Loving Whole Families of Children in Need

Rosaria Butterfield is a former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University and author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (Crown & Covenant, 2012) and Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ (Crown & Covenant, 2015). Her new book is The Gospel Comes with a House Key (Crossway, 2018).

Sandra Hardy is executive director of Urban Hope Development (UHD) in Fairfeld, Alabama, which includes a summer learning camp for middle-school students and a high-school credit recovery program for 17- to 21-year-olds. She holds an MPA from Grand Valley State University and prior to coming to UHD, Sandra was the executive director of Restorers Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sandra is married to Alton, who is a PCA church planter of Urban Hope Community Church. They have five grown children and two grandchildren.

Dennae Pierre is executive director of The Surge Network, a movement of local churches partnered together to put Jesus on display in Arizona. Her work is focused on supporting pastors as they equip their congregations to love the poor in their neighborhoods. She has been involved in church planting, community development, and leading nonprofts, all focused around economic and racial reconciliation. Dennae and her husband, Vermon, have four children and have fostered several children and teens over the past decade.

Regina Robinson is dean of student affairs at Cambridge College and co-founder of Heart Change Fellowship. She is mom to four children, one with Down syndrome, propelling her work in disability. In 2014, Regina was appointed to serve on the Boston School Committee, where she serves 57,000 students, 11,000 of whom require an IEP. She is a graduate of Liberty University and married to Jua.