Speakers for THE NINES THENINES

Rafael Castillo is the Director of Next Generation Ministries at Christ Tabernacle in Queens, New York. He is the also the Co-Founder of Youth Explosion Ministries, a recognized and thriving youth ministry in New York City. After serving in youth ministry for over a decade, Rafael continues to serve youth and leaders as a passionate communicator and consultant. Rafael is a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. Rafael and his wife Elisa are the proud parents of Aaron Christopher and Corey Andrew.

Lead Pastor of Quest Community Church in Lexington, KY

Pastor of The Village Church, near Dallas, TX

Chris want to help change peoples perception on life so they can see God is freedom and not religion or law! Chris is the Director of Youth Explosion Ministry at Christ Tabernacle Church in New York

C.J. Mahaney leads Sovereign Grace Ministries in its mission to establish and support local churches. After 27 years of pastoring Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland, C.J. handed the senior pastor role to Joshua Harris on September 18, 2004, allowing C.J. to devote his full attention to Sovereign Grace.

Creator of A Holy Experience - "This quiet corner of the web is simply about feeling for His Face." Passionate advocate for grace, inspiring writer illuminating His Presence in the everyday.

Tim is the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.

Founder of Passion Movement, Lead Pastor of Passion City Church

Author and conference speaker

Sinner saved by Grace! T is the Youth and Young Adult Pastor at House of Grace in Cochran, GA.

Tommy Kyllonen, also known as Urban D. (Disciple) to his music fans, founded the youth ministry at Tampa, Fla.-based Crossover Church in 1996. Starting with just four teens, he and his wife developed a first-of-its-kind Hip-Hop Youth Ministry which over the span of six years grew to 200, far outpacing attendance in the main Sunday worship. In January 2002, Tommy became the lead pastor at Crossover and a new vision was birthed specifically to reach those influenced by Hip-Hop Culture.

Pastor Steve Gray is a revivalist in the tradition of Leonard Ravenhill and A.W. Tozer. His biblical exposition and astute commentary on contemporary Spiritual issues is being recognized internationally. It would do us well to hear a voice from a different angle.

JR Vassar is the founding and lead pastor of Apostles Church. As the Lead Pastor, JR oversees the leadership community of Apostles and is responsible for the strategic vision of the Church, leadership development and most of the teaching.

Founder of The Marin Foundation - the very first organization that works to build a bridge between the religious and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) communities in a non-threatening, research and biblically oriented fashion. Strategically reaching out and partnering with both religious and GLBT organizations; working closely with each to make a sustainable, structural difference for the Kingdom in today’s socially driven secular and religious cultures.

Christian apologist and philosopher

Neil's desire is to educate church leaders on responding to domestic violence which doesn't seem to be getting any press

Blogger at StuffChristiansLike.net

Founding Pastor of Cornerstone Community, a multi-ethnic, contemporary church in Orangeburg, SC. Visioneer of Pray2K and the Comb Network dedicated to planting 2000 ethnically-reflective churches in smaller communities across the southeast.

Pastor of Trinity Grace Church in New York City.

Online Community Pastor with the Church Online team at LifeChurch.tv. Is passionate about collaborating with people looking to make a difference for good in the world leveraging technology, the social web, and their collective creativity. He is also a student of how the digital age is changing the way we work, live and connect in the human experience.

Professor of Spirituality and Historical Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary

Author of 'Imaginary Jesus', missions leader, conference speaker,

Author of "Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream"

Author of Church Planter and pastor of the Journey in STL

Jeff is a church planter and an equipper of church planters and leaders. He served the Church in Youth Ministry for 14 years and in Church Planting for almost 7 years. Presently, He is one of the Pastors of Soma Communities, a multi-expression church planting church and Vice President of Acts 29 Western USA. Jeff is married to his wife of 16 years, Jayne, with whom he loves and shepherds their three children in Gospel life and mission.

Family pastor @ Brentwood Church

Founder of InvisiblePeople.tv. Uses the web to raise awareness of the growing homeless population living amongst us.

Pastor of Lamb's Church in New York and Director of the Hispanic Leadership Program at Princeton Theological Seminary

Bob is the Pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, TX.

Vance Pitman is the founding and Senior Pastor of Hope Baptist Church in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Musician and advocate for Compassion International

Author of the Divine Commodity and managing editor of Leadership Journal.

Frank would be a great addition with his approach offering a contrast and being a catalyst to think clearly about Jesus and the Gospel.

Michael Frost, Professor of Evangelism and Missions at Morling College, Sydney, Australia

Joan would make a great addition to The NINES.

Author, Speaker, Coach, Church Planter

Jonathan Reitz, CEO of CoachNet Global, Jesus follower--all about Coaching Leaders for Ministry Multiplication...

