Dr. Curtiss Paul DeYoung is an author, activist, and academic. Previously he served as Co-CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches, Executive Director of Community Renewal Society in Chicago, and Professor of Reconciliation Studies at Bethel University in St. Paul, MN. He is an alumnus of Howard University School of Divinity. Rev. DeYoung is ordained in the Church of God (Anderson). He is an author and editor of books on racial justice, reconciliation, and faith-based social justice activism, including as a co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible.