Speakers

Keynote Speakers

John Piper

John Piper

John Piper serves as founder and lead teacher at Desiring God and is chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, Piper served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church. He has authored more than 50 books, and more than 30 years of his preaching and writing are available free of charge at desiringGod.org. Piper resides in the Minneapolis area with Noël, his wife of 53 years, and they have five children and 14 grandchildren.

Keynote 1 — God’s Mediator for the Wilderness (Exodus 3)

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

H.B. Charles, Jr.

H.B. Charles, Jr.

H.B. Charles, Jr. is the Pastor and Teacher at the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida, where he has served since 2008. Outside of his ministry with his congregation, he regularly speaks and teaches around the country. He is the author of several books including On Preaching. Pastor Charles and his wife, Crystal, have 3 children: H.B. III, Natalie, and Hailey.

Keynote 2 — God’s Sacrifice in the Wilderness (Exodus 12)

Kenneth Mbugua

Kenneth Mbugua

Kenneth Mbugua is the senior pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya and is a Council Member of The Gospel Coalition Africa. He is the Managing Director of Ekklesia Africa which promotes biblical resources for building healthy churches. Kenneth is married to Arlette and they have three children.

Keynote 3 — God’s Rescue through the Wilderness (Exodus 14)

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Miguel Núñez

Miguel Núñez

Miguel Núñez is vice president of the Coalition for the Gospel. He is the preaching and visioning pastor of the International Baptist Church, and president of Integrity and Wisdom Ministries. Dr. Núñez and his ministry are responsible for his Por Su Causa conferences, which seek to attract Latin Americans to the truths of historic Christianity. You can find him on Twitter.

Keynote 4 — God’s Provision in the Wilderness (Exodus 16)

J. D. Greear

J. D. Greear

J. D. Greear is pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The Summit Church has been ranked by Outreach Magazine as one of the fastest-growing churches in the United States. J.D. has a PhD in systematic theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books including Essential Christianity: The Heart of the Gospel in Ten Words and Just Ask: The Joy of Confident, Bold, Patient, Relentless, Shameless, Dependent, Grateful, Powerful, Expectant Prayer. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Veronica, and their four children.

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Keynote 5 — God’s Instruction in the Wilderness (Exodus 19-20)

Round 5 — The Pastor's Voice: The Art and Science of Preaching as a Shepherd (The Gospel Coalition)

Ligon Duncan

Ligon Duncan

Ligon Duncan (MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary, chairman of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and a Council Member for The Gospel Coalition. He has authored, coauthored, edited, or contributed to numerous books, including Does Grace Grow Best in Winter? He and his wife, Anne, have two children.

Round 1 — Hope, in Confusing Times and Suffering (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Round 2 — Hope (and Help!), for Women’s Ministry (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Keynote 6 — God’s Covenant Confirmed in the Wilderness (Exodus 24)

Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson is the teaching pastor at King’s Church, London. He’s the author of God of All Things: Rediscovering the Sacred in an Everyday World (Zondervan, 2021). Follow him on Twitter (@AJWTheology).

Keynote 7 — God’s Judgment and Hope in the Wilderness (Exodus 32)

Round 5 — 1776: The Origin Story of the Post-Christian West (Crossway)

David Platt

David Platt

David Platt (ThM, PhD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary) is the pastor-teacher of McLean Bible Church, founder of Radical, and a Council Member of The Gospel Coalition. He has written several books, including Something Needs to Change and Radical. David and his wife, Heather, have four children.

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Keynote 8 — God’s Presence in the Wilderness (Exodus 40)

Microevent Speakers

Michael Aitcheson

Michael Aitcheson

Michael Aitcheson is the cohost of As in Heaven and senior pastor and planter of Christ United Fellowship (PCA). He grew up in Miami, did his undergrad at the University of Kentucky, and received his MDiv from Reformed Theological Seminary. Mike and his wife, Lucy, are Family Life Weekend to Remember retreat speakers. They live in Orlando with their four daughters.

Round 2 — As in Heaven LIVE (Zondervan Reflective)

Sam Allberry

Sam Allberry

Sam Allberry speaks around the world as a pastor, preacher and author of several books. He is in the process of moving to the U.S. to join the staff at Immanuel Nashville, is a Canon Theologian for the Anglican Church in North America, and is a Senior Fellow at OCCA Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. Sam is also the co-host of the podcast You’re Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Young Pastors.