Lead Pastor of Family Life Church who has led the church from an average attendance of forty to a thriving community of nearly 1,000 Christ followers. He also blogs at www.thecreativepunk.com about life, leadership and leaving a legacy.

artist, songwriter, worship leader at Austin Stone, advocate for orphans & children in poverty... Aaron Ivey believes that all worship is a response to a creative and compelling God. Serving as one of the worship pastors at The Austin Stone, Aaron now views touring ministry as an extension of what goes on within a vibrant, healthy local church. With a passion for living out God's word, compassion for God's children, and a deep, abiding love of God, Aaron and his bandmates are challenging a generation of believers to take their experiences in corporate worship out into the world, to marry song with service.

Truth for Life Ministries

Pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis.

Steve is the pastor of Cornerstone Fellowship in Livermore, CA. www.cornerstoneweb.org

Hugh is the national director of Missio, a ministry team committed to training, developing, and apprenticing incarnational leaders for the church. Within Missio, Hugh co-directs the MCAP, an online collaborative training environment for incarnational leaders, pastors, and church planters. Hugh is also lead architect of Adullum, a local movement of missional communities in Denver, CO. As co-author of The Tangible Kingdom and the accompanying Tangible Kingdom Primer, Hugh is an advocate for disoriented God seekers and loves to inspire and re-orient leaders around mission.

Executive Director for Churches in Mission Evangelical Alliance UK Associate Research Fellow London School of Theology Spring Harvest Theme Group

Ed is the President of Lifeway Research.

Author of Your Jesus is Too Safe, the creator of Abide: Practicing the Rhythms of the Kingdom in a Consumer Culture and blogger at gospeldrivenchurch.com.

Jon McIntosh is the lead pastor for Christ City Church, Memphis and author of ReThink Mission.

Wayne is the Lead Pastor of New Hope Community Church in Hawaii.

Executive Director of Breakthrough Urban Ministries in Chicago, Illinois.

Tom Davis is the president of Children's HopeChest, an international child advocacy organization.

Church Planter, Association of Related Churches lead team member and lead pastor of Bayside Community Church in Bradenton, Fl. Named one of the top 100 fastest growing churches in America this past year.

Mustard Seed Associates, passionate about helping Christians to connect their faith and spiritual disciplines to their everyday life.

Nick is one of the pastors at Second Baptist Church of Houston, TX and is a fantastic leader who has a strong passion for the message of the cross. He has great insight on leadership, administration and getting the job done - all to Glory God!

poet, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Author of So Far From God; Massacre of the Dreamers: Reflections on Mexican-Indian Women in the United States 500 Years After the Conquest

Born without arms or legs, motivational speaker and evangelist.

Church Planter/Lead Pastor @ The Fountain Church Davie,FL

Writer

Going Beyond Ministries

Author and Missional Church Specialist

Author of Swith and Made to Stick

Born with one arm, Darin Sargent is senior pastor of The Point in Escondido (San Diego) CA, as well as a popular life coach & motivational speaker. His story has been featured on CNN, FoxNews and many other media outlet

Author of Missional Renaissance, The present Future, etc.

Pete is the pastor at Cross Point Church in Nashville, TN.

Author of "Simple Church". Executive Pastor at Christ Fellowship Miami

Lead Pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church

President of Chick-fil-a

Director of Communications at Granger Community Church and author of the book "Less Clutter, Less Noise."

Chris is the lead pastor of Westside King's Church in Calgary, Alberta Canada

Pastor of Sun Vally Community Church in Gilbert AZ, one of the fastest growing church's in the nation.

President & founder of Christian Communicators Worldwide. One of the pastors of Christ Fellowship of Kansas City, a house church network in metropolitan KC. Author of numerous books.

Writer, Filmmaker, Media Consultant. Founder of Cooke Pictures in Burbank, California and co-founder of TWC Films in Santa Monica. Author of Branding Faith, The Last TV Evangelist, Creative Christian Media and Successful Christian Television

Jonathan’s passion is to equip churches to understand the great riches of the gospel and learn how to better contextualize that gospel for a variety of cultures & people groups.

Will Mancini is a clarity evangelist who is passionate about every organization having stunningly unique vision. As the founder of Auxano, he has navigated hundreds of church and ministry teams through growth barriers.

Assoc. professor of youth, church, and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary. Author of "The God Bearing Life" and "Starting Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry".

http://sethgodin.com/sg/

Jenni is the Executive Director of Cross Point Community Church and founder of "Cultivate Her."

Editor for Collide Magazine.

Ray taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, for nine years. He has also pastored churches in California, Oregon and Georgia. Ray holds a Ph.D. from The University of Aberdeen, Scotland. In addition to a number of essays and articles, he has published five books. Ray also participated in The New Living Translation and the English Standard Version of the Bible. He contributed the introduction and study notes to the book of Isaiah in The ESV Study Bible. He also serves on the Council of The Gospel Coalition.

