Alisha and Josh Garber are in a season of discernment. After over a decade of mission work in Europe, they are prayerfully awaiting the continuation of this service in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Currently, Josh is the Website Coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Alisha accompanies faith communities in project management and community development. Along with their son Asher, they attend Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Arizona.

Andrea De Avila is an ordained minister with a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Canadian Mennonite University. Originally from Tamaulipas, Mexico, she spends her time in Canada, the USA and her native land.

Astrid von Schlachta of Weierhof, Germany, is head of the Mennonite Research Center and lecturer at the University of Regensburg. As a historian, she has published widely on the history of Anabaptism, Pietism and the Estates in the Early Modern period. She is a member of the Mennonite congregation in Regensburg and on the board of the Associated Mennonite Churches in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland).

Brad Roth is a pastor in rural central Kansas and author of Flyover Church: How Jesus’ Ministry in Rural Places Is Good News Everywhere (Herald 2024). You can find him at DoxologyProject.com

Isaac S. Villegas of Durham, N.C., is president of the North Carolina Council of Churches and an ordained Mennonite minister.

Jennie Wintermote splits her day-time hours between the Western District Conference Resource Library in North Newton, Kansas and Anabaptist World. In her evening hours she loves caring for her family and supporting women impacted by betrayal trauma. She is a member of First Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas.

Jenny Gehman is a writer and retreat speaker in Millersville, PA. Jenny writes a weekly devotional, Little Life Words, at jennygehman.com.

Jerrell Williams is pastor of Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan. A 2015 graduate of Bethel College, he has a master of divinity degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Joanne Gallardo is conference minister of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA in Goshen, Indiana. Originally from northwest Ohio, Joanne is a graduate of Goshen College and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana. In addition to church work, Joanne has spent part of her career working in mental health. In her spare time, Joanne writes, sings in a women’s choir and enjoys spending time with friends.

John D. Roth is project director of MennoMedia’s Anabaptism at 500.

Kebede Bekere is an ordained minister in Meserete Kristos Church. He teaches at Meserete Kristos Seminary and is director of a national ministry that trains pastors and church leaders. He lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with his wife and four children.

Lucinda J. Kinsinger, of Oakland, Md., is the author of Anything But Simple: My Life as a Mennonite and blogs at lucindajkinsinger.com.

Meghan Larissa Good is teaching pastor at Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., and author of The Bible Unwrapped: Making Sense of Scripture Today (Herald Press).

Melanie A. Howard is assistant professor and program director of biblical and theological studies at Fresno Pacific University in California. She holds dual church membership in Mennonite Church USA and the U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches and is an active member at Willow Avenue Mennonite Church in Fresno, Calif.

Sarah Augustine, a Pueblo (Tewa) woman, lives with her family in White Swan, Washington. She is the Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Center of Yakima and Kittitas Counties, and is a member of Seattle Mennonite Church. She is co-founder of Suriname Indigenous Health Fund and the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition.

Sarah Kehrberg lives in the Craggy Mountains of western North Carolina with her husband and three children.