Navigating Racial Tension as American Christians

Christina Edmondson, PhD, is a public speaker, mental health therapist, anti-racism advocate, and has served most recently as dean for intercultural student development at Calvin College. She also trains congregations and organizations nationally about implicit bias, multicultural accessibility, and leadership development. Christina and her husband, Mika, have two children.

Justin Giboney is an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign.

Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books, most recently Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation and Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for CNN, Fox News, NPR, BBC, ABC News, and PBS NewsHour. He edited Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor and The New City Catechism Devotional, among other books. He is a member of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and he is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he also co-chairs the advisory board.

Juan Sánchez (MDiv, ThM, PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the senior pastor of High Pointe Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, and a Council member of The Gospel Coalition and Coalicion por el Evangelio. He is the author of Seven Dangers Facing Your Church. He and his wife, Jeanine, have five children.

​Benjamin Watson plays tight end for the New England Patriots. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, and his personal website. He and his wife, Kirsten, have seven children and live in Boston, Massachusetts.