Abel and Ganelle Sutton are parents, pastors, teachers, entrepreneurs, leaders, authors, and friends. Abel is Hospice Care Consultant for Community Home Care and Hospice, Realtor, and Pastor of Faithway Church of Jesus in Elizabeth City, NC. Ganelle is Founder, Director, and CEO of The Young Author's Club, English teacher, and author of two books (writing her 3rd). Together, they parent five beautiful and talented children.   

Dr. Beth Felker Jones, earned her doctorate at Duke University, teaches theology at North Seminary. She is the author of books including Faithful: A Theology of Sex, Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically, God the Spirit: Introducing Pneumatology in Wesleyan and Ecumenical Perspective, and The Marks of His Wounds: Resurrection Doctrine and Gender Politics. 

Brian Zahnd is the founder and lead pastor of Word of Life Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. As the lead pastor he is the primary preacher during weekend services, and he oversees the direction of the church. Pastor Brian is a passionate reader of theology and philosophy, an avid hiker and mountain climber, and authority on all things Bob Dylan. He and his wife, Peri, have three adult sons and seven grandchildren. He is the author of several books, including Unconditional?, Beauty Will Save the World, A Farewell To Mars, Water To Wine, Sinners In The Hands Of A Loving God, and Postcards From Babylon.  Follow his blog at www.brianzahnd.com.

Chris was born in Raleigh, NC with a severe stutter and unquenchable emptiness. He looked for anything that would calm his nerves and fill his void, which soon led him to drugs. By age 17, he was shooting up heroin daily and selling drugs to continue his habit. On December 18th of 2010, Chris entered into yet another rehab program weighing 100 pounds, deathly addicted to heroin, and still without the ability to talk. Six days later, he attended a church down the street from the rehab center and heard the Gospel. That night everything changed. Jesus snatched him out of hell and gave him a taste of the pleasure he'd been looking for. Shortly after that Jesus called him to preach. Over the next few years, Jesus literally healed Chris's voice and began to open doors for him to share his story and preach the gospel on many different platforms. Since officially launching CDM in June 2015, Chris, along with his wife Kathleen, and the rest of the CDM team have had the privilege of speaking at over two hundred events and have seen thousands of people make a profession of faith in Christ. Jesus uses unschooled ordinary people to do incredible things because He gets all the glory. We love that God is using us, but we are rejoicing way more that our names are written in heaven.

Kurt Willems is a pastor, church planter, and writer. He is also the host of the Theology Curator podcast. He has a master of divinity degree from Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary and a master of arts in comparative religion from the University of Washington. He and his wife, Lauren, have two daughters and reside in Calgary, Canada.  

Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. She is also the host of Viral Jesus, a podcast with Christianity Today. Heather is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is passionate about supporting women, and runs an online community called I’m That Wife which has over 200k followers. Heather’s writing has been featured on outlets like the Today Show, and the National Communication Association. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio Live and has been featured in Forbes.  She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches for young people. She is the author of 7 books; including It’s Not Your Turn, and Confessions of a Christian Wife. She resides in Michigan, with her husband, Seth Day, and their three children, London, Hudson, and Sawyer Day. 

Tullian is a south Florida native. The middle of seven children, he dropped out of high school and got kicked out of his house at 16 years old. After a few years of running from God, God captured him and gave him a burning desire to reach a broken world with God’s boundless grace. He eventually graduated from Columbia International University, where he earned a degree in philosophy, and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he earned his Master of Divinity degree. 

