Gershom Sizomu is rabbi of the community of 2,000 people that belongs to the Conservative movement, while his brother has led a splinter group seeking to convert to Orthodox Judaism.

Through the International Fel­low­ship of Christians and Jews that Eckstein founded, evangelicals have contributed more than $1 billion to Jewish causes.

She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Divinity School, to receive a doctorate in theology from Harvard Divinity School, and to receive tenure at Howard Divinity School.

“There are very few self-defined Christian bookstores like Hearts and Minds,” said author John Fea.