Round 2 — You're Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Weary Churches (Crossway)

Jason Allen

Jason Allen

Jason Allen serves as the fifth president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Allen also serves the institution in the classroom as a professor for preaching and pastoral ministry. He is the author of several books, including Turnaround (B&H Publishing.) He regularly posts essays on his website, jasonkallen.com, and hosts a weekly podcast, Preaching & Preachers, which can also be found at jasonkallen.com.

Round 2 — Turnaround: The Remarkable Story of an Institutional Transformation and the 10 Essential Principles and Practices that Made It Happen (Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)

James Anderson

James Anderson

James Anderson is the Carl W. McMurray Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, and an ordained minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He specializes in philosophical theology, religious epistemology, and Christian apologetics. Before joining RTS Charlotte, he served as an assistant pastor at the historic Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh where he engaged in regular preaching, teaching, and pastoral ministry. He is married to Catriona and they have three children.

Round 1 — Hope, in Confusing Times and Suffering (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Vincent Bacote

Vincent Bacote

Vincent Bacote is the author of The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life and The Spirit in Public Theology: Appropriating the Legacy of Abraham Kuyper. Dr. Bacote has contributed to books including Black Scholars in White Space: New Vistas in African American Studies from the Christian Academy; On Kuyper; Aliens in the Promised Land: Why Minority Leadership Is Overlooked in White Christian Churches and Institutions; Keep Your Head Up; and Prophetic Evangelicals. He is a regular columnist for Comment and has written for Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Think Christian, re:generation quarterly, and journals such as Christian Scholars Review, Urban Mission and Journal for Christian Theological Research.

Round 3 — Evangelical Renewal for Gospel Mission (Wheaton College)

Matthew Barrett

Matthew Barrett

Matthew Barrett is professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the host of the Credo Podcast and has been the executive editor of Credo Magazine for more than 10 years. He is married to Elizabeth and they have four children.

Round 6 — Knowing Faith Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

Greg Beale

Greg Beale

Greg Beale is professor of New Testament at RTS Dallas. He has taught at Grove City College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Wheaton Graduate School, and Westminster Theological Seminary. Before joining the RTS Dallas faculty in 2021, he served as Westminster’s J. Gresham Machen Chair and Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Interpretation. He is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Dr. Beale is a native Texan and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas Theological Seminary, and Cambridge University.

Round 3 — Hope, in the Triune God, and his New Creation (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Winfree Brisley

Winfree Brisley

Winfree Brisley serves as an editor for The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband, Will, have three sons and live in Charlotte, North Carolina, where they are members of Uptown Church (PCA).

Round 5 — Pastoring School Choices (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Raising Kids in Ministry: Insight from Pastors’ Kids (The Gospel Coalition)

Félix Cabrera

Félix Cabrera

Félix Cabrera (M.A., Southeastern Baptist Seminary; D.Min., Midwestern Baptist Seminary) is a vice president for Send Network, the largest church planting network in North America, where he leads Send Network Español. As a church planter himself, Félix is passionate about seeing new, healthy churches started, leaders trained and sent, and the sheep loved and fed. Félix and his wife Denisse have two daughters.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Don Carson

Don Carson

Don Carson is emeritus professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and cofounder and theologian-at-large of The Gospel Coalition. He has edited and authored numerous books. He and his wife, Joy, have two children.

Round 5 — The Pastor's Voice: The Art and Science of Preaching as a Shepherd (The Gospel Coalition)

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Jack Carson (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) serves as the executive director of the Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement at Liberty University, where he teaches theology and apologetics. He lives with his wife and son in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Round 5 — Surprised by Doubt: How Disillusionment Can Invite Us into a Deeper Faith (Baker Publishing)

Matt Carter

Matt Carter

Matt Carter is vice president of mobilization for Send Network, the largest church planting network in North America. He was also founding pastor of The Austin Stone Church. During his tenure at The Stone, the church sent over 300 full-time missionaries to unreached people groups around the world. Matt holds an MDiv from Southwestern Seminary and a doctorate in expositional preaching from Southeastern Seminary. He and his wife Jennifer have three children.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Judy Cha

Judy Cha

Judy Cha (MA, Westminster Theological Seminary, Ph.D, Eastern University) is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in relationships, self-image, and multicultural issues. She serves as the director of Redeemer Counseling Services, a ministry of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. In addition to leading the counseling ministry, Judy counsels individuals, couples, and families through her Gospel-Centered Integrative Framework for Therapy (GIFT) approach.

