Bishop William J. Barber II, DMin, is a Professor in the Practice of Public Theology and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. He serves as President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call For Moral Revival, Bishop with The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, and has been Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Goldsboro, NC, for the past 29 years.

Dharius Daniels is a cultural architect and trendsetter for his generation. He is an innovative leader, a strategic thinker, and an articulate and prolific preacher.

He is the Senior Pastor and founder of Kingdom Church in Ewing and Burlington, New Jersey, a vibrant ministry that impacts people of all ages, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds. Kingdom Church was founded in August of 2005 and has grown into a vibrant congregation of several thousand members.

The Reverend Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., is Pastor Emeritus of the historic Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. He was elected Pastor in June 1977, served as the fifth senior minister in the congregation’s longstanding history, and named Pastor Emeritus in 2014. During his 37-year pastorate, Metropolitan developed into one of the world’s foremost Christian congregations, distinguished by its fervent worship and dynamic preaching.

Dr. Kenneth Lee Samuel is a native of Darlington, South Carolina, one of four children born to Mr. & Mrs. Bessie and Albert Samuel, Sr. He has been the recipient of many scholastic and civic honors, including “A Better Chance Scholarship,” which allowed him to attend high school at the prestigious Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey. He graduated in 1978 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History.

Rev. Dr. Jasmin Sculark

Founder and Senior Pastor

Victory Grace Center

Bladensburg, MD

Dr. Jasmin “Jazz” Sculark, The Daughter of Thunder, is a native of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Dr. Jazz is the Founder and President of Dr. Jazz Ministries and the author of several books. 

As the fourth Dean of the historic Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, the Reverend Dr. Bernard L. Richardson is the executive officer for religious affairs at Howard University. Dr. Richardson is perhaps most widely recognized by the University community and leaders across the nation for his prolific prayers and insightful spiritual guidance.