecca Manley Pippert
Saltshaker Ministries
Alvin Plantinga
Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame
Mel Robeck
Professor of Ecumenics, Fuller Seminary
Bob Roberts
Senior Pastor, NorthWood Church, Keller, Texas
Mark Roberts
Senior Director and Scholar in Residence, Laity Lodge
Mark Rodgers
The Clapham Group
Sammy Rodriquez, Jr.
President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
Chris Seiple
President, Institute for Global Engagement
Robert Seiple
Ambassador, International Religious Freedom
Marguerite Shuster
Professor Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ronald J. Sider
President, Evangelicals for Social Action
Harold Smith
Editor in Chief and CEO, Christianity Today International
Rich Stearns
President, World Vision U.S. Joe Stowell President, Cornerstone University
Stephen Strang
Founder, Charisma Magazine
James Tonkowich
President, Institute on Religion & Democracy
Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Eldin Villafañe
Professor, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Miroslav Volf
Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale Divinity School
Ken Wales
Filmmaker
Jim Wallis
Founder and Editor, Sojourners Magazine
Frank Wright
President, National Religious Broadcasters
John Yates
Pastor, The Falls Church, Falls Church, Virginia
Amos Yong
Professor of Theology, Regent University
Signatories
Brian Kaylor
Communications Specialist, Baptist General Convention of Missouri
Jonathan Jordan
Wyldlife Director, YoungLife
Paul Edwards
Talk Host, Salem Communications, Detroit, MI
D.J. Williams
Minister to Youth, Hazelwood Baptist Church, Louisville, KY
Paul D. Adams
Drew Miles
Seminary Student
Peter Day
Chaplain, Counsellor - Getting on with Life
Keith Miraldi
Ronald Nelson
David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School
Archie Honrado
Artist/Missionary, Youth With A Mission
Kevin Belmonte
Author/Historian
Joe Carter
Blogger, The Evangelical Outpost
Jeff Hittenberger
Director of Graduate Studies, Evangel University
Michael Russell
Elder, Faith Bible Church, Brazos County, TX
Terrance Tiessen
Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology and Ethics, Providence Theological Seminary
Michael Hibit
Music Pastor, FirstLight United Methodist Faith Community, Gardner, KS
Lee Hoy
Pastor, NewChurch Georgetown
William H. Bowers
CEO Vertical Symmetry
John C. Burns
Graduate Student - University of Oklahoma
Ray Prigodich
Director of New Member Development, The Evangelical Alliance Mission
Anthony W. Calzia Jr.
Pastoral Assistant, First Baptist Church of Norco
Matthew Josten
Christian Educational Ministries Student, Taylor University
Steven M. Erickson
David Rogers
Missionary, International Mission Board, SBC
Brent Gentzel
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Kaufman, Tx
David S Muir
International Presbyterian Church, Ealing,London
James Ford
Member, Gethsemane Baptist Church, Newport News, Va.
Linda LeSourd Lader
President, Renaissance Institute
Michael Holmes
University Professor of Biblical Studies & Early Christianity, Bethel University
Keith Duff
Pastor, Village Bible Church, Sugar Grove, IL
W. Hall Harris III
Professor of New Testament Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Derrick G. Jeter
Speaker and Writer
Alden Poetker
Disciple of Jesus Christ
Keith McKenzie
Sonlight Community Church
Rev. Charlotte Ellison
Minister, Reformed Church in America
Ted Stevens
Doug Bailey
Sr. Pastor, Salem First Free Methodist Church
Jared White
Musician, artist, writer, Grace Fellowship Church (Santa Rosa, CA)
Craig Thornton
Atheist/USA
Matt Proctor
EFCA Ordained Pastor, M.Div student at Denver Seminary
J. Ed Komoszewski
Director, Christus Nexus
Kevin Young
Minister of Creative Media, Mountaintop Community Church
William D. Erving
Retired CMA Pastor & Evangelist
