LARRY L. MCSWAIN is professor of Ethics and Leadership and holds the Watkins Christian Foundation Chair of Christian Ministry at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology. He has served as an educator and administrator at the seminary and college level, including service as president of Shorter College. W. LOYD ALLEN is professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation and holds the Sylvan Hills Church Chair of Baptist History at McAfee School of Theology. He has written and taught in the area of spiritual formation with special interest in the intersection of spirituality and justice issues. He has been executive director of the W. H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society for over a decade.