One of the City of Chicago's most prominent ministers and community servants, Rev. Demus has been Senior Pastor of the city's Park Manor Christian Church since 1985.

Rev. Demus is co-director of the Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide, working diligently to spread its message and grow the organization's membership. A long-time advocate of Chicago Public Schools, Rev. Demus was among the first to speak up when auditors discovered $5 million worth of computer equipment was left sitting in a warehouse unused for several years after SBC had purchased the material with the intent of donating it to Chicago schools. As a result, thousands of Chicago children were denied access to state of the art technology.

Under Rev. Demus' ministry and leadership, Park Manor Christian has grown into one of the largest African-American churches in the Disciples of Christ denomination. The Reverend is a popular public speaker and a noted community organizer.

Among Reverend Demus' accomplishments is his distinguished service as the former executive director of the Chicago South Side Branch of NAACP.

Rev. Demus and his wife, Eleanor, have five children and six grandchildren.

Reverend Roosevelt Watkins III is the Senior Pastor of Bethlehem Star M.B. Church in Chicago. He is a son of Fellowship M.B. Church under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Clay Evans, where he was baptized. While at Fellowship, he accepted his calling into the ministry and was licensed and ordained to preach the gospel.

Watkins graduated from Western Illinois University with a Political Science Degree. He is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Public Administration at Governor State University.

Reverend Watkins' keen administration skills are demonstrated in his ability to serve in several capacities. He is the Founder and CEO of H.O.P.E. Organization, the leading organization in Chicago assisting low-income residents. He is also Founder and Chairman of Pastors United for Change.

As a leading community activist for inner city youth and violence prevention, Reverend Johnson has been the Pastor for Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church since 1992.

Reverend Johnson knows that education is the key to providing bright futures for inner city youth. As Co-Director for the Ministerial Alliance Against the Digital Divide, Reverend Johnson believes that equipping students in low income, urban communities with the appropriate technological tools will enable students to excel in academics and in life. Johnson's leadership has put these beliefs into action by implementing programs designed to provide tutorial support for youth and parents in the Chicago Public School system.

As Chicago Magazine's 1999 Chicagoan of the Year, Reverend Johnson has built a strong reputation for violence prevention in Chicago neighborhoods. His work as the Executive Director for the Alliance for Community Peace and as Co-Chairman for Clergy for Safer Streets, has allowed Johnson to partner with the Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Department of Human Services, and the Chicago Alternative Strategy (CAPS) to implement the Safe Schools, Safe Neighborhoods initiative.

Among other accomplishments, Reverend Johnson is the Past President of the AME Ministerial Alliance of Chicago and Vicinity, an organization that oversees thousands of church members in the Chicagoland area. Johnson also serves as a board member for the Protestants for the Common Good, the New City YMCA and is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the nation's first black fraternity.

Reverend Johnson holds a Doctor of Ministry and a Master of Divinity from the Chicago Theological Seminary. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Chicago State University. Reverend Johnson and his wife, Sandra, have three children and one grandchild.

Pastor/Founder of Praise Temple International Church. He received the vision of ministry at the age of twelve. After graduating from high school and attending Bishop College in Dallas Texas, he returned to Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he pastored Corinth Missionary Baptist Church for seven years. In 1996, God instructed him to organize Praise Temple International, a Word of Faith Church.

Pastor Terrance Sims Sr. has been called by God to teach the gospel in a manner that enables believers to make practical application of the Word in daily situations.

Pastor Terrance Sims Sr. has been married to Pastor Faye E. Sims for twenty three years. They are the proud parents of Shawdey, Terrance Jr. and Jasmine.

New Calvary is a Christ-centered, community-focused congregation that may best be described as an intergenerational church with an international message for an interfaith world. Serving as third pastor in the church's fifty-nine year history, Dr. Nabors' primary goal is in building bridges between faith and intellect, senior citizens and youth, suburban and urban, the academy and the community.

While serving New Calvary, Dr. Nabors has also taught at Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Marygrove College and Ashland Theological Seminary. He has taught Church History- from the First Century to the Reformation, Church Missions, Black Theology, Black Religion in America and Homiletics. For several years, New Calvary served as an extension center of the Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. Dr. Nabors served as president of the Michigan Progressive Baptist Convention from 2002-2004 and has served as board member to over a half dozen community organizations (including the Detroit NAACP, St. John's Health Systems, and the Greater Detroit Area Health Council). He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of The Skillman Foundation of Detroit. Dr. Nabors also collaborated with Wayne State University to receive a one million dollar grant to education seniors in a program titled "Active for Living." The Foundation has awarded five million dollars to after-school programs run by churches throughout the city. Dr. Nabors has been invited to teach and/or preach at universities and colleges throughout the nation. He is also a consultant on appreciating diversity and multiculturalism.

Dr. Nabors is a graduate of Western Michigan University- B.S. in English and Creative Writing; Princeton Theological Seminary-Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees; and United Theological Seminary where he served as a Samuel DeWitt Proctor, earning the Doctor of Ministry degree. He was also a member of the Pastor/Theologian Program of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey where he studied for three years. In 2005, he was selected to the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program of Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. In the summer of 2008, he traveled with the group to Geneva, Switzerland where they studied at the Institute for Ecumenism at Bossey and held various meetings at the World Council of Churches and the United Nations.

He believes his greatest accomplishment is in trying to be the best husband possible to Sydni, a sales representative with Roche Pharmaceuticals, and the best father possible to his children; Simone, LaNez, JaRell, Spencer and Pierce.