Round 3 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering (Zondervan Reflective)

Bryan Chapell

Bryan Chapell

Bryan Chapell, Ph.D. is pastor emeritus of the historic Grace Presbyterian Church and president emeritus of Covenant Theological Seminary. He now leads the administration of the Presbyterian Church in America. Dr. Chapell is the author of many books, and his preaching and teaching are broadcast in many nations through Unlimited Grace Media. He and his wife, Kathy, have four adult children, and a growing number of grandchildren.

Round 5 — The Pastor's Voice: The Art and Science of Preaching as a Shepherd (The Gospel Coalition)

Joshua Chatraw

Joshua Chatraw

Joshua D. Chatraw (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is executive director of the Center for Public Christianity, the theologian-in-residence at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and the lead teacher for New City Fellows in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has written or edited numerous books and lives with his wife and two children in Garner, North Carolina.

Round 5 — Surprised by Doubt: How Disillusionment Can Invite Us into a Deeper Faith (Baker Publishing)

CityAlight

CityAlight

CityAlight is a music ministry from St Paul’s church in Sydney, Australia, part of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Their vision is to write songs with biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian church to sing. Learn more about CityAlight at cityalight.com.

Round 6 — Make Theologically Rich Worship Music Great Again: A Conversation with CityAlight (The Gospel Coalition)

Cameron Cole

Cameron Cole

Cameron Cole is the director of youth ministries at the Cathedral Church of the Advent and is the founding chairman of Rooted Ministry. He is the co-editor of Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practice Guide and author of Therefore, I Have Hope: 12 Truths that Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy. Cameron has a BA in Latin and English and an MA in Education from Wake Forest; he is nearly done with his MDiv from Reformed Theological Seminary.

Round 3 — The Important Role of the Church in Family Discipleship (Rooted Ministry)

Jim Davis

Jim Davis

Jim Davis is teaching pastor at Orlando Grace Church (Acts 29) and host of the As in Heaven podcast. Jim received his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He’s the co-author of forthcoming The Great Dechurching. He and his wife, Angela, speak for Family Life’s Weekend to Remember marriage getaways. They have four kids. You can follow Jim on Twitter or his blog, Grace Applied.

Round 2 — As in Heaven LIVE (Zondervan Reflective)

Steve DeWitt

Steve DeWitt

Steve DeWitt is senior pastor at Bethel Church in Crown Point, Indiana. Steve’s passions include expository preaching, the doctrines of grace, helping the church engage its culture, and the beauty of God. He often speaks in contexts outside Bethel and enjoys traveling as a part of Bethel’s global mission efforts. Steve is a graduate of Cornerstone University and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and released his first authored book in 2012, Eyes Wide Open: Enjoying God in Everything.

Round 3 — Evangelical Renewal for Gospel Mission (Wheaton College)

John Dickson

John Dickson

John Dickson is an historian, author, and public advocate for the Christian faith. He co-founded Australia’s Centre for Public Christianity, has written over 20 books, and produced three historical television documentaries. His Undeceptions podcast remains Australia’s #1 religion podcast. John has taught and researched in various academic settings, including Macquarie University, Ridley College, and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, where he is a Visiting Academic.

Round 3 — Evangelical Renewal for Gospel Mission (Wheaton College)

Courtney Doctor

Courtney Doctor

Courtney Doctor received an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary and currently serves as the Director for Women’s Initiatives for The Gospel Coalition. She is a Bible teacher and author of several Bible studies including From Garden to Glory and In View of God’s Mercies: The Gift of the Gospel in Romans. Courtney and her husband Craig have four children, three children-in-law, and five grandchildren.

Round 3 — For Women: Cultivating your Gifts of Leading and Teaching (Lifeway Women)

Round 5 — Pastoring School Choices (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Shepherding Women in the Church (The Gospel Coalition)

Dan Doriani

Dan Doriani

Dan Doriani is Professor of Biblical Theology at Covenant Theological Seminary and the founder and president of The Center for Faith and Work, St. Louis. Drawing on his five years leading small churches and twelve years leading large churches, he has written eighteen books on biblical interpretation and biblical ethics as well as six New Testament commentaries, and two books on work.

