Brian is an Associated Press legal reporter in California who also covers breaking news and writes occasional outdoor sports stories.

The Christian Chronicle® is published and governed by The Christian Chronicle Inc., an Oklahoma nonprofit corporation, with offices on the campus of and support from Oklahoma Christian University. Founded in 1943, The Christian Chronicle is a newspaper committed to the highest standards of journalistic excellence and seeks to inform, inspire and unite Churches of Christ worldwide.

Donald W. Kramer is chair of the Nonprofit Law Group at the Philadelphia law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP. He has more than 40 years of experience dealing with the concerns of nonprofit organizations, not only as a lawyer, but also as a teacher, writer, publisher, and board member. He is editor and publisher of Don Kramer's Nonprofit Issues®, a national electronic newsletter of "Nonprofit Law You Need to Know", which he started at Montgomery, McCracken in 1989. He writes and lectures frequently on nonprofit legal issues, and has taught courses on nonprofit organization law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, and Eastern University. A graduate of Princeton University, he earned an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School.

Gabriel Grant Huff, a multimedia journalism major at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., is The Christian Chronicle’s summer 2022 intern.

Julie Watson has been a reporter for The Associated Press for over 20 years, covering a range of issues including the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration policy, and U.S. military affairs. Her current coverage includes California state politics.