Josh Gelatt
Pastor, Indian River Baptist Church
Sudarshan J. Komanapalli
President, Manna International
Paul Calentine
Pastor, Lakeside Assembly of God
Shae Cottar
Pastor, The REFINERY Churrch, Baytown, TX
Johannes Gschwandtner
Minister, International Fellowship of Bible Churches
Dave Nanke
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Garrett J. DeWeese
Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology
Bruce A Flickinger
Instructor Religion & Philosophy Flagler College
Rick Thompson
Senior Pastor, Council Road Baptist Church
Greg
Minister Baptist church
Jason Delgado
Worship Leader / Southern Baptist Convention
Greg Curtis
Senior Pastor, Community Christian Church
Sam Andress
Follower of Jesus, Mountainside Communion
Richard L. Gronhovd
Director of Church Relations Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary
Bethany Buffon
Wiccan UConn engineering student
Mark Heath
Student, Biola University
Charles W. Christian
Pastor/North Seattle Church of the Nazarene
Dave Nanke
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Terri Derocher
Reverend
Jim Nendel
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology/ Penn State University
Stan McCullars
Sinner Saved by Grace; Sanford, FL
Benjamin D. Dubow
Lead Pastor, St. Paul's Collegiate Church (Storrs, CT)
Doug Nason
Director of Chapel, Fuller Theological Seminary
Ben Macklin
Pastor, First Baptist Church - Vernon Texas
John Murdock
Attorney & Blogger @ republicantreehugger.blogspot.com
Mark Hix
James D. Lane
Reverend Michael A. steele, Esq
Founder / Developer - http://hopetransplantministries.ning.com
Adam Bradford
Minster/ Database Developer
Matt Wigton
Student, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Craig Geihsler
Just a simple believer
Carl H. Nelson
President, Minnesota Association of Evangelicals
David Runnion-Bareford
President, Association For Church Renewal
Harold W. Hoehner
Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary
Kevin Gibson
Kansas City, Missouri
R.C. Metcalf
Author/Speaker, ThinkAgain.us
Jason Poling
Pastor, New Hope Community Church (Baltimore)
Chip Huber
Dean of Spiritual Life at Wheaton Academy
Dean R. Mayeda
Lead Pastor, Hope Chapel Gateway EFC - Torrance, CA
Dennis M. Cortes
Deacon, Bacolod Christian Community Baptist Church
Kathy McDonald
wife and mom Overland Park, KS
Jessica Ogran
Evangelical - Kansas, USA
Shannon L. Nixon
Undergraduate Student, Liberty University
Charles R. Nixon
Sunday School teacher
Jessica Ogran
Evangelical - Kansas, USA
Henry H. Knight III
Professor of Wesleyan Studies, Saint Paul School of Theology
Christopher Devitt
Founding member, The Underground Church Network, Tampa FL
James Pruitt
Teacher
Phillip Johnston
Student, Bryan College
Margaret Brummel
Christian layperson
James McMahon
Ph.D. Student, Dallas Theological Seminary
James McMahon
Ph.D. Student, Dallas Theological Seminary
Mona Rusch
Director of IT, a major media company
Mona Rusch
Director of IT, a major media company
Rodney Cosgrove
Lead Pastor, Garland Alliance Church, Spokane, WA
Jason Rowinski
Discipleship Pastor - Bethany First Church of the Nazarene
Daryl R. Wilson
Pastor, Boise, ID
Daryl R. Wilson
Pastor, Boise, ID
Danny M. Crow
Pastor, The Church at Covenant Park
Scrubs Malloy
Writer/Author
Chong Hung-Ho
Professor/Asian Center for Theological Studies and Mission
John Hayward
Executive Director, Jubilee Centre
Robert J. Dixon Esq
Deacon-Baptist church
G L Gumm
Pastor, Calvary Christian Church
G L Gumm
Pastor, Calvary Christian Church
Robert Spencer
Christian blogger
Gary Cartwright
Member, Pine Forest Baptist Church Ashville, AL
Jeremiah Collins
Missionary
Alan S, Cureton
President Northwestern College
Alan S, Cureton
President Northwestern College
Timothy White, Ph.D.
Pastor, Dallas Central Church of the Nazarene
Timothy White, Ph.D.
