Vanessa Sadler and Bishop Todd Hunter jumped at the chance to talk to Dennae Pierre. She is co-director for the Crete Collective and leads the Surge Network in Arizona. She also serves as one of the Co-Directors for City to City North America. She has an MA from Covenant Theological Seminary and D.Min from Western Theological Seminary (Holland, Michigan). Dennae is also the author of Healing Prayers to Resist a Violent World.  She is married to Vermon, the lead pastor at Roosevelt Community Church, a multi-ethnic church in downtown Phoenix, and they have five children.

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Peace Talks was thrilled to welcome Kristin Kobes Du Mez to the show. She is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.

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Peace Talks was thrilled to welcome Kristin Kobes Du Mez to the show. She is a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and her research focuses on the intersection of gender, religion, and politics. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, and has been interviewed on NPR, CBS, and the BBC, among other outlets. Her most recent book is Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation.

https://kristindumez.com/

https://twitter.com/kkdumez

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In the inaugural episode of Peace Talks, Vanessa Sadler and Bishop Todd Hunter dialogue with Michelle Ami Reyes. Michelle Ami Reyes, PhD, is the Vice President of the AACC and Co-Executive Director of Pax. She is the Scholar in Residence at Hope Community Church and author of Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures and Becoming All Things Study Guide and Conversation Cards. Michelle lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two amazing kids.

In the inaugural episode of Peace Talks, Vanessa Sadler and Bishop Todd Hunter dialogue with Michelle Ami Reyes. Michelle Ami Reyes, PhD, is the Vice President of the AACC and Co-Executive Director of Pax. She is the Scholar in Residence at Hope Community Church and author of Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead to Lasting Connections Across Cultures and Becoming All Things Study Guide and Conversation Cards. Michelle lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two amazing kids.