Don Compier, professor of religion at Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, previously nine years on the faculty of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Don is very interested in issues of human rights and of racial and ethnic diversity.

Joe and Nancy Gatlin, Hope Fellowship, Waco, Texas, a church community "for the world," associated with World Hunger Relief and Habitat for Humanity. Nancy’s background is in Christian education. Joe is a Habitat regional director.

Shandra Newcom-Wolsey, a campus minister, Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa, her passions include peace and justice ministries, young adult ministries.
Sanders Thornburgh, a member of the gathered community of Koinonia Partners, a Christion organization seeking to be "demonstration" plot for the Kingdom of God.

Rick Darby, entrepreneur, Harvest Hills community planner.

Jim Hannah, a full time minister in the Community of Christ since 1979, editor of the Herald.

Mike Hoffman, youth minister, Community of Christ, Independence, Missouri, a member of the American Camping Association, denominational liaison with the Parenting for Peace and Justice Network and the Boy Scouts of America.

David Howlett, a member of the independent Restoration branches movement, student of Latter Day Saint history, and recent graduate from Central Missouri State University.

Judith Karol, artist, with a vision of community aesthetics, beauty & art, Harvest Hills, Independence, Missouri.

Randall Pratt, lawyer, Community of Christ Independence, Missouri.

The Restoration Movement began in 1830 at a time of communitarian idealism in the United States, a nation inspired by John Winthrop’s vision in 1630. Winthrop believed the early English colonies were to be the New Jerusalem, a City on a Hill. Sidney Rigdon, Joseph Smith’s close associate, formerly lived in a community dedicated to living all things in common. The early Restoration tried living communally with consecration of economic surplus in Kirtland, Ohio, Independence, and Far West, Missouri. In Nauvoo, Illinois, the Saints gathered to live together and to build a city. The Community of Christ (Reorganization) was cautious about gathering. In 1870 the Order of Enoch helped create Lamoni, Iowa, as such an expression of economic idealism. The dream of community was reborn in 1910 and 1920 in Independence. Social and economic experiments continued in the 20^th century, keeping the dream of the idea of Zion alive in our time. From this tradition, Harvest Hills was established in 1970, as an intentional Christian community in the Zionic tradition.