Famed blogger at http://tallskinnykiwi.com.

Author of "Churched" and "Hear No Evil" & avid blogger. Just a plain funny guy. Twitter name @jesusneedsnewpr

Pastor and Founder of.onedayswages.org

Chad Swanzy is crowdsourcing the conversation for a Nines discussion from youth leaders. Nominating Youth Leaders gives youth leaders a healthy collective voice at the Nines. For more... http://youthleaderstash.com/2010/06/14/nominate-student-ministry-at-the-nines/

Author, Pastor, Professor, and Translator of The Message Bible.

Founder of Cultivate Ministries, a ministry that ministers to ministers. Brandon helps encourage the 1200 -1500 pastors who are leaving the ministry each month, along with training and mentoring men and women who are young in ministry.

Rick McKinley is an author and pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, OR.

Shaun is the pastor of Courageous Church in Atlanta, GA.

Author The Monkey and the Fish

Craig Groeschel is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv.

Christianity in the New Asia

Church planter and founder of Dream Year, The Whiteboard Sessions and STORY in Chicago. Author of the book Church in the Making.

CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers and prolific blogger.

Author of Speaking of Faith and also the NPR radio show of the same name.

Jim Wideman is an internationally recognized voice in children’s and family ministry. He is a much sought after speaker, teacher, author, personal leadership coach, and ministry consultant who has over 30 years experience in helping churches thrive. Having served in 5 dynamic churches Jim understands what it takes to grow exciting, relevant ministries to people of all ages. For 17 years Jim led one of America’s largest local church children’s ministries in Tulsa, OK. Jim has also held various other positions in addition to children ministry throughout his career giving him a background in almost every area of the local church and Christian school. Jim currently serves as Associate Pastor at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, TN where he oversees the next generation and family ministries. In addition to working in a local church Jim has successfully trained hundreds of thousands of Children’s ministry leaders from all denominations and sizes of congregations in conferences and seminars around the world. Jim is considered an innovator, pioneer and father in the modern children’s ministry movement. He also currently serves as president of “The American Children’s Ministry Association,” as well as president of Jim Wideman Ministries and is one of the executive editors of K! Magazine. The International Network of Children’s Pastors awarded Jim the “Excellence in Ministry Award” in 1989 for his outstanding work in Children’s Ministry, and Children’s Ministry Magazine in 2001 honored him as one of ten “Pioneers Of the Decade” in children’s ministry. Jim created the Children’s Ministers Leadership Club in 1995 that is known today as “theClub” which has touched thousands of ministry leaders each month. This monthly audio leadership resource is still impacting leaders and causing them to think differently and become better leaders now! In 2007 Jim introduced a personal mentorship program called infuse where he and a hand picked group of leaders coach and mentor 20 leaders for a year. (A new group of 20 start every 6 months) Jim has one burning desire and that is to help others become better leaders. Jim believes his marching orders are to spend the rest of his life taking what he has learn about leadership and ministry and pour it into the next generation of children’s, youth, and family ministry leaders.

"Father" of Black Liberation Theology, a Godly person & my wonderful advisor at Union Theological Seminary

I heard him at The Whiteboard Sessions. Great speaker with big insight

Author

John is the Pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in CA.

One of the leading minds in Open Leadership, new media, and innovation for the Church.Technology and Communications Director at Bayside Church.

Director of the Verge Network, Pastor of Missional Communities at The Austin Stone Community Church

Author of Church for the Rest of Us, Historian, Lecturer

Pastor of Allison Park Church in Pittsburgh, PA and the founder of the MultiChurch Movement Network (www.MCMnetwork.org). A church planting revolutionary and a visionary leader.

Teaching Pastor of Clear Creek Community Church in League City TX. Yancy also has a GREAT blog and a very good read. http://blog.yanceyarrington.com/

Creative genius who leads the arts for Community Christian Church.

Happily Married, Father of 2, ...Devoted to awakening a generation to the cause of Christ! Student Life Pastor at The Masters Touch International in Orlando Florida

Former Campus Pastor at North Park University and founding Pastor of The Emmaus Community in Chicago.

9/11 survivor, International Evangelist and bestselling author.

Tim is the founding pastor of Jacob's Well, a Church in Kansas City but now a professor i New Zealand. He also wrote am absolutely amazing book entitled Intuitive Leadership.

Mike is a stud who thinks big and is full of radical grace! A voice that needs to be heard!

Writer, founder of @tmproject and semi-professional dog walker living in sunny Portland, Oregon.

