CONTRIBUTORS
The Mother & Child Project:
Raising our Voices for Health and Hope
Title
Author
Bio
What Kind of People
Ought You to Be?
Jennie Allen
Jennie Allen is an author, speaker, and the
founder and visionary of If: Gathering. She
lives in Austin, TX, with her family.
How I Became a
Maternal Health
Advocate
Christy
Turlington Burns
Christy Turlington Burns is an advocate for
maternal health. She is the founder of Every
Mother Counts and the producer of No
Woman, No Cry, a documentary about the
problems of maternal health in the
developing world.
Forced to Confront the
Impossible
Christine Caine
Christine Caine is director of Equip &
Empower Ministries and co-founder of the
anti-human trafficking organization the A21
Campaign. She is author of Undaunted:
Daring to Do What God Calls You To Do.
Christine and her husband, Nick, live with
their two daughters in California.
Birth Control for the
Third World
Tony Campolo
Dr. Tony Campolo is a former professor
emeritus at Eastern University, a founder of
RedLetterChristians.org and the Campolo
Center for Ministry, as well as a best-selling
author and speaker.
Child Marriage and
Dowry Deaths
President Jimmy
Carter
Jimmy Carter is the former president of the
United States of America and the winner of
the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Mother & Child Project
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Every Child Deserves a
Family
Mary Beth
Chapman
Mary Beth Chapman is the New York
Times best-selling author of Choosing to
See and the president of Show Hope, an
adoption awareness non-profit organization
she co-founded with her husband, Grammyaward winning recording artist Steven
Curtis Chapman. They live in Nashville,
Tennessee, with their family.
Helping Women Isn’t
Just a “Nice” Thing to
Do
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton is the former Secretary of
State of the United States of America and a
former First Lady of the United States.
The Village Nearby
Debbie Dortzbach
Deborah Dortzbach is the Director of Health
and Social Development for World Relief.
She and her husband lived in Africa for
twenty-five years, and they presently live in
Baltimore, MD. She is the mother of three
and the grandmother of nine.
A Mama Knows
Rachel Held
Evans
Rachel Held Evans is the author of
Evolving in Monkey Town and The Year of
Biblical Womanhood. She lives in Dayton,
TN, with her husband, Dan.
Family Planning and
Linkages with US
Economic and
Development Goals
Janet Fleischman
Janet Fleischman is a senior associate with
the Global Health Policy Center at the
Center for Strategic and International
Studies, where she focuses on women’s
health issues.
Contraception is a ProLife Cause in Developing
World
Bill Frist and
Jenny Eaton Dyer
Bill Frist, MD, is a nationally acclaimed
heart and lung transplant surgeon, former
US Senate Majority Leader, and founder
and chairman of Hope Through Healing
Hands. Jenny Eaton Dyer, PhD, is the
executive director of Hope Through Healing
Hands.
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Preface: All Lives Have
Equal Value
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates is co-chair of the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation. Along with Bill
Gates, she shapes and approves the
foundation’s strategies, reviews results, and
sets the overall direction of the
organization.
Family Planning as a
Pro-Life Cause
Michael Gerson
Michael Gerson is an opinion writer for The
Washington Post and a former speech writer
for President George W. Bush.
You Just Never Know
Mike Glenn
Mike Glenn is the senior pastor at
Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville,
Tennessee. He and his wife, Jeannie, have
two married sons, Chris (Deb) and Craig
(Nan).
Too Young to Wed
Cynthia Gorney
Cynthia Gorney is a Professor of Journalism
at University of California, Berkley. This
article was originally published in National
Geographic magazine.
Healthy Mothers Create
Healthy Societies—and a
Safer World
Kay Granger
Kay Granger represents the 12th
congressional district of Texas in the US
House of Representatives.
Third World Woman
Amy Grant
Amy Grant is a Grammy-award winning
singer and songwriter and has written many
books. She lives in Nashville, TN, with her
husband, Vince Gill, and their children.
Brothels, Survival, and
Hope
Natalie Grant
Natalie Grant is a multi Dove awardwinning, Grammy nominated singersongwriter, and the founder of Abolition
International, a non-profit organization
dedicated to eradicating sex trafficking.
Also a Mother
Tracie Hamilton
Tracie Hamilton is a philanthropist and
mother of four children. She’s married to
Scott Hamilton, an Olympic gold-medalist,
television personality, and philanthropist.
Together, they live in Franklin, Tennessee.
From Under the Shade of
Dan Haseltine is the lead singer of the band
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the Acacia Tree
Dan Haseltine
Jars of Clay and a co-founder of Blood:
Water Mission, which aims to provide clean
drinking water and HIV/AIDS treatments to
people in underdeveloped parts of the
world.
MNCH and Healthy
Timing and Spacing of
Pregnancy
Kent Hill
Dr. Kent R. Hill is the senior vice president
of international programs group for World
Vision US and the former Assistant
Administrator of the Bureau for Global
Health for USAID. He lives in Manassas,
VA.
New Ideas, New Options
Victoria Jennings
Victoria Jennings is the director and
principal investigator of the Institute for
Reproductive Health (IRH), as well as a
Professor of the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at Georgetown University.
What’s So Scary About
Smart Girls?
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof is a journalist, author, oped writer, and winner of two Pulitzer prizes.
