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Allison Borton

Allison Borton
Allison Borton is Girls’ Discipleship Director at Wheaton Bible Church in Illinois. Her passion is encouraging and equipping girls and young women to use all of their gifts for the glory of Christ and His church. Allison is supported in ministry by her loving husband, Travis.

   
John Branyan

John Branyan
Comedy that won't leave a filthy residue. www.johnbranyan.com

   
Bill Brown Bill Brown
Dr. William E. Brown became president of Cedarville University in June 2003, following a 10-year presidency at Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Brown holds a master of theology degree and Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. Married since 1976, Brown and his wife, Lynne Jones Brown, are the parents of April and Alex.
 

 

Josh Colyer Josh Colyer
Josh Colyer began working at Grace Church in August 2001 as the Junior High Youth Pastor. In his time here, he has served as Youth Pastor, Junior High Youth Pastor, and is currently the Junior High and Children’s Pastor. Josh was married to Jenise on June 8, 2002 and they have two children, Caleb (4/19/05) and Kietlyn (2/13/07).
   
Jeremy Cox Jeremy Cox
Jeremy juggles hamsters and enjoys spending time creating websites that nobody visits. Aside from the fact that he has more hair hanging from his chin than under his arms he loves teaching students how to learn and grow. For more information on Jeremy visit www.chicken.net and search the random stuff category. 
   
Norman Flowers Norman Flowers
Norman is the Student Evangelism Associate for the North American Mission Board.  Norman brings over 20 years of youth ministry experience to the conference as well as both a regional and national perspective on youth ministry.
   
Doug Franklin Doug Franklin
Doug is a 20 year plus youth ministry vet and president of LeaderTreks - a youth ministry organization focused on developing student leaders. Through LeaderTreks, Doug helps churches worldwide discover the power of students leadership development.
   
Kent Julian Kent Julian
   
Phil Krause

Phil Krause
I grew up in Plain City, Ohio, which is a small town just west of Columbus. I went to public schools growing up and after graduation I went to Indiana Wesleyan University. I graduated with two degrees. One in recreation management and the other in sports management. In my fourth year of college is when I really started my relationship with Christ.

During spring break I went on a missions trip to Guatemala. Then and there is when I fell in love with missions. After my fourth year I worked at an FCA camp as an intern. During that summer God built a desire in me to serve others and try to make an impact in student's lives. These experiences that God led me through showed me that I needed to be doing ministry where I could work with students and impact The Kingdom.

   
Brittany Lewin

Brittany Lewin
Brittany's passion is to encourage her generation to live pursuing their greatest object—loving the Lord with all their heart, soul and mind.  Secondly, her desire is for her generation to follow their God-given "great objects."  As a student herself, Brittany hopes to encourage students to live boldly for God fulfilling their unique "great objects."  Be sure to visit www.greatobjects.org!

Personally, Brittany has a love for politics.  By 19, Brittany has been involved in numerous political campaigns including opportunities to work on a presidential and U.S. senate campaign.  At 17, unable to vote for her candidate because she was too young, she managed a state board of education race for a former U.S. congressman.  She knows her life and the opportunities God has given are proof of God's unique plan for everyone!

As a pastor's kid, Brittany spent most of her timing growing up in the Midwest with a stint in Colorado.  Despite living in Minnesota and Wisconsin, she remains a Green Bay Packer fan.

   
Staci Mason Staci Mason
Staci Mason is founder of Pursuing Womanhood Ministries (PWM). PWM is designed to meet the needs of girls in youth groups, small groups and in the community. Her desire is that this generation of young girls will pursue truth is all areas of their lives. Staci has written a Bible Study specifically for teenage girls and is a perfect tool for small groups and youth groups to use in church and community settings. One goal of the Bible study is that it will produce a hunger for God’s word in each participant’s life. Staci is married to her best friend, has three children and lives near Des Moines, IA.
   
Jonathan Meyer

Jonathan Meyer
Jonathan Meyer’s passion is to impact students, train volunteers, and multiply leaders through speaking, teaching, training, coaching, and writing. He has strategically invested most of his adult life in students. He currently serves on the Pastoral Staff at Grace Church focusing on Senior High and College Ministry.  He is the founder and director of Ignite Youth Leadership Conference; a training ministry that seeks to encourage and equip, youth workers by bringing them interactive, Bible-based training, and is currently working on “The Pelogos Project”.  The Project is an attempt to help students and families think theologically and live intentionally.

Jonathan is a graduate of Baptist Bible College, PA., Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, and holds a Master’s Degree in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary.  He is happily married to Kim (also a graduate of Baptist Bible College) and has three children— Emilie, Isaac & Anna Grace.

   
Paul Turner

Paul Turner
Paul Turner is the National Student Ministry Leader for LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, TN, USA. LifeWay is the largest Christian publisher in the world. Paul has traveled throughout the USA leading conferences, teaching and preaching and has encouraged believers in Canada, Mexico, India, Jamaica, Egypt, Greece, Kenya, Uganda, and New Zealand.

Paul has worked with students for over 25 years. He has written many articles and is a sought out conference leader and speaker regarding what is happening with today’s students. He co-wrote Pure Joy and also wrote Vital Skills: Becoming a Servant Leader. His latest book, Show Who You Know: The Essentials of Student Leadership was just released this summer. He is an international spokesperson for True Love Waits, which is an abstinence movement that has greatly impacted the student culture. He has done numerous radio, television, and newspaper interviews.

He is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Missouri, and a graduate from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a Masters of Arts in Religious Education.

Paul has been married to Sondra for 23 years and they have two teenaged daughters, Shelbi (a freshman in college and Morgan, a junior in high school). He enjoys spending time with his family and running marathons.

 

 

 

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