Author of the book "Good to Great"

Doug Fields has been a pastor to teenagers and ministry leader for over 30 years. After graduating Vanguard University in 1984, he received his MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. He served at South Coast Community Church (now Mariners Church), in Newport Beach, CA for 11 years before he moved to be the youth and teaching pastor at Saddleback Church (Lake Forest, CA) of 20,000+ people. He was on staff there for almost 18 years.

Professor at Princeton University and author of Race Matters and BROTHER WEST: Living and Loving Out Loud.

Todd Bishop (@toddrbishop) serves as the founding and lead pastor of The Point at Westbury (www.pointchurch.tv) in Long Island, NY

Great new author of "Flirting With Faith" and a dynamic speaker.

Shannon, author of the newly released Transforming Church in Rural America, is known as innovative, inspiring and committed to reaching out to struggling rural churches. He has served Brand New Church as senior pastor for over seven years in Bergman, Arkansas, a small community of just over 400 people. Brand New Church has grown from 31 to over 2000 members with 5 campuses, 3 satellite house churches, 4 start-up/initiating remotes, and an online campus under Shannon’s leadership.

Spiritual Formation Pastor, Pirate, washed out break dancer and lecturer and nationally known speaker.

Author of The Great Giveaway, co-pastor of Life On The Vine

Andy is the pastor of North Point Church in Alpharetta, GA.

Hillsong Church and Founder of Equp and Empower

#outlawpreachers check out his tweets and podcast! @pastornar

Scott is the Campus Pastor of the Northwest Oklahoma City Campus of LifeChurch.tv.

Bible teacher. World speaker. Word slinger. http://blog.inthenameoflove.org/?page_id=2

Author of Girl Meets God and contributor to Beliefnet

Pastor of Connexus Church (a partner with North Point Church)

Former pastor, currently a Dad and Husband to a great homeschool family. Leading Christian blogger; brilliant expositor and commentator.

Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary

Richard Twiss is a member of the Rosebud Lakota/Sioux Tribe and the author of “One Church, Many Tribes.” He is the President of Wiconi International.

Lead Pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC | Author of "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day"

Ideation Strategist, Networker, and Compassionary

Pastor & author, North Coast Church, Vista, CA

Pastor Dino is the Lead Pastor of Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, LA.

Phil Johnson is the ring-leader of many assaults against pragmatism and utilitarian Christian ministry, and his voice would be an interesting contrast to many of the others on this list.

Author of Organic Church

Jesse Rice (@JesseRice) is the author of The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community. He was a worship arts director for eight years at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, CA, working specifically with college students and young adults. Jesse has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, has more than 15 years of ministry experience, and is an expert on the search for meaning and purpose in a hyperconnected and hyperdistracted world. He and his wife, Katie, live in Portland, Oregon. You can visit his blog at http://www.churchoffacebook.com.

Small Groups Pastor at Crosspoint Church in Spring Hill, FL - Small Groups Guru

Lead/Founding Pastor of Westridge Church near Atlanta, Georgia

Pastor at Crosspoint Church in Spring Hill, FL - "Serve where you're needed, LEAD where you're gifted."

Robert is the Senior Pastor at Community Bible Church. He planted the church 20 years ago and has a heart for young pastors.

Co-Author of "Why We Love The Church" and "Why We Are Not Emergent", Senior Pastor University Reformed Church in East Lansing, MI.

Jeff is the Lead Pastor of Buckhead Church in Atlanta, GA

Lead Pastor of Waters Edge Church in Yorktown, VA.

Adam is the Founding Pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, KS.

Founding Pastor of Soul Surivor Watford, England

Still giving her life to serve the poorest of the poor in Hong Kong. Author of "Chasing the Dragon".

DJ Chuang is a web strategist, currently working with Worship Leader Magazine (as Network Developer) and with Leadership Network (as Leadership Community Director for Multi-Site Churches). He has various professional experiences in web strategy, pastoral ministry, and software engineering, mostly in non-profit contexts. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M. Pastoral Leadership) and Virginia Tech (B.S. Electrical Engineering). He has been blogging at his personal website [www.djchuang.com] since 1999, with links to resources pertaining to churches multiethnic and/or Asian American.

Seth Barnes (@sethbarnes) is the founder and executive director of Adventures In Missions (www.adventures.org). He is an innovator in ministry and strong believer in radical discipleship.

After years of Youth Ministry, Michael planted Dining With Sinners in Lebanon, TN outside of Nashville. The church meets in his coffee shop, Java Joe's. Michael is an innovative thinker and an upcoming leader in the church-planting world.