Personal and
Professional Reasons to
be Thankful for Child
Spacing
Ray Martin
Ray Martin is Executive Director Emeritus
of Christian Connections for International
Health, a global network of Christian
organizations and individuals promoting
global health and wholeness from a
Christian perspective. He has fifty years
experience in international health and
development as a Mennonite volunteer in
Africa, as chief of several USAID Health
offices, and with the World Bank.
The Old New Thing
Sarah Masen and
David Dark
David Dark is a professor of religion at
Belmont University and the author of books
on completive religion, including The
Sacredness of Questioning Everything.
Sarah Masen is a recording artist and potter.
They live in Nashville, Tennessee, with
their children.
Contraception
Joe McIlhaney
Joe McIlhaney is the founder and president
The Mother & Child Project
Uncoupled
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of The Medical Institute for Sexual Health.
He lives in Central Texas with his wife of
53 years. They have three daughters and ten
grandchildren.
The First-Responder
Church
Santiago “Jimmy”
Mellado
Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado is the president
and CEO of Compassion International, a
leading authority in holistic child
development through sponsorship. Jimmy
married his wife Leanne in 1986 and they
have three adult children.
Baby Free Until 2013
James and Jena
Lee Nardella
James Nardella is the Executive Director of
the Lwala Community Alliance, a
development project in Lwala, Kenya. Jena
Lee Nardella is the co-founder of Blood:
Water Mission. The two have a son and
split their time between Nashville and their
mutual work in East Africa.
Men as Co-Laborers
James Nardella
James Nardella is the Executive Director of
the Lwala Community Alliance and he
splits his time between Nashville,
Tennessee, and East Africa.
Making Dreams Come
True
Jennifer Nettles
Jennifer Nettles is a Grammy-winning
singer/song-writer, performer and an
activist for women’s and children’s health
in developing nations, specifically
Guatemala. She and her husband live in
Nashville, TN, with their son.
Women and Girls’
Health: It’s More than
Maternal Mortality
Philip Nieburg
Phillip Nieburg is a Senior Associate at the
Global Health Policy Center of the Center
for Strategic and International Studies.
On Shame and
Stewardship
Scott Sauls
Scott Sauls is the senior pastor of Christ
Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN, and
the author of Jesus Outside the Lines: A
Way Forward for Those Who Are Tired of
Taking Sides. He and his wife, Patti, have
two daughters.
Blessed for All
Dan Scott
Dan Scott is the senior pastor at Christ
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Generations
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Church in Nashville, TN, as well as a
published songwriter, musician, and author.
He is a husband, father to two daughters,
and grandfather to four granddaughters.
Sovereign Over Us
Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith is a three-time Grammy
award winner who has sold more than 13
million albums in his music career. He and
his wife, Debbie, live in Nashville, TN.
Why Christians Should
Care About Maternal
Health
Shepherd and
Anita Smith
Shepherd is the president of the Institute for
Youth Development. His wife, Anita Smith,
is a writer and researcher and president of
Children’s AIDS Fund.
Transforming the World
David Stevens
David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) is the
CEO of Christian Medical and Dental
Associations, the nation’s largest faithbased organization of physicians and
dentists. He spent thirteen years providing
health care for women and children in
Kenya, Sudan, and Somalia.
Who Will Take Care of
My Children?
Elizabeth Styffe
Elizabeth Styffe, RN MN PHN, is the
Global Director for HIV&AIDS and Orphan
Care Initiatives at Saddleback Church in
Lake Forest, CA. She and her husband have
seven children, including three adopted
from Rwanda.
Better Moms Make a
Better World
Sherry Surratt
Sherry Surratt is the President and CEO of
MOPS International.
The Burden We Should
Share
Cathy R. Taylor
Cathy R. Taylor, DrPH, MSN, RN is Dean
and Professor, Gordon E. Inman College of
Health Sciences and Nursing at Belmont
University in Nashville, Tennessee.
She Counts
Shannon Trilli
Shannon Trilli is the Director of Global
Health Initiatives for the United Methodist
Committee on Relief.
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A Promise to Girls
Desmond Tutu
and Ela Bhatt
Ela Bhatt founded the Self-Employed
Women’s Association (SEWA), now one of
India’s biggest trade unions with more than
1.2 million members. Desmond Tutu is
archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and a
Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
The Good Samaritan in
the Global Village
Jim Wallis
Jim Wallis is a best-selling author and the
founder of Sojourners magazine. He lives in
Washington, DC.
Choosing Joy for
Mothers and Children
Kay Warren
Kay Warren is the co-founder of
Saddleback Church, wife of pastor Rick
Warren, an author and Christian
communicator, and advocate for people
struggling with mental illness. She and her
husband live in Lake Forest, California
Maternal Health and the
Strategy for Empowering
Women
Bruce Wilkinson
Bruce Wilkinson is the President and CEO
of the Catholic Medical Mission Board. He
is on the board of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation’s Africa Malaria Initiative
and is a member of the World Bank, Health,
Nutrition and Population Civil Society
Consultative Group. He and his wife Linda
have five children.
From Mother to Mother
Kimberly
Williams-Paisley
Kimberly Williams-Paisley is an actress,
known for her roles in Father of the Bride,
According to Jim, and Nashville, as well as
an advocate for mental health and
development projects in Haiti. She and her
husband, country-music star Brad Paisley,
live in Nashville, TN, with their children.