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David Arcos is a professional artist who has used his gifts in concept design, writing, and directing to create original productions for the last 15 years. He has written, performed, and directed pieces that have been presented before national presidents, governors, and community leaders around the world, and performed before audiences of over 200,000 during the Promise Keepers Tour of 2004. David is a 'total creative' who acts, writes, sings, composes, sketches, dances, and directs, but his passion is to design the experience. He creates multi-layered, multi-textured human compositions through performances that stir the heart and illuminate the human spirit. He serves as Performing Arts Director at Mosaic in Los Angeles and with the Artisans of Awaken, an organization that seeks to catalyze a movement of human creativity and freedom through artistic experiences and spiritual impact. www.mosiac.org |
Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church (www.theaterchurch.com ) in Washington, DC. NCC was recognized as one of the 25 Most Innovative Churches in America by Outreach Magazine in 2007. Focused on reaching emerging generations, 73% of NCCers are single twenty-somethings and 70% come from an unchurched or dechurched background. The vision of NCC is to meet in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the metro DC area. NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill. In 2007, Ebenezers was recognized as the #2 coffeehouse in the metro DC area by AOL CityGuide. Mark has two Masters Degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. And he is a daily blogger @ www.markbatterson.com. Mark is married to Lora and they live on Capitol Hill with their three children: Parker, Summer, and Josiah. |
Nancy Beach is a speaker, author, visionary leader, and champion for the power of the arts and artists in the local church. She served for over 20 years as the Programming Director for Willow Creek Community Church in suburban Chicago, a congregation known around the world for creating culturally relevant, biblically based services that make full use of the arts. Dedicated to creating opportunities for artists in the church to use their gifts for effective ministry, her role at Willow included supervision of all aspects of the arts—including worship, music, drama, dance, photography, production, video, and design. Today Nancy continues her role as a teaching pastor at Willow Creek, while also serving as the Executive Vice President for the Arts at the Willow Creek Association, a not-for-profit organization serving over 12,000 Member churches and others, representing 90 denominations in 35 countries. This new responsibility allows her to focus the majority of her time on serving other church arts leaders and their teams in the U.S. and around the world, building a community of Christ-following artists seeking to serve God as they create transformational moments in Sunday morning church services. A sought-after conference speaker, Nancy uses her teaching gifts to inspire, motivate, and cast vision, while skillfully relating themes of soul transformation with every day people and experiences. Her latest book, The Hour on Sunday, expresses Nancy’s core vision and values for effective arts ministries. Nancy and her husband Warren live in Barrington with their two teenage daughters and a cat named Elphaba. |
Eric Bryant serves as an elder, speaker, and navigator overseeing the leadership team at Mosaic in Los Angeles. Starting as a volunteer in the parking lot at Mosaic, Eric later worked with students and then helped catalyze new venues across Los Angeles. He also teaches at the Southern California campus of Golden Gate Seminary and is working on his Doctorate of Ministry with Bethel Seminary. A sought-after speaker, Eric is one of the co-authors of The Uprising Experience, a workbook developed for Promise Keepers based on Erwin McManus' book Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, and has written several articles for Group and Relevant Leader magazines. His book, Peppermint-Filled Piñatas: Breaking Through Tolerance and Embracing Love, was published with Zondervan in June 2007. Eric lives with his wife, Debbie, and two children, Caleb and Trevi in the middle of Los Angeles. Read Eric's blog at www.ericbryant.org/blog. |
Dr. Cloud is a clinical psychologist with a unique ability to connect with audiences. Drawing upon his broad range of experiences in private practice, leadership consulting, and media, he simplifies life’s issues and gives easy to understand, practical advice. As president of Cloud-Townsend Resources, Dr. Cloud has produced and conducted hundreds of public seminars around the country, speaking on business and leadership development, as well as relationships of all kinds. In his consulting practice, he works with leaders in a wide range of organizations and corporations, from family held firms to Fortune 25 companies. Dr. Cloud has written or co-written more than twenty books, including the million-seller Boundaries and his most recent books, The Secret Things of God: Unlocking the Treasures Reserved for You and Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality. www.cloudtownsend.com |
He's been called a "media guru" by Christianity Today magazine, and "rare" by former CNN journalist Paula Zahn. The author of Branding Faith: Why Some Churches and Non-Profits Impact Culture and Others Don't is changing the way religion and culture interact – and the way churches, religious organizations, and other non-profits use the media to tell their story. From small churches and non-profits to global organizations, Phil Cooke’s ideas and strategies are being used and valued around the world, and his blog at philcooke.com is bringing a new perspective to the discussion of media and faith. He is CEO and Creative Director of Cooke Pictures - a media production and consulting company that produced "The Better Hour" - a feature documentary on William Wilberforce broadcast nationwide on PBS this past February, and is a founding partner at TWC Films - a TV commercial company which produced two commercials for Super Bowl |
