LESLIE COPELAND, DMin., is the Chief Operating Officer for the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. She has served as the director of the Ecumenical Poverty Initiative and director of Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice. She is also a contributor to the book Church on Purpose: Reinventing Discipleship, Community and Justice. She has a passion for social justice, and advocacy in the areas of anti-poverty, environmental stewardship, racial reconciliation, domestic violence, human trafficking, immigration, education, and health care.