Brad is a very Talented Blogger, Graphic Artist, & Speaker. He spent a season as the Media Director @ Lifebridge Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for a few years, when God opened up the Door to Become the Youth Pastor. Brad & and his family have Since Moved on. He and His wife Lisa & 2 daughters currently live In Indianapolis, Indiana Here is a Little Bit about Brad in His own words from His Blog : I love my family more than anything but I still struggle to keep my passions and priorities in order. I’m passionate about the Church, its influence on culture, and making it better. I’m constantly challenging the process - examining what I do, why I do it and its relevance in today’s progressive culture.

Church planter, missionary, global mentor, teacher, pioneer, compulsive reader, apostle, sweet guy.

Pastor of Rivertown Community Church, a multisite church in rural North Florida. RCC's vision is to plant and partner with prevailing churches in rural areas.

Worship Leader/ Recording Artist on 1CN Records/Provident in Nashville. Andy's debut record "Wake Up My Soul" just released nationwide may 11th. The 23 year old travels the continent leading worship for conferences and events, having just done a canadian tour with Big Daddy Weave + Building 429 he is in Nashville leading worship at Hopepark Church as an artist in residence gearing up for the 40 city US fall "Hope Restored Tour" with Aaron Shust and Big Daddy weave.

Walt Mueller is the President of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding.

ANOINTED, BOLD, GOD-CENTERED, VISIONARY are all terms used to describe Dr. Stacy L. Spencer, Senior Pastor of New Direction Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. The man of humble beginnings now leads one of the area’s fastest growing congregations with member numbers reflected in the thousands in only 5 years.

Todd is the Pastor of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas. He and his wife, Alex, are busy investing in their six kids, so though he is a much sought after speaker/teacher at conferences and camps around the country, he currently says no … much more than yes. He is a coach much more than a conference speaker, and purposes to be a better Dad and a faithful husband at home more than a hero on the road. He is a graduate of both the University of Missouri and Dallas Theological Seminary. Todd has extensive experience in both church and para-church ministry, having served on both Young Life and K-Life staff as well as 10 years at Kanakuk where he last served as Asst. Director at K-2. After leaving Kanakuk in 1990, Todd has been leading in the local church.

Author of over 30 books on church growth, speaker, Founder and Leader, Church Doctor Ministries. www.churchdr.org

Presbyterian Minister and Author of Tribal Church

Rich is the former UFC Middleweight Champion and loves the Lord

Author, unChristian, What a newgeneration really thinks about Christianity...and why it matters.

Dr. George O. Wood serves as the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God. Dr. Wood also pastored for 17 years in Costa Mesa, CA. During his tenure, the church experienced significant growth, relocated and constructed new facilities, and gave $1 million to world missions.

Co-leads Casa Sobre de la Roca (House on the Rock) in Mexico with her husband Alex, congresswoman leading justice issues in her country, founder of Camino a Casa - the first safe home for trafficking victims in Mexico, passionate speaker

Author of "Everyday Justice" - Mom, Writer, Activist, Dreamer…

Scott Cagle, founder and senior pastor of NorthStar Church in Koxville, TN. He is deeply devoted to the proclamation of Jesus Christ and the Word of God. As senior pastor, he has a passion for reaching people and leading them into Christ-like maturity.

Minister and spoken word artist. Tamara is an advocate for wholeness, working with those victimized, ostracized and marginalized both locally and internationally around issues of intimate abuse

Pastor at Western Presbyterian Church, author of Tribal Church, lecturer, blog writer for Huffington Post.

Dave is a founding pastor of Community Christian Church. He is also the visionary and Movement Leader for the NewThing Network. Dave is also an adjunct professor at Wheaton College Graduate School where he teaches a course on "Planting and Growing Reproducing Churches" in the evangelism and leadership department. He also serves as the President of the Exponential Conference and on the National Board of Directors for the Exponential Network. Dave is one of the founders and board members for the Institute for Community. He has also co-authored The BIG IDEA - Focus the Message, Maximize the Impact.

Founding Pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel

Author, speaker, activist, filmmaker and innovator.

Christian, husband, father, deacon, Southern Baptist, seminarian, blogger, golfer, sorta martial artist, ATL Evangelical Perspectives Examiner writer, and friend of sinners. As a lay minister, his opinion should matter to the viewers of TheNines!

Author of "The Climb of Your Life"

Outreach & Service Pastor at Crosspoint Church, in Spring Hill, FL - Servant Evangelism Junkie.

Lead Pastor of C3 Church, Clayton NC

The most influential individual Christian blogger. He is a follower of Jesus Christ, a husband to Aileen and a father to three young children. He writes books and blogs for fun while doing web design and consulting for a living. He worship and serve at Grace Fellowship Church as an elder and edits Discerning Reader.

General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church, and founder of World Hope International.

Zondervan Author & Pastor & Speaker. Igniting Souls on Fire. Discover YOUR SECRET NAME. www.yoursecretname.com

y'all know him as @Tragic_Pizza...#outlawpreachers!

