Day1 Radio Ministry Announces Expanded Advisory Board

The Alliance for Christian Media, parent organization of the "Day 1" the media ministry, has announced that 24 new members will join 25 current members of its advisory board effective Oct. 1, 2015.  The expanded advisory board, made up of well-known pastors, scholars, and professors, is chaired by the Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching Emeritus at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta. 

A complete list of advisory board members may be found below.

"We are grateful for the members who have been serving for many years, and for those who are now joining our Advisory Board. We rely on these outstanding church leaders for ideas, connections, and recommendations for preachers on Day1," said Peter Wallace, executive producer and host of the program.

"With these wonderful additions we have nearly doubled the size of the Day1 Advisory Board in order to broaden and strengthen our relationships with all the mainline denominations today," Wallace added.

The Alliance for Christian Media has produced "Day 1" every week for almost 70 years, formerly as "The Protestant Hour." Featuring outstanding preachers from the mainline denominations, "Day 1" is currently distributed to more than 200 radio stations across America and overseas and is available via podcast online. The program is produced by the Alliance for Christian Media, based in Atlanta, Ga. For more information, call toll free 888-411-Day-1 or check the program's website, http://day1.org.


The members of the Day1 advisory board are:

The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long, Chair, is the Bandy Professor of Preaching Emeritus at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, and a Presbyterian minister.

The Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams is a retired Presbyterian leader who has served at First, Morningside, and Trinity Presbyterian Churches in Atlanta, and Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rev. Dr. Fred R. Anderson is the retired Senior Pastor of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y.

The Rev. Keith Anderson is Pastor at Upper Dublin Lutheran Church in Ambler, Penn., and the author of books on church communications in the digital age.

The Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews is Senior Pastor of First Congregational Church UCC in Atlanta and associate professor of music at Emory University. He is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rev. Dr. Robert Baggott is Senior Minister of the Community Church of Vero Beach, Fla., a United Church of Christ congregation.

The Rev. Dr. Eric Barreto is Associate Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. He was ordained by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

The Rev. Dr. James Barnette is the Associate Professor of Religion at Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., and the Teaching Pastor at Brookwood Baptist Church in Mountain Brook, Ala.

The Rev. Dr. Scott Black Johnston is Senior Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y.

The Rev. Dr. William Britt is Senior Pastor of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta.

The Rev. Dr. Michael Brown is Senior Minister of Marble Collegiate Church in New York, N.Y., and was formerly a United Methodist minister in North Carolina.

The Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler is Dean of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta.

Bishop Kenneth Carter is Bishop of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, based in Lakeland. He is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry is Presiding Bishop-Elect of The Episcopal Church. For many years he served as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.

The Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Homiletics at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga.

The Rev. Maxwell Grant is Senior Minister of Second Congregational Church United Church of Christ in Greenwich, Conn.

The Rev. Dr. Mike Graves is the William K. McElvaney Professor of Preaching at Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Mo., and a minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

The Rev. Dr. J. Bennett Guess is Executive Minister of the United Church of Christ's Local Church Ministries and a member of the UCC's five-person Collegium of Officers, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Rev. Scott Hoezee is Director of the Center for Excellence in Preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is ordained by the Christian Reformed Church of North America.

The Rev. Dr. Dock Hollingsworth is Senior Pastor of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta and for 18 years served on the faculty of McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University.

The Rev. Dr. James Howell is Senior Pastor of Myers Park United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C., and an adjunct professor of preaching at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C.

The Rev. Dr. Cleophus LaRue is the Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. He is ordained by the National Baptist Convention of America.

The Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler is Rector of Christ Church (Episcopal), Greenwich, Conn. He is the former Director of Mission for The Episcopal Church and former Dean and President of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Dr. Bill J. Leonard is Founding Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he is Professor of Church History and Religion. He is an ordained American Baptist minister.

The Rev. Dr. Karoline Lewis is Associate Professor of Biblical Preaching and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Homiletics at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., and a Lutheran minister.

The Rev. Dr. David J. Lose is the President of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and formerly held the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn.

The Rev. Dr. Barbara K. Lundblad is the Joe R. Engle Professor Emerita of Preaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York, N.Y., and a Lutheran minister.

The Rev. Dr. Tripp Martin is Senior Pastor of Auburn First Baptist Church in Auburn, Ala., and a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rev. Dr. Peter W. Marty is Senior Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa.

The Rev. Daniel Matthews, Jr. is the Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta.

The Rev. Dr. Dwight A. Moody is Founder and President of the Academy of Preachers, based in Lexington, Ken. He is a minister in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

The Rev. Dr. Blair Monie is the Louis H. and Katherine S. Zbinden Distinguished Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Leadership at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas. He earlier served as Senior Pastor of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery is Dean of Duke University Chapel and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C. He is ordained by the Progressive National Baptist Convention.

The Rev. Dr. William K. Quick is Senior Pastor Emeritus at Metropolitan United Methodist Church in Detroit, Mich., and a visiting professor at Duke Divinity School in Durham, N.C.

The Rev. Dr. C. K. Robertson is Canon to the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church headquartered in New York, N.Y. He is also Distinguished Visiting Professor at the General Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Dr. Clayton J. Schmit is the Provost of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, S.C, and formerly the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church-Oak Brook Professor of Homiletics at Fuller Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Dr. William L. Self is the retired Senior Pastor of Johns Creek Baptist Church in Alpharetta, Ga., and a leader in the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rev. Eric C. Shafer is Senior Pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Santa Monica, Calif., and earlier served as Senior Vice President for Odyssey Networks in New York, N.Y., and as Director of Communications for the ELCA.

The Rev. Dr. Matthew L. Skinner is Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., and an ordained Presbyterian minister.

The Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Jr. is Senior Pastor of Covenant United Church of Christ in South Holland, Ill. He is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

Bishop Tim Smith is Bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America based in Salisbury, N.C. Before his election in 2015 he was Senior Pastor of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Atlanta.

The Rev. Dr. Jim Somerville is Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Va.

The Rev. Dr. Susan Sparks is a popular author and speaker and the Senior Pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church, New York, N.Y., an American Baptist congregation.

The Rev. Dr. Nancy Taylor is Senior Minister of Old South Church in Boston, Mass., a historic United Church of Christ congregation.

The Rev. Dr. Nora Tubbs Tisdale is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn., and an ordained Presbyterian minister.

The Right Rev. Keith B. Whitmore is Assistant Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Episcopal Studies at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He is a trustee of the Alliance for Christian Media.

The Rev. Dr. William H. Willimon teaches at Duke University Divinity School, Durham, N.C. For eight years he served as Bishop of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church.

The Rev. David Wood is Senior Minister of Glencoe Union Church in Glencoe, Ill., and ordained by the American Baptist Churches.

The Rev. Dr. Brett Younger is Associate Professor of Preaching at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, Atlanta, and a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship minister.

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