Round 4 — Narcissism Is Toxic for Pastors. But So Is Lack of Confidence. (Covenant Theological Seminary)

Steve Duby

Steve Duby

Steven Duby is associate professor of theology at Phoenix Seminary, and the author of Jesus and the God of Classical Theism. His main research interests include the doctrine of God and Christology. He also has a special interest in the theology of Thomas Aquinas and in post-Reformation and modern Protestant theology. He is currently preparing a commentary on the book of Habakkuk. He and his wife, Jodi, grew up in Michigan and have four children.

Round 4 — Jesus and the Greatness of God (Phoenix Seminary)

JT English

JT English

JT English serves as a pastor, professor and author. He is the author of Deep Discipleship: How the Local Church Can Make Whole Disciples, and forthcoming, You are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well, co-authored with Jen Wilkin. He is also a co-founder of Training the Church and a co-host on the Knowing Faith Podcast.

Round 5 — The Church and Discipleship: How the Local Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Knowing Faith Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

Sam Ferguson

Sam Ferguson

Sam Ferguson has been the rector of The Falls Church Anglican in Metro Washington DC since 2019. During research at Cambridge University (MPhil) and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (PhD), he studied the biblical doctrine of humanity, recently publishing The Spirit and Relational Anthropology in Paul. In pastoral ministry he’s walked with friends and families dealing with gender dysphoria, taught extensively on the topic, and is currently writing the book, Does God Care about Gender Identity?

Round 5 — Does God Care about Gender Identity? (The Gospel Coalition)

Clark Fobes

Clark Fobes

Clark Fobes is the Associate Pastor at FirstSF in his hometown of San Francisco, and has served in Youth Ministry in the Asian-American context for over a decade. He received his MDiv from Talbot Theological School in Southern California, and is a Doctor of Missiology (DMiss) candidate at Southern Seminary (SBTS). He is also an emeritus member of Rooted’s Steering Committee. He and his wife, Janet, have two daughters, Kara and Nora.

Round 3 — The Important Role of the Church in Family Discipleship (Rooted Ministry)

Mark Gignilliat

Mark Gignilliat

Mark Gignilliat (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. He teaches Hebrew, Old Testament exegesis and Old Testament theology, with teaching interests including biblical theology, theological exegesis and the history of interpretation. Gignilliat most recently published Reading Scripture Canonically: Theological Instincts for Old Testament Interpretation and Micah in the International Theological Commentary.

Round 1 — Ecclesial Theologians: Vital for the Renewal of the Church (Beeson Divinity School and Center for Pastoral Theologians)

Michael Graham

Michael Graham

Michael Graham is consultant to the president at TGC. He is also the executive producer and writer of As In Heaven and has written a forthcoming book entitled The Great Dechurching. He received his MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando. He is a member at Orlando Grace Church. He is married to Sara and they have two kids.

Round 1 — Tim Keller’s Legacy and Thought Process (Zondervan Reflective)

Round 2 — As in Heaven LIVE (Zondervan Reflective)

Alasdair Groves

Alasdair Groves

Alasdair Groves (MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary) serves as the executive director of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), as well as a faculty member and counselor. He co-founded a biblical counseling center in New England where he served as director for ten years. Alasdair has published articles in the Journal of Biblical Counseling, hosts CCEF’s podcast, and is the co-author of Untangling Emotions. Alasdair and his wife, Lauren, live in New England with their three children.

Round 1 — Heading Toward Burnout? Biblical Comfort for Worn-Out Ministry Leaders (CCEF: Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation)

Peter Gurry

Peter Gurry

Peter Gurry is associate professor of New Testament at Phoenix Seminary, director of the Text and Canon Institute, and coauthor of Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible. His research interests range across the history and formation of the Bible, Greek grammar, and the history of New Testament scholarship. His family attends Whitton Avenue Bible Church where he is an elder.

Round 2 — Reliable: How We Got Our Bible, Part 3 (Phoenix Seminary and Text & Canon Institute)

Nancy Guthrie

Nancy Guthrie

Nancy Guthrie teaches the Bible at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally, including her Biblical Theology Workshop for Women. She is the author of numerous books and the host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast at The Gospel Coalition. She and her husband founded Respite Retreats for couples who have faced the death of a child and are co-hosts of the GriefShare video series.