Author and speaker. Seminary professor.

President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary... and a ridiculously fast reader and prolific blogger about current issues and Biblical theology

Wrote a great book, "No Perfect People Allowed"

Author of "Death by Church" and "Why Guys Need God."

Senior Pastor of Wave Church in Virginia Beach, VA.

Associate Professor of Christian Education at Columbia Theological Seminary. Specializes in research and teaching in ministries with youth and young adults

Church leaders could learn a lot from Gary about caring about people

Senior Pastor The Oaks Fellowship Dallas, Tx. Author, Mentor & Visionary

Writer

He is changing the internet ministry game!

Pastor of Revolution Church in New York, focusing on those who feel rejected by traditional approaches to Christianity.

Founder of Financial Peace University

Pastor, church consultant, author of many books.

Noted author/speaker on leadership and founder of 360church in Berkeley, CA

Woman of the Lord who has much to speak to us. Author of "An Army of Ordinary People", "Getting Started-House Church Manual" and co-author with husband Tony on-"Rabbit and the Elephant: Small is the New Big for Today's Church" and "Simply Church."

Director of Catalyst

Lead Pastor of The City Church in Seattle, Washington. He is also an author and an internationally recognized speaker.

Richard is lead pastor of the Uprising, an urban missional church plant in Tulsa, OK that embodies radical servanthood and is counter-cultural to the status-quo.

Kent Shaffer, founder of Church Relevance, is an organizational strategist. He brings a fresh perspective to ministries with his unique understanding of behaviors, culture and technology.

Professor, Minister, Displaced New Yorker, Social Activist, Feminist, and Lover of Words

Commonwaychurch.org

Chairman of the UK Anabaptist Network and the Author of the Church After Christendom

Chilly is the founder & lead pastor of Real Church and Xmin Academy © in Hamtramck and Detroit, MI

Professor of preaching

Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA

Pastor Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL

@greglaurie Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (www.epm.org) and the best-selling author of over thirty books (over four million in print), including the novels Deception and Safely Home. His nonfiction works include The Treasure Principle and Heaven.

Creative Director @ Center for Church Communication home of Church Marketing Sucks and the Church Marketing Lab.

Co-Pastor, Shoreline Church, Austin Texas

Marla Taviano is the author of From Blushing Bride to Wedded Wife (Harvest House, 2006), Is That All He Thinks About? (Harvest House, 2007), Changing Your World One Diaper at a Time (Harvest House, 2008), and Expecting (Howard, 2009). Marla is a gifted communicator with a passion for reaching young women with God’s truth. She delights readers with her personable writing style and candid sense of humor. In the midst of charming personal anecdotes, readers are led back to the truth of God’s Word.

He is Faux Hawk Man, national youth evangelist, disciple, author of "Walking the Tightrope of Life and an overall swell guy.

(@don_wilton) Pastor of FBC Spartanburg. President of The Encouraging Word. Dr. Billy Graham's Pastor

National director of InterVarsity Asian American Ministries, and author of "True Story: A Christianity Worth Believing In"

Pastor of New Life Church in Conway AR

Josh is the lead pastor of Encounter Assembly in Burbank, California

I am just a guy with flaws, talents and thoughts. Not a popular Christian blogger, not a head of any ministry but I have a heart for young adults and where this generation can go.

He writes a great blog that causes you to think about yourself, your place in this world and how you, as a Christian, can change it. Definitely a voice worth hearing.

Author, Speaker

he founding pastor of The Sum, Brandon Perritte is a radical that is passionate about turning the city of Baltimore around. Coming from Cleveland, Tennessee, he is known for his diligence and drive to spread the Word of Christ. Together with his wife Reagan, they serve the community full-time in an effort to show people the love of Jesus. Graduating from Lee University, Brandon is no stranger to ministry, but is still growing each and every day. He spends his spare time catching any Lakers or Florida State games he can, “tweeting” every move he makes, and slowly becoming an avid Mac user. He’s thankful for where God has brought him from, but even more thankful for where He is taking him.

Speaker and author of The Myth of the Perfect Mother.

Soong-Chan Rah is the author of The Next Evangelicalism and is Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism and North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.

Author, Speaker, and innovator of Christian worship practices.

Founder and Pastor of Mosaic Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also one of the leading voices in the world on multi-ethnicity in the church.

Jon is an under-the-radar pastor-teacher from Colwood Church in Caro, MI (colwood.org). He twitters about Juliet the Wonder Pug and other life-changing stuff at Twitter.com/FollowJon.

Speaker | Evangelist of sorts. Erik just put out a CD called Revolutionary Thoughts and has a thought provoking blog with the same title!