Wayne Cordeiro is Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii; one of the nation’s fastest growing churches. New Hope, on the island of O`ahu, is Pastor Wayne’s eleventh pioneer work, opening its doors in September of 1995. Since then New Hope has grown to over 11,000 in weekend attendance with 8,500 of those being first-time decisions. Pastor Wayne is an author, songwriter, and highly sought after speaker. He has authored eight books, including Doing Church as a Team, Dream Releasers, The Seven Rules of Success and The Divine Mentor in addition to releasing three music CDs. His speaking schedule takes him around the State of Hawaii weekly as well as around the continental United States, into Canada and around the world. As a motivational speaker for businesses and civic organizations, Pastor Wayne’s most popular talks include subjects on leadership, building relationships, and restructuring for success. Prior to relocating to O`ahu, Wayne pastored in Hilo, Hawaii for 12 years. He is a church planter at heart and has helped to plant 80 churches in the Pacific Rim and beyond, including Hawaii, Seattle, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, the Philippines, Japan, and Myanmar. Today, New Hope continues to build and train leaders and pastors through the Pacific Rim Bible College, New Hope International Ministries and the Hawaii Leadership Practicum. New Hope O`ahu also hosts their annual “Doing Church as a Team” conference. This popular leadership conference fills to maximum capacity with registrants from around the State of Hawaii and the world. Pastor Wayne and his wife, Anna, celebrate their 34st wedding anniversary this year with their three children, Amy, Aaron, and Abigail. www.enewhope.org |
Dr. John Crosby has been the Senior Pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church of Edina since September 1989. Prior to his service in the Twin Cities he was the Executive Pastor at the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, following ministry in the Chicago area. Dr. Crosby has traveled throughout the developing world and is on the Board of Directors for World Vision US. Christ Presbyterian's extensive Mission ministry includes both domestic and international involvement, with significant partnerships to engage members in direct ministry. Dr. Crosby was on the editing team for both the Serendipity Study Bible and the Life Application Bible, and has published articles in various magazines including Leadership Magazine. John and his wife, Laura, have two adult daughters and live in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. |
Marcus "Goodie" Goodloe's passions moved him professionally to engage adults and youth in both structured and organic conversations surrounding the areas of leadership, racial reconciliation, synergy, strategic planning, and social justice. These experiences led to his involvement as a national speaker for The Song of Solomon Bible Conferences, Youth Specialties, and Rightnow.org. Goodie co-wrote and developed a DVD leadership and social justice series, in conjunction with www.Bluefish.tv.com, on the life and person of Nehemiah. He serves as cite catalyst of the Westside gathering of Mosaic. A Compton, California native, Goodie is currently pursuing a PhD in leadership at Dallas Baptist University. He has been married to Lucy since 1997; they have two children, Hannah, 5, and Joshua, 3. |
Bill Hybels is the senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, and chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. He convened The Leadership Summit in 1995 following a God-given prompting to help develop the spiritual gift of leadership in the local church. A highly sought-after conference speaker on issues related to Christian leadership, Hybels is the best-selling author of more than 20 books including Courageous Leadership, The Volunteer Revolution, and the recent summer 2007 release, Holy Discontent. |
Born in the city of Maloube, Uganda and educated in the country, Dr. Katongole was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest by the Kampala Archdiocese in 1987. Since his ordination he has served parishes in Africa, Belgium, and the United States. Professor Katongole is co-director of the Center of Reconciliation at the Divinity School—a center whose mission is to inspire, form, and support leaders, communities and congregations to think, feel, and live as ambassadors of reconciliation in a broken world. Katongole’s research interests cover a wide range of issues related to theology and violence especially in Africa. He examines the role of stories in the formation of political identity, the dynamics of social memory and the nature and role of Christian imagination. His published works include: Beyond Universal Reason; The Relation Between Religion and Ethics in the Work of Stanley Hauerwas (Notre Dame Press, 2000), African Theology Today (Scranton Press, 2002), and more recently, A Future for Africa (University of Scranton Press, 2005). Katongole serves on the board of the International Academic Advisory Council of St. Augustine’s College of South Africa. |
Author, speaker and pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California. Dan Kimball helped found the church in 2004 to reach a new generation of people in a post-Christian culture. Dan is adjunct faculty with George Fox Evangelical Seminary, and is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree there. As a leading voice in the Emerging Church discussions, Kimball's writings are often focused on interfacing with culture and the church. Dan's books include They Like Jesus, But Not the Church, The Emerging Church, and Emerging Worship. www.dankimball.com |
Yvonne Latty is the author of In Conflict: Iraq War Veterans Speak Out on Duty, Loss and the Fight to Stay Alive (Polipoint Press 2006) and the critically acclaimed We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq (Harper Collins/Amistad 2004). She worked for the Philadelphia Daily News for 13 years where she was an award winning reporter specializing in urban issues. Professor Latty was featured in the History Channel’s Documentary Honor Deferred and has lectured nationally. Born and raised in New York City, she earned a BFA in Film/Television and later an MA in Journalism from New York University. www.yvonnelatty.com |
