Brandon Andress is an author and contributor/producer of Outside the Walls podcast. He lives in Columbus, Indiana and is a graduate of Hanover College in Psychology with an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Matthew J. Distefano is a regular columnist for the Progressive Christianity channel on Patheos and co-hosts the Heretic Happy Hour podcast. He lives in Chico, CA with his wife and daughter.

After leaving full-time ministry 11 years ago to start a house church in Southern California that gave everything away to the poor, Keith and his wife recently moved to Idaho to embark on their next adventure.

Jamal Jivanjee is a graduate of Liberty University where he studied religion. He is passionate about the church and relationships—as they relate to New Testament community—and enjoys encouraging others toward that end through writing and traveling.

Mark Gregory Karris is a licensed marriage and family therapist, ordained pastor, husband, writer, recording artist, and worship leader. He’s a voracious reader, researcher and all around biophilic.

Heather Kendall has an Honours BA from York University, Toronto, Ontario. The Word Guild awarded her first place in the Books: Biblical Studies category for her Bible study, God’s Unfolding Story of Salvation in 2013.

Walt Russell lives in Southern California with his wife and two married children. His passion for the last 36 years has been teaching God’s people and helping them to find their gifting and ministry role within the Body of Christ.

Gaylynne lives with her family in the wine country of Northern California. She is passionate about telling real stories about real people and encouraging others to embrace the story they are living.

Jon Zens is an American author, speaker, scholar and theologian on Christian topics. Zens is best known for pioneering New Covenant Theology, which sees the entire Bible as a revelation of the gospel of grace fulfilled in Jesus Christ.