A grandson of the late evangelist Billy Graham, Tullian was the founding pastor of New City Church in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which later merged with the historic Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in 2009, where he served as Senior Pastor until June 2015. He wrote a number of best-selling books, traveled extensively around the country speaking, founded a ministry called LIBERATE—a ministry that sought to “connect God’s inexhaustible grace to an exhausted world” through conferences, books, a website, a daily radio program, and a weekly TV broadcast—and then it all came crashing down in late spring of 2015. As a result of infidelity, his first marriage ended in divorce and life as he knew it came to an end. In the aftermath of his season of self-destruction, Tullian met his current wife Stacie—a native Texan. They have been married since August 2016, and together they have five children and two grandchildren. Unlike Tullian, Stacie comes from a long history of family brokenness. Adultery, addiction, and abuse make up just a small portion of the many dysfunctional narratives of her large and extended family. When Stacie was 18, she became an unwed teenage mom. Over the next 17 years, she experienced much pain and loss—infidelity, two marriages, and two divorces. All of those hard and painful experiences taught her much about sin and grace, desperation, and deliverance. And as a result, she developed a huge burden for people who have crashed and burned, people who are recovering from their own damaged lives. In the years following Tullian’s crash and burn, he was nursed back to health by a handful of seasoned pastors, counselors, and friends, in addition to his loving wife, Stacie. Then in 2017, they started traveling and speaking at churches, recovery places, and other gatherings about how God heals broken people. In early 2019, after being out of pastoral ministry for nearly four years, a group of people from Jupiter, Florida, approached Tullian and Stacie about the possibility of starting a new church. After months of conversations and meetings, prayer and counsel—and with the unequivocal blessing and support of their pastor and the elders of their home church in Cape Coral—Tullian and Stacie relocated to Palm Beach County to start The Sanctuary. As partners in life and ministry, Tullian and Stacie are wholeheartedly committed to declaring and delivering God’s boundless love to broken people.

Tod Bolsinger SENIOR CONGREGATIONAL STRATEGIST AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP FORMATION BA, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGEMDIV, PHD, FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Tod Bolsinger joined Fuller Seminary in 2014 as vice president for vocation and formation and assistant professor of practical theology, and he now serves as vice president and chief of leadership formation. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1993, Dr. Bolsinger served as senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church from 1997 to 2014. Prior to that he was associate pastor of discipleship and spiritual formation at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. Holding both a PhD in Theology and Master of Divinity from Fuller, Bolsinger taught graduate-level classes in theology for 14 years at Fuller’s regional campus in Orange County prior to joining the seminary’s regular faculty. He has extensive experience in church and nonprofit consulting and executive coaching, and writes infrequent weblogs on church and leadership formation. His faculty role at Fuller includes teaching the Practices of Vocational Formation class and a cohort in Leading Change for DMin students. Bolsinger has authored three books, It Takes a Church to Raise a Christian: How the Community of God Transforms Lives (Brazos, 2004), Show Time: Living Down Hypocrisy by Living Out the Faith (Baker, 2005), and Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory (IVP Books, 2015). Bolsinger has also written a chapter about building community in a virtual world in the book The New Media Frontier: Blogging, Vlogging, and Podcasting for Christ (Crossway, 2008) and contributes essays and articles to journals in the areas of leadership, spiritual formation, leadership formation, and innovation.

Pastor Anthony is the founding pastor of Northpark Church in Raleigh, NC. He also serves as the Ministerial Development & Church Advancement Director for Eastern North Carolina Church of God. Prior to planting the Northpark Church, he served as the State Youth and Christian Education Director in Arkansas. He also served more than nine years as the youth pastor of Tanglewood Church in Kinston, NC. He is a graduate of East Carolina University and received his Masters Degree in Leadership and Administration from Mid-American Christian University. His greatest love is his late wife, Mary Ann, and his greatest joys are his two kids, Blaire & Micah. His greatest superpower is his incredible ability deliver the perfect dad joke!

Chuck DeGroat PROFESSOR OF PASTORAL CARE AND CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY Chuck is committed to spiritual and emotional formation for the sake of mission. His experience is represented in a fluid combination of pastoral ministry and seminary training for 20 years. He has served several church plants as a teaching pastor and has started two church-based clinical counseling centers. Most recently, he was a teaching pastor at City Church San Francisco, where he co-founded Newbigin House of Studies, an urban and missional training center with offerings through Western Theological Seminary. His academic specialization is in the intersection of psychology and the Bible, represented best in his book Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places (Square Inch) – a narrative biblical paradigm for understanding counseling, care, mission, and formation. His next book, The Toughest People to Love (Eerdmans), focuses on caring for the most difficult people leaders encounter.  Wholeheartedness (Eerdmans) was released in February 2016, and When Narcissism Comes to Church (IVP) came out in 2020. He is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, a member of City Classis (the RCA’s urban, missional classis), and he holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. Chuck has been married to Sara for 26 years and has two daughters – Emma and Maggie. 