Round 1 — Hope, in Confusing Times and Suffering (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Round 2 — Hope (and Help!), for Women’s Ministry (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales

Ashley Hales holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. She’s a writer, speaker, and hosts the podcast Finding Holy. Ashley’s married to a pastor and mother to four children. Her writing has been featured in such places in Books & Culture and Christianity Today and she loves speaking around the United States. She is the author of Finding Holy in the Suburbs and A Spacious Life. Connect with her at aahales.com or on Instagram and Twitter at @aahales.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Jim Hamilton

Jim Hamilton

Jim Hamilton serves as a professor of biblical theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and as the senior pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Hamilton is the author of numerous highly regarded books including Typology: Understanding the Bible’s Promised-Shaped Patterns, Psalms: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary, and Revelation (Preaching the Word).

Round 1 — The Exodus from Egypt in Biblical Theology (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

Collin Hansen

Collin Hansen

Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has edited, written and contributed to many books and forthcoming, Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for many news sources. He is a member of Iron City Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and he is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he also co-chairs the advisory board.

Round 1 — Tim Keller’s Legacy and Thought Process (Zondervan Reflective)

Round 2 — As in Heaven LIVE (Zondervan Reflective)

Matthew Harmon

Matthew Harmon

Matthew Harmon (PhD, Wheaton College) is professor of New Testament studies at Grace College and Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He was previously on staff with Cru for eight years and is the author of several books, including Jeremiah: A 12-Week Study and Making All Things New: Inaugurated Eschatology for the Life of the Church. Matthew and his wife, Kate, live in Warsaw, Indiana, and have two sons.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Vanessa Hawkins

Vanessa Hawkins

Vanessa K. Hawkins (MDiv, DMin, Covenant Theological Seminary) is the director of community life at Redeemer Lincoln Square in New York City. She is a Bible teacher, conference speaker and a Qualified Administrator for Intercultural Development Inventory testing. She recently completed her dissertation, Building Cultural Intelligence in an Age of Incivility, highlighting her findings on intercultural competence growth and regression from 2020 – 2021. She is married to Marcus and they are the parents of three daughters.

Round 6 — Shepherding Women in the Church (The Gospel Coalition)

Gerald Hiestand

Gerald Hiestand

Gerald Hiestand (PhD, University of Reading) is the co-founder and board chair of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He was previously CPT’s executive director from 2006 until 2019. He has been in pastoral ministry since 1999 and is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park (Chicago). Gerald has written and edited a number of books, including The Pastor Theologian, Becoming a Pastor Theologian, Beauty, Order and Mystery, and Justification (forthcoming).

Round 1 — Ecclesial Theologians: Vital for the Renewal of the Church (Beeson Divinity School and Center for Pastoral Theologians)

Megan Hill

Megan Hill

Megan Hill is the managing editor for The Gospel Coalition and the author of several books, most recently, Meg Is Not Alone, a kids’ book about the value of the church. A pastors’ wife and a pastors’ daughter, she lives with her husband and four children in Massachusetts where they belong to West Springfield Covenant Community Church (PCA).

Round 6 — Raising Kids in Ministry: Insight from Pastors’ Kids (The Gospel Coalition)

Christine Hoover

Christine Hoover

Christine Hoover serves as women’s ministry associate at The Austin Stone Community Church’s Northwest congregation in Austin, Texas. She hosts The Ministry Wives Podcast and has authored six books, including Messy Beautiful Friendship and How to Thrive as a Pastor’s Wife, as well as a Bible study with Lifeway, Seek First the Kingdom. Her work has been featured on TGC, For The Church, and Christianity Today. Christine is married to Kyle, a pastor, and they have three boys.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Irwyn Ince

Irwyn Ince

Irwyn L. Ince serves as Mission to North America Coordinator. He and his wife, Kim, have been married 31 years, have four children and two granddaughters. He transitioned to ministry after a career in engineering. After graduation from Reformed Theological Seminary, Dr. Ince helped plant City of Hope in 2006. In 2016, he received his DMin degree from Covenant Theological Seminary. He’s the author of The Beautiful Community: Unity Diversity and the Church at Its Best.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Round 2 — Gospel-Shaped Planting Pipelines for Church Vitality (Covenant Theological Seminary and Mission to North America of the PCA)