Rick McKinley is the founding pastor of Imago Dei Community in Portland, Oregon, a missional community loving and blessing the city. Rick is the co-creator of the Advent Conspiracy, which is an initiative designed to help solve the water crisis by calling Christians back to the real meaning of Christmas. He is also co-creator of Love Portland, a growing city-wide initiative designed to engage the church in strategic relationships with their community by serving neglected areas and people in the city. He is the author of Jesus in the Margins and This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Presence of the Kingdom of God. Rick is married to his best friend, Jeanne, and they have four wonderful children. |
As the lead pastor and Cultural Architect of Mosaic in Los Angeles, Erwin McManus has led Mosaic in a pioneering enterprise whose primary focus is to serve the post-modern, post-Western, and post-Christian world. He is the author of such books as An Unstoppable Force (a Gold Medallion Award finalist), Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, The Barbarian Way, and Soul Cravings. McManus is widely known as a thought-provoking communicator, engaging such issues as culture, creativity, change, and leadership. He also partners with Bethel University as a distinguished lecturer and futurist. www.erwinmcmanus.com |
Kim leads SHE Community - a force of women at Mosaic who desire to voice a message of faith, hope, and love to Los Angeles and to all women on this planet. At the age of eight, Kim was sent to live with a foster family in rural North Carolina and always struggled with the feeling of being an orphan. As a young girl, she learned to find her strength in God, who taught her that she was not alone, that He loved her, and that Jesus was the One she truly needed to be whole. Today, Kim is using her voice to help women find freedom from fear, abuse, and hopelessness, and is mentoring leaders who will shape our culture not only relationally, but also through entrepreneurial ingenuity. |
Bestselling author and sought-after speaker, Mark Mittelberg is a leading strategist and consultant in outreach and evangelism. He is the author of Building a Contagious Church: Revolutionizing the Way We View and Do Evangelism, co-author (with Bill Hybels) of the bestselling Becoming a Contagious Christian, contributing editor of The Journey, a Bible for spiritual seekers; and the primary author of the celebrated Becoming a Contagious Christian Training Course, which has been translated into twenty languages and taught to more than a million people around the globe. |
Teaching Pastor for eight years at Willow Creek Community Church in So. Barrington, Illinois, Nancy Ortberg is a founding partner of Teamworx2, a consulting firm that works with organizations to help leaders overcome team dysfunctions that are obstacles to high performance and work enjoyment. www.mppcfamily.org |
Paul Richardson is the Founder of Charis Foundation and the National Director of Mustard Seed Indonesia. He leads a network of 26 schools, orphanages, community outreach centers, teacher training programs and youth centers across the Indonesian archipelago. In 2005 he founded The Creative Center, a team of Indonesian artists who work with and impact the people of Muslim environments through the creative arts. Paul lives on the island of Java with his wife Cyndi and their three children. |
Producer-Writer Dan Rupple is the CEO of Seriously Funny Entertainment, producing creative content for the digital age. Formerly Dan was a Supervising Producer for CBS Television (The Price Is Right, Late Show with David Letterman), founding member of the pioneering Christian comedy team Isaac Air Freight, Honorary Chairman of the Christian Comedy Association and an adjunct instructor at his alma mater Biola University. |
A former spiritual skeptic, Lee Strobel is the bestselling author of The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith, and Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage (co-authored with his wife, Leslie) and Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary. Formerly an award-winning legal editor at the Chicago Tribune, Lee has served as a Teaching Pastor at two of the country's largest and most-influential churches: Willow Creek and Saddleback. His latest book is The Case for the Real Jesus. www.leestrobel.com |
Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of "To Write Love On Her Arms" (TWLOHA), a non-profit movement which aims to present hope and find help for young people facing issues such as depression, drug addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to be a great first step to recovery, and to raise awareness about these issues, and the help and hope that exists in the face of them. Jamie has been invited to speak at concerts, colleges, churches, music festivals, and conferences about the work of TWLOHA. In August 2007, TWLOHA was honored with a MySpace Impact Award in the category of "Community Building", for which the organization received a $10k donation from MySpace, in addition to being featured for one week on the front page of MySpace - the busiest single page on the internet. |
Kurt Vickman is the Director of the Upper Room Community. A community that is trying to love God and others in the rhythm of Jesus. He has been working at CPC since 1995. Kurt has been a follower of Jesus since college.... which is when he first encountered his love for him. He grew up in Edina... went to college at St.John's University... and has been attending Bethel Seminary. His sister Shannon, Bother In-Law Dave, and Brother Scott all live in Minneapolis. His hero in life is his mother Diane and his Grandmother Kathleen... they have both taught him how to follow Jesus. When he is not at work he loves snowboarding, traveling, and sitting at coffee shops. |
