The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft became Bishop of Oxford in 2016 and was previously the Bishop of Sheffield.  He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2013, a member of the Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence until 2020, a member of the Board of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation until 2021 and appointed to the Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee in 2021. 

Co-author of Emmaus: the way of faith (1996-2003), and one of four lead authors of the Pilgrim resource to help adults explore faith. He is author of a number of books including Ministry in Three Dimensions (1999 and 2008), The Gift of Leadership: According to the Scriptures (2016) and Rooted and Grounded, faith formation and the Christian Tradition (2019).  His most recent book is Comfortable Words: a call to restoration: Reflections on Isaiah 40–55 (March 2021) Bishop Steven’s blog is at https://blogs.oxford.anglican.org

Paula Gooder is a writer and biblical scholar whose many books make her expertise accessible to a wide readership. They include Lydia and Phoebe which relate in story form the lives of significant New Testament figures, and the Biblical Exploration series. Paula is also one of the editors of the Pilgrim course. She is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, London.

Robert Atwell is the Bishop of Exeter and the current Chair of the Church of England's Liturgical Committee. He is the compiler of Celebrating the Saints, Celebrating the Seasons, and three anthologies of readings for special occasions: Gift, Love and Remember. His other books include Spiritual Classics from the Early Church, The Contented Life and The Good Worship Guide: Leading liturgy well. He is a co-author of the Pilgrim course.

Helen Ann Hartley has recently been appointed as the next Bishop of Waikato, from February 2014. She served her curacy as part of a rural team ministry before being appointed Director of Biblical Studies and lecturer in New Testament at Ripon College, Cuddesdon. She is currently Dean of the College of St John the Evangelist. Auckland, New Zealand, and is a contributor to the Pilgrim course

Emma Ineson is the Principal of Trinity College Bristol and a former Chaplain to the Bishop of Bristol. She is a contributor to the Pilgrim course

Martin Warner is the Bishop of Chichester and a contributor to the Pilgrim course.

Stephen Cottrell is the Archbishop of York, and a prolific and much-loved author. He has previously served as Bishop of Chelmsford, Bishop of Reading, and Canon Pastor at Peterborough Cathedral. Stephen is a co-author of the Pilgrim course.