Timothy Murphy is a minister-scholar-activist. He is the former Executive Director of Progressive Christians Uniting, a faith and social justice organization based in southern California, and taught courses in Religion and Politics at Claremont School of Theology. He has served in various congregational and ministry settings in Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, and California with the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ and was recently called as Senior Pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Author of Counter-Imperial Churching for a Planetary Gospel, he has given presentations to congregations on how to connect the gospel with social justice efforts.