Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large, multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. He is also a key speaker for Emotionally Healthy Discipleship—a movement that has touched hundreds of thousands of people. Rich graduated with a BA in pastoral ministry and theology from Nyack College. He went on to…

Michael O. Emerson is Professor and Department Head of Sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. He has authored several award-winning books and articles on Christianity and race. Since 2019 he has been engaged with Glenn Bracey, Chad Brennan, and 300-person strong Collaboration Team to study the current state of faith, the church, and racial…