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Program Personalities Pastor William L Lee is the second born child of the late Leon and Thelma Lee of Nuttsville, Virginia. Pastor Lee has been married to Dana for 34 years and they are the proud parents of two adult children, Aaron Michael and Sarah Barnes. He is a 1974 graduate of Virginia State University with a BS in Special Education and a 1978 graduate of the Divinity School at Duke University. He is presently a Doctoral candidate at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio with a concentration in Black Church Studies. Pastor Lee has taught in the Roanoke City Public School System, was an instructor in homiletics and theology at Duke Divinity School and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Religion Department at Roanoke College. He is also a Certified Resolution Specialist, with the Department of Veteran Affairs and serves as Chief Mediator at the VA Medical Center in Salem. Pastor Lee is the immediate past Moderator of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. Bill Lee has served for the past 30 years as pastor of the most exciting, loving and cutting edge church in the world, Loudon Avenue Christian Church. Dr. Joretta Marshall is Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care and Counseling at Brite Divinity School. Marcus J. Borg holds the Hundere Chair in Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University. Internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he is the author of sixteen books, including Jesus: A New Vision (1987) and the best-seller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (1994); The God We Never Knew (1997), The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (1999); Reading the Bible Again for the First Time (2001),and The Heart of Christianity (2003), both best-sellers.His newest books are Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (2006); and two books co-authored with John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week (2006) and The First Christmas (2007). Described by The New York Times as "a leading figure in his generation of Jesus scholars," he has appeared on NBC's "Today Show" and “Dateline,” PBS's "Newshour," ABC’s “Evening News” and “Prime Time” with Peter Jennings, NPR’s “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross, and several National Geographic programs. A Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, he has been national chair of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature and co-chair of its International New Testament Program Committee, and is past president of the Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars and a regular columnist for “Beliefnet.”.  His work has been translated into nine languages: German, Dutch, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portugese, and French. His doctor's degree is from Oxford University, and he has lectured widely overseas (England, Scotland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Israel and South Africa) and in North America, including the Chautauqua and Smithsonian Institutions. Elaine A. Robinson is Associate Professor of Theology and Methodist Studies at Brite Divinity School where she teaches courses in contemporary Christian theology and United Methodist history and doctrine. Dr. Robinson has published three books: Godbearing: Evangelism Reconceived (2006), Considering the Great Commission (co-edited with Stephen Gunter, 2005), and These Three: The Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love (2004). Her current research responds to theologian James Cone’s challenge to unmask and dismantle the power of white privilege in theology, theological seminaries, and the church. An ordained United Methodist elder, she currently serves as the pastor of Nueva Vida United Methodist Church, a Spanish-speaking congregation in Fort Worth. She serves on the Board of Directors of the United Community Centers – a Tarrant County social service agency – and on the Executive Committee of the Oxford Institute for Methodist Theological Studies. She has four advanced degrees, two of which are in theology: a master’s from Perkins School of Theology and a Ph.D. from Emory University.