Featured Speakers
Whitney Simpson
Whitney Simpson Contact Info: Email: whitney (at ) exploringpeace.com Website: http://exploringpeace.com Twitter: @justwhitney Bio: Whitney offers retreat leadership, workshops and spiritual direction for individuals and groups (of all ages) who seek to explore God’s peace in their lives through body, mind and spirit. As a survivor of multiple health crises including melanoma skin cancer, stroke… [Continue Reading]
Rev. Andy Stoker PhD.
BIO: Growing up in El Paso, Texas, Andy Stoker learned to appreciate people from a variety of backgrounds, cultures and passions. With his grandparents living just two blocks away and a supportive blended family, he felt the love of God through lots of humor, love, humor, differences, humor, grace and humor. As a lifelong United… [Continue Reading]
Tim Eldred
BIO: Tim currently serves as the President of Christian Endeavor International, a 130-year-old youth movement regarded as the father of youth ministry in North America. He also directs the newest expression of the ministry simply called, Endeavor. For over twenty years, Tim has been working in the world of youth ministry with the approach that,… [Continue Reading]
Erin Sloan Jackson
BIO: Currently serves as the National Director of Community and Care for the Center for Youth Ministry Excellence (CYMX) and The YouthWorker Movement. Founder of the Just One Starfish mentoring ministry, a nonprofit focused on training Christian high school students to mentor at-risk elementary school students. Erin is a certified United Methodist youth minister who has… [Continue Reading]
Edgar Bazan
BIO: The Rev. Edgar Bazan is a local pastor in the North Texas Annual Conference. He has been serving in the conference for 10 years supporting the development of Hispanic and multicultural ministries. He is currently leading Oak Cliff United Methodist Church, a church that is experiencing rapid growth through renewal and revival. His leadership… [Continue Reading]
Bishop Wilke
BIO: Bishop Wilke and his wife Julia are the developers and authors of the Disciple Bible Study program with over 3 million participants throughout the world. Disciple is now moving into an online format for youth. Bishop Wilke teaches and preaches on the nature of the Bible and how Bible study is key to the… [Continue Reading]
Joseph Yoo
Bio: I have no big accomplishments to share with anyone. I’m just a humble, awkward, and geeky guy who loves Jesus and who feels strongly called to ministry. I consider my hometown Mililani, Oahu, Hawaii, even though I moved there when I was 16. I went to college at University of Hawaii and graduated from Wesley… [Continue Reading]
Tiffanie Shanks
BIO: As a young, passionate, follower of Christ, I enjoy living in ministry for the God of the broken, redeemed, and restored. I love to share the message of the Gospel that has captured my heart and changed my life through the art of Spoken Word. Spoken Word is a form of poetry intentionally written… [Continue Reading]
Charles Harrison
Charles Harrison Contact Info: Email: charles (at) mcyouth (dot) org Phone: (972) 333-9870 Website: http://charleswharrison.com Twitter: @UthGuyChaz Facebook: http://facebook.com/charles.w.harrison Speaker Bio: Charles Currently serves as CEO and Executive Director of The Center for Youth Ministry Excellence (CYMX) and The Youthworker Movement. He is actively working to bring on-line training to folks in Youthwork through www.BeADisciple.com and is helping… [Continue Reading]
Ed Simmons
Ed Simmons BIO: Rev. Ed. Simmons was named executive director of Mountain T.O.P. in 2006 after the retirement of founder and past executive director, George Bass. Simmons holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida, an MBA from the University of Houston, and received his pastoral training from Chandler School of Theology and Perkins… [Continue Reading]
Stephen Rankin
BIO: to steal a title from an old song, my my beautiful obsession is to help develop young leaders for Christian ministry. This means also challenging other parts of the Christian world to recognize our responsibility and sometimes our culpability, but also the possibilities. I love nothing more than having the chance to teach, preach… [Continue Reading]
Sarah Arthur
BIO: Sarah Arthur is a fun-loving speaker and the author of numerous books on the role of stories and imagination in spiritual formation. Her award-winning youth books include “Walking with Frodo: A Devotional Journey through The Lord of the Rings”; “Walking with Bilbo: A Devotional Adventure through The Hobbit”; “Dating Mr. Darcy: The Smart Girl’s… [Continue Reading]
John Ellis
John Ellis Contact Info: Email: johnellis05 (at ) gmail.com Website: http://www.JohnWEllis.com Twitter: @johnwellis Facebook: http://facebook.com/johnellis Bio: John Ellis is CEO and Owner of Crescent Interactive, an online marketing agency specializing in search and social. John Ellis is a frequent search industry speaker and has spent most of his career as an “in-house” marketer. Working from… [Continue Reading]
Jeremy Steele
BIO: I have spent the past fifteen years in professional ministry mainly focused in the areas of tweeners, youth, and young adults. I write for Group magazine, RETHINK Church, and other publications and am one of the featured trainers with Barefoot Online. I also travel as a speaker and ministry trainer. I serve as the… [Continue Reading]
Georgia Harrison
BIO: Georgia Harrison has been working with youth for over 20 years. She has a BS in Math from Mississippi College and an MS in Math from Clemson University and worked in the software development field for 20 years. She has a Masters of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology and has been Commissioned as… [Continue Reading]