Externally Focused Pastor of Cornerstone Church of Boulder CO

Founder and President of iEmphathize - an arts and advocacy ministry. Abolitionist, Non-Profit Leader, Empathizer, Church-Planter

President of Partners in Church Consulting / Former teaching pastor at Fellowship Church & Saddleback Church .

Dr. Gary Friesen is a Bible Theology Professor at Multnomah University and the Head Elder at Imago Dei Community in Portland, Oregon. He is considered one of the noted authorities on C. S. Lewis. Author of Decision Making and the Will of God.

Pastor, Speaker, and Virtual World Church Planter. Founder of Koinonia - an online church & ministry in Second Life (Sophianne Rhode in SL). Circuit Rider for the Beatitudes Society, a progressive Christian network working for justice, compassion, and peace.

writer, activist, community organizer in Newark, NJ

Terrace is a passionate communicator of the gospel and has a heart for encouraging and equipping today's church leaders! Find out more about him at www.terracecrawford.com.

Pastor, author, strategist, leadership developer

Musician and Bible teacher, Austin, TX

A religious deviant who enjoys coffee, reading theology, graphic design, and spending time with his wife and son while creatively exploring the riches of the Spirit of Christ.

@chuckswindoll Leader of Insight for Living Ministries, Pastor of Stonebriar Church

Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, & author of many books

Steven is Lead Pastor of Elevation Church.

Community Outreach Pastor at Calvary Church Santa Ana and blogger

President of ARC. Speaking pastor at Church of the Highlands. Great leader!

As Converge Worldwide Church Planting director, Tom's passion is to fuel regional church planting movements so that they may be effective in expanding the Kingdom God. He is author of Empowering Leaders Through Coaching, The Coach’s Logbook, and Big Dreams in Small Places: Church Planting in Smaller Communities, Church Planting Landmines: Mistakes to Avoid in Years 2-10, and Parent Church Landmines.

Executive Pastor at Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, Tennessee

Professor of Church and Society, American Baptist College in Nashville, TN

Author of "They Like Jesus But Not the Church, Pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, CA.

Pastor at Church at the Bay in Tampa, FL - Situational Leadership

Sr. Pastor, Gateway Church, Dallas/Ft.Worth

worship leader at The Journey in Saint Louis, MO, artist, song-writer, pastor, child poverty advocate, Compassion International artist

Conference speaker and author

Shawn Wood (@ShawnWood) is the experiences pastor at multisite Seacoast Church and author of 200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One (Abingdon) and Wasabi Gospel (Abingdon). As experience pastor, he helps create Spirit-filled (yet not creepy) kind of mystical connections with God on 13 campuses and the Web. As an author (when he has lots to say), he writes books, but he also opines often in 140 characters on Twitter and a few more characters his blog. You can visit his website at www.shawnwoodwrites.com.

@RevRunWisdom Formerly Run DMC

Zondervan author, blogger, social justince, speaker.

Keith is a former pastor who left paid staff to launch a house church where 100% of all offerings could go to help the poor in the community. Author of "The Gospel: For Here or To Go?" which he gives away for free on his blog.

Pastor of the Mt. Union Wesleyan Church- a small but innovative church committed to making a big difference in their rural community.

President of Reclaiming the Mind Ministries and popular Christian blogger at Parchment and Pen.

Author of "Evolving in Monkey Town: How A GIrl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask The Questions"

Artist, Founder of the International Arts Movement. An internationally-renown Japanese-American artist, Mako combines ancient traditional Japanese Nihonga with western techniques, creating an art form that is unique and beautiful. Mako has served on the National Council on the Arts since 2003, and his work is shown in New York at Chelsea's Dillon Gallery. Mako is also the founder of International Arts Movement. (www.makotofujimura.com)

Renee Johnson (@faithbookjesus) is a spirited speaker and writer to twenty-somethings whose mission is to “spur others forward” in their walks with God (Hebrews 10:24) using the lessons learned from her own trials. Renee graduated from Biola University and has had the pleasure of working with top nationally known Christian speakers and writers at Outreach Events. Her book, Faithbook of Jesus, released in March with over 30+ endorsers from the Christian community. Renee’s devotional blog, Twitter, Facebook, and social media reaches thousands of readers. Find out more about Renee and/or sign up for weekly devotionals at devotionaldiva.com

CEO of Christian Community Development Organization; served in urban ministry in the capacities of church planting and community development in San Francisco, San Jose & Chicago. Co-author of "A Heart for the Community, New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry."

Pastor of Eastside Christian Church

Jason C Dukes is the author of "Live Sent", pastor at Westpoint Church and has been a part of creating the Restoration Concept, House Blend Cafe, the Reproducing Churches network, and the Church of West Orange.

Husband, Father of 3, Lead Pastor at Flamingo Road Church.