Kaylee B. Bynum, LCMHC, NCC, CCMHC​Founder & President of Peaceful Waters Counseling & Wellness Center, PC Kaylee uses a combination of personally tailored techniques that meet the unique needs of her clients. In addition, she is able to offer a Biblically based approach that integrates Christian faith, beliefs, and values. Kaylee has been in practice since January, 2015 and has experience working with children (ages 3+), adolescents, teenagers, adults, couples, families, and groups. In her spare time, Kaylee enjoys spending time with her husband, playing with her dogs, reading research, and soaking up the great outdoors. Kaylee B. Bynum is a graduate of both Texas A&M University and Regent University. She holds a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies, M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and Certificate of Graduate Studies in School Counseling. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) through the North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors and a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC) through the National Board of Certified Counselors. Kaylee is also a Certified Traumatologist and Certified Compassion Fatigue Educator/Therapist through the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology. 

Preston join the staff team of Forest Park Church in 2020. He has been married to his wife Karla-Beth (Worship Pastor) since June 2018. Preston received his Bachelor of Science in Youth Ministries and Master of Divinity in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University. Preston’s passion in life is for young people to know God & experience His love in a visible way by any means necessary. His mantra for life is that relationships make the difference.  

Dr. Chris Green is professor of Public Theology at Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL. Previously, he taught for more than a decade at several schools, including Pentecostal Theological Seminary (Cleveland, TN), Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK), and Southwestern Christian University (Bethany, OK). He is the author of several books, including most recently Surprised by God and The End is Music, both published by Cascade Press. His current research interests are focused on the doctrine of God, Pentecostal spirituality, and issues of racial/ethnic injustice. Chris serves as Teaching Pastor at Sanctuary Church (Tulsa, OK), and he is also a visual artist. He and his wife, Julie, live in Tulsa with their three children: Zoe, Clive, and Emery.

Lana brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, both in church and corporate environments. She helps people realize their full potential through training and sharing messages at Forest Park. One of her favorite events is ADORE, a conference designed to help women achieve their dreams. Lana also leads Global Outreach Teams. Over the last 19 years, Lana has spoken before more than 150,000 students in Ecuador, Uganda and Rwanda. Lana and Scott (Lead Pastor) have been married for 31 years and love spending time with their kids and grandkids.

Cerrisa lives in Elizabeth City, NC with her husband, Matt, 5-year-old son, Raffi, mom, dog, 2 cats, lizard and fish. They have a full house, filled with noise and chaos! Cerissa grew up in Everett, WA with her mom before she went to Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, AK where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. It was in Sitka Cerissa met her husband and started her career in mental health. Cerissa left Sitka and moved to Oregon for a brief time with Americorps VISTA before moving to HI. While in HI, Cerissa started her Masters of Social Work at Hawaii Pacific University and discovered her dream would be to work as an Outpatient Therapist. The Coast Guard moved Cerissa and her family to NC while she was finishing up her masters but was able to complete her courses on-line and graduated in 2013. Cerissa has worked in 4 different group homes, been an advocate in the schools, served as a behavioral 1:1 for children and the last 6 years have served as a Mental Health Outpatient Therapist. She has worked with women and children experiencing domestic violence and a specialized program for children 0-6 experiencing trauma. Currently, Cerissa is at Pride in NC where she serves all ages that struggle with a variety of mental health concerns. Through her training and experiences, she has found her passions include working with younger children (0-10) and their families that have experienced trauma as well as adults dealing with anxiety.

Blair Proffit of Elizabeth City, North Carolina launched her business in early 2012. As a military wife, located in New Orleans, Louisiana at the time she was trying to figure out a way to replace a full time income that would allow her to stay at home when her daughter arrived that fall. After working in cooperate America for several years with a degree in Fashion Merchandising she was burnt out with relocations but also exhausted working full time. She found herself unable to spend time with friends and family because her schedule was so demanding. Soon, she realized the Arbonne opportunity could offer much more than she could have ever imagined. "I started with the goal of earning some extra money to pay off debts and save a little to allow me to stay at home temporarily. It turned out that I would never have to return to the work force again. In the beginning, I struggled with the belief that I could really build a successful business with Arbonne. The business model is not at all traditional and is also different from what I always believed to be the "normal way of life". I imagined my only option was to go to college, get a job and retire at 65, if I was one of the lucky ones. But very quickly, I learned to see things differently and realized that this opportunity would not only change my life but it could also help others become successful as well. I no longer have the anxiety of alarm clocks or vacation days. I am able to fit work into my life but never have to make it a priority over what really matters to me. I have also allowed my husband the option of retiring when he wants to, not when the military tells him to."