Pastor, Dallas Central Church of the Nazarene
Jim Fisher
Minister at Fulton UMC, Fulton, MS
Dr. Donald H. Hillyard
Pastoral Psychotherapist/EFCA
Rev. Stephen T. Sparling
pastor - ordained elder in the United Methodist Church
Congreve H. Quinby
retired Episcopal priest
John R. Prince
Professor Emeritius, Radiological Sciences, University Of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center; Currently Manager of the Physics Instructional Center, University of North Texas
Amy Strickland
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Rev Herbert W Johnstok
Johnstok Evangelistic Association
David Jack
clergy, United Methodist
Jason Morris
Associate Pastor, Center Chapel United Methodist Church Muncie, IN
Joe Murchison
Member, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Laurel, MD
Michael Smith
Pastor, Fruitland Baptist Church, Hendersonville, NC
James Korsmo
Developingtheology.blogspot.com
Thomas McClow
Servant of Jesus
Michael Bolin
President, Mind Games Learning Strategies, LLC
Bill Crowder
Director of Church Ministries/Publications, RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cody L. Pelham
Associate Pastor, Northville Christian Assembly, Northville, MI
Jonathan Wiles
Communications, Living Water International
Daniel L. Akin
President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Deane A. Kemper
Charleston/Atlantic Presbytery, PCUSA
David M. Ferguson
Minister of Education, Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Dan Lioy
Postgraduate Supervisor, South African Theological Seminary
Thomas Marshall
Associate Pastor/Educator Rockville, MD
Paulo F Ribeiro
Professor of Engineering - Calvin College
Randy Barnetson
Evangelist
Josh Furnal
Church Planter -- Ancona, Italy
Andrew N. Nedelchev
The HARTA Association, Sofia, Bulgaria (www.harta-bg.info)
Alex Tang
Director, Spiritual Formation Institute, Malaysia
Aaron Schmidt
Youth Pastor, First Baptist, Chariton, IA
Glenna Price
Disciple of Jesus Christ
Loree Rager
Salt & Light Company
mark j boyd
mt sterling baptist church
Loree Rager
Salt & Light Company
Erica Batte
Follower of Jesus Christ
Jonathan R. Wilson
Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology, Carey Theological College
Brandon J. Snowder
Free Will Baptist Minister, Murfreesboro, TN.
Benjamin Martinez
Pastor, Worldwide Church of God, Spokane, WA
Chris Denton
Church Ministries Major, Warner Southern College
Clay Allard
Senior Pastor, Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church, Dallas, TX
James Lee Pourchot
Campus Minister Arizona State University
jerry lee joyce
Retired Educator/Anglican
Judy Brock
Pastor First Christian Church Burkburnett, TX
Michael W. Austin
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Eastern Kentucky University
David P. Hawley
Attorney
Stephen Monsma
Research Fellow, The Henry Institute, Calvin College
Steve Sharpe,M.Ed.
Retired Counsellor/Elder in United Church of Canada
Rick Kennedy
Professor of History, Point Loma Nazarene University
E. Stewart Black
Evangelical Christian, Open Door Fellowship Church
Jacob Christian
Adult Ministries Pastor - StoneBridge Christian Church, Omaha, NE
Merritt Felmly
Consultant/ U.S. Leadership, Inc. Dallas, TX
Merle Harton
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Edward Waters College
Barrett Smith
Mark R. Patterson
Senior Pastor, Community Presbyterian Church, Ventura, CA
Keith Hill
Pastor, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Richmond, VA
Clay J. Brown
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Mooresville, North Carolina
George Copeland
disciple of Jesus
Jack Morris
Spiritual Team, Crosspointe Community Church (Non-denominational)
Alan Rosenaur
Fuller Seminary Grad
James L. Hill
Executive Director, Baptist General Convention of Missouri
Peter T. Vogt
Associate Professor of Old Testament, Bethel Seminary
Curtis E. Hobbs
Christian/Child of the good news of Christ
Robert L Simmons
Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church (USA), Goodyear, AZ
Richard Jensen
Patrick L Green
Pastor, LifeBridge Church, Bolingbrook, Il
Leslie Norman
Librarian, New Jersey
C. Pablo Roberts
Economist, Costa Rica
Matt Stout
Seminary Student, Asbury Theological Seminary
Tim Schandorff
graduate of Northwest Nazarene University and Eastern University
John Kareus
Neurologist, Fort Smith, AR
James Galyon
MDiv, PhD
John Graham Forcey
Al Hiebert
Executive Director, Christian Higher Education Canada
Matthew Olson
Member, Twin City Bible Church, Urbana, IL, USA
Ann Cochran
Outreach Coordinator, St John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston
Ron Ballew
Pastor, Siuslaw Valley Christian Center
Gary D. Ginter
Chairman, VAST Power Systems
Sheryl Marks-Williams
Pastor Village United Methodist Church, North Lauderdale, Florida
Matthew Richards
Fishers, Indiana
Joseph Jernigan
Pastor of Students/Worship, New Bethany Baptist Church, Buford, GA
Gary Manning
Associate Professor of Bible, Pacific Rim Bible College