Candace Chellew-Hodge is the founder/editor of Whosoever: An Online Magazine for GLBT Christians and currently serves as associate pastor at Garden of Grace United Church of Christ in Columbia, S.C. Her new book is Bulletproof Faith: A Spiritual Survival Guide for Gay and Lesbian Christians (Jossey-Bass, 2008).

@maxlucado Author

@SteveSjogren Author, Kindness Evangelism & Servant Evangelism guru

Multi-Site Church Specialist

David Watson serves as the Vice President of Global Church Planting with CityTeam Ministries, San Jose, CA. His primary responsibility is to catalyze Church Planting Movements in difficult to reach cities and countries around the world. The primary methodology used is the training of local leaders in evangelism, discipleship, disciple making, church planting, leadership, church planting strategies and church planting movements. God has used the leaders David trained to start over 40,000 churches in the past 15 years, and more than 2 million people have been baptized as a result of God's moving in the areas where trained local workers have devoted themselves to God's work. David has trained leaders in more than 120 countries around the world.

Sr. Pastor of Pinelake Church in Brandon, MS with venues in Madison, Clinton and Starkville,Ms.

President of TOUCH Outreach Ministries and Small Group Blogger

Pastor and church planter (co-pastor of Bloom in St. Paul, MN, www.whybloom.com) who was raised on the mission field in Peru. A collaborative and gifted leader who ignites change by communicating vision to others in a way that helps them understand their unique purposes and roles. (http://twitter.com/DanielGutierrez)

How to reach men in church? Ask Kenny Luck!

Founder and Executive Director of Stephen Ministries, a not-for-profit organization that has been equipping congregation members to do significant ministry since 1975.

Pastor of Celebration Church of Jacksonville

Erik Lawson, the founding Pastor of Element Church, is a 20-year veteran noted for his innovative approach to ministry. Prior to pioneering Element Church, Erik was on the staff of Church On The Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma for over twelve years under the leadership of Pastor Willie George. During this time, Erik served as Associate Youth Pastor and then Youth Pastor of Church On The Move's nationally acclaimed youth ministry, Oneighty ®.

Jason helps organizations and churches develop people to become influencers. www.jasonyounglive.com

Will is a Ph.D. professor of Sociology at Georgetown College in Kentucky and is the author of "Enough" and "Justice in the Burbs" (with his wife Lisa Samson).

Founding pastor of Zoe: Livable Church in downtown Tacoma and co-founder of The Parish Collective

Chuck's been doing an incredible job leading Crossroads, running thousands of people, seeing thousands come to Christ and be baptized last year. He also led the church out of the brink of having to shut down due to financial problems.

Leader & Pastor of The Community Fellowship in Collinsville, VA. A 3 year old church plant that the Lord is using to do a tremendous work, offering hope and seeking to see dreams come true in the community they are serving.

Dudley is the senior pastor of the 10,000 member church- Shepherd fo the Hills in Los Angeles. He is an extraordinary, cross-platform communicator—he shares biblical and relevant messages via weekend church services and television, radio, and internet ministries. A dynamic convention and motivational speaker, Dudley has had the honor of serving as Vice President of the North American Christian Convention and the distinction of speaking for several professional sports teams. He was also a featured chapel speaker for the World Series.

Professor of Christian Formation and Ministry at Wheaton College. Author of Children Matter: Celebrating their Place in the Church, Family and Community

A nationally recognized speaker and trainer, specializing in team building and leadership development. She is the author of Leadership 101.

Pastor of Saturday Night Community Church in Tulsa, OK.

Andy is a funny and sharp church planter in Cleveland,OH who brings a unique, fresh voice to pastoring Millennials in the 21st Century.

Founder and Pastor of Cool River in Superior, CO. Church planter, blogger, glocal leader

Professor of Feminist Liberation Theologies at University of Winchester. Author of The Power of Erotic Celibacy; The Fat Jesus; Patriarchs, Prophets, and Other Villians.

Founder of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI

In her transparent style, Lisa shares God’s Word woven with personal experiences to empower lives with freedom and transformation. Her heart breaks over social injustice, and as an advocate for change, she rallies others to be an answer to desperate problems near and far.

A deep thinker and blogger on issues of technology and its impact on the church, developing website to spread the gospel, train people in the bible and generally advance the cause of Christ.

Jon Zens is one of the most humble, gifted and intelligent scholars in the Body of Christ today.

Mike Rusch's Cobblestone Project (@CSProject) is making "A Community Without Need" a reality in NWArkansas. Christians all over the country could learn from their innovation, collaboration and heart of serving their community with Christ's love.

Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, and President of the Lawless Group, a church consulting firm.

Pastor at large for the Presbyterian Church.