William Graham Tullian Tchividjian Pronounced: “TUHL-ee-uhn” (like Tertullian) and “CHA-vi-jin” (like Religion). Tullian is a graduate of Columbia International University, where he received a degree in Philosophy, and Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, where he earned his Master of Divinity. A grandson of (Evangelist) Billy and Ruth Graham, Tullian was the Founding Pastor of the former New City Church (in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) which merged with the historic Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in 2009. He served there as Senior Pastor until June 2015. During his time at Coral Ridge, Tullian founded LIBERATE—a ministry that sought to “connect God’s inexhaustible grace to an exhausted world” through annual conferences (2011–2015), training, book and music publishing, daily blog posts, a daily radio program, and a weekly TV broadcast. Tullian has written eight books including, It Is Finished: 365 Days of Good News (2015), One Way Love: Inexhaustible Grace for an Exhausted World  (2013), Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free (2012), and Jesus + Nothing = Everything (2011) which won Christianity Today’s Book of the Year in 2011. Both “Glorious Ruin” and “Jesus + Nothing = Everything” were ECPA finalists for Book of the Year. He has also served as a Contributing Editor to various magazines and journals. Tullian has traveled extensively around the USA to speak at conferences, churches, universities, and seminaries. Tchividjian has appeared on Fox & Friends, Sean Hannity, 60 Minutes, CBS News, The Ingraham Angle, Morning Joe, the 700 Club, and many other TV and radio outlets. After a season of self-destruction leading up to, and following, his resignation from Coral Ridge in June 2015, Tullian is now married to Stacie, and together they have five children and two grandchildren. They recently launched The Sanctuary Church. Tullian longs to see broken people encounter God’s boundless love.

All is the owner and operator of “NOWON”.  NOWON is a Center for Inner Training. The acronym which stands for “NO OTHER WAY OF NURTURING”. The root way in which we nurture begins in mindfulness of our breathing. At Nowon Center we combine breath-work with our integrated body-work. I take on the roles of licensed Massage Therapist, Massage Instructor, Body-Worker, Breathing Coach and facilitator of the Eye-O-Breathe-Back Breathing workshops and Wuji Bagua Circle Walking. Within each of us there’s an innate ability to adjust our living through mindful-breathing, in a moment’s notice; at any given time. This proactive response when practiced diligently cultivates and maintain the balance, focus and clarity we all need.   My intention here is to share my personal experience of “HOW TO DO” and allow you the experience of doing for your-self what you can, to cultivate more balance, optimal health, and ultimate living for life. I will show you how to develop a relationship with your inner coach and reconnect you with your original rhythm, which initiates healing from within, NOWON!

Matt has served on staff at Cale as Interim then Director starting in 2010.  He and his wife Christy have 4 kids; Tyler (married to Briana), Kayli, Erin, and Ellie.  Matt has been in vocational ministry for over 20 years. Life Verse: I Thessalonians 5:16-18 Cale Impact: Matt loves the planning and details that go into summer camp, but really enjoys jumping into the middle of a game of "nine square" or "gaga."

The Lord called Pastor Joel to plant a church in northwest Calgary, beginning as a Bible study in a home in the fall of 2007.  Mountain Springs was a church plant from Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel – www.calvarychapel.ca – in Calgary, Alberta. Prior to the Lord's calling him into the ministry, Joel was a comedian in western Canada . His first ministry position was as a youth pastor in North Carolina, after which he returned to Canada to serve for 4 years on the pastoral staff at Rocky Mountain Calvary Chapel, the first Calvary Chapel in Canada.  In 2017, Pastor Joel felt the call of God to strengthen the churches and do the work of an evangelist through various speaking engagements in Canada, the USA and Europe.  He now divides his time between this new ministry and teaching at Mountain Springs. Joel is married to Tania and they have 4 children: Chloe, Tatum, Roman and Cruz.  Mountain Springs Community Church