Dean Inserra

Dean Inserra

Dean Inserra is founding and lead pastor of CITYCHURCH in Tallahassee, Florida, which he was called to start while in high school. He is passionate about reaching his city with the gospel, to see a worldwide impact made for Jesus. He is a member of Send Network’s lead team of planters, and is the author of The Unsaved Christian and Pure: Why the Bible’s Plan for Sexuality Isn’t Outdated, Irrelevant, or Oppressive. Dean is married to Krissie, and they have three children.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Timothy Paul Jones

Timothy Paul Jones

Timothy Paul Jones (PhD) teaches apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a preaching pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown. In addition, he has authored or co-authored more than a dozen books, including Finding God in a Galaxy Far, Far Away; Christian History Made Easy; and, with James Garlow and April Williams, the bestselling The Da Vinci Codebreaker.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Jared Kennedy

Jared Kennedy

Jared Kennedy is an editor for The Gospel Coalition. He is author of Keeping Your Children’s Ministry on Mission: Practical Strategies for Discipling the Next Generation (Crossway, March 2022) and The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible (New Growth, 2017). He, his wife Megan, and three daughters live in Louisville, Kentucky, where they attend Sojourn Church Midtown.

Round 5 — Pastoring School Choices (The Gospel Coalition)

Jay Kim

Jay Kim

Jay Kim serves as lead pastor at WestGate Church. He’s the author of Analog Church and Analog Christian, and he and his wife, Jenny, live in the Silicon Valley of California with their two children. You can follow him on Twitter.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Robert Kim

Robert Kim

Robert Kim is a second-generation Korean-American who serves as associate professor of applied theology and church planting and the Philip and Rebecca Douglass Chair of Church Planting and Christian Formation at Covenant Theological Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri. Prior to teaching at Covenant, Robert served for thirteen years as a church planter, pastor, and church planting network director in Philadelphia.

Round 2 — Gospel-Shaped Planting Pipelines for Church Vitality (Covenant Theological Seminary and Mission to North America of the PCA)

Greg Koukl

Greg Koukl

Greg Koukl holds MA degrees with honors in both apologetics and philosophy. He’s spoken on over 80 university campuses and hosted his own call-in radio talk show for over 33 years defending “Christianity worth thinking about.” Greg is founder and president of Stand to Reason (str.org) and serves as adjunct professor of Christian apologetics at Biola University. He is the author of the award-winning The Story of Reality and the best-selling Tactics.

Round 4 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering, Part 2 (Zondervan Reflective)

Melissa Kruger

Melissa Kruger

Melissa Kruger serves as Vice President of Discipleship Programming for The Gospel Coalition. She’s the author of multiple books, including The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests, and Wherever You Go I Want You to Know. Her husband, Mike, is the president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte and they have three children.

Round 2 — Hope (and Help!), for Women’s Ministry (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Round 3 — For Women: Cultivating your Gifts of Leading and Teaching (Lifeway Women)

Round 6 — Shepherding Women in the Church (The Gospel Coalition)

Michael Kruger

Michael Kruger

Michael Kruger is president and professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the author of numerous books, most recently Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church, and is a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is married to Melissa Kruger, Vice President of Discipleship Programming for The Gospel Coalition.

Round 1 — Reliable: How We Got Our Bible, Part 1 & 2 (Phoenix Seminary and Text & Canon Institute)

Round 4 — Hope in Doubt: How to Face Our Own Questions about the Faith in a Skeptical Age (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Round 6 — Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church (The Gospel Coalition)

Bill Kynes

Bill Kynes

Bill Kynes (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; PhD, Cambridge University) is a Council Member for The Gospel Coalition and, until recently, served for many years as the senior pastor at Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Annandale, Virginia. He has authored 7 Pressing Questions, A Christology of Solidarity, and Wrestling with Job: Defiant Faith in the Face of Suffering (IVP Academic, coauthored with his son, Will). He and his wife, Susan, have four sons.

Round 5 — Pastoring School Choices (The Gospel Coalition)

Bryan Loritts

Bryan Loritts

Bryan Loritts (DMin, Liberty University) is the teaching pastor at The Summit Church, and has spent the bulk of his ministry serving and resourcing the multiethnic church. Bryan co-founded Fellowship Memphis in 2003 and serves as president of The Kainos Movement, an organization committed to seeing the multiethnic church become the new normal. He is also vice president of regions for Send Network, the largest church planting network in North America. Bryan is the husband of Korie, and the father of three children.

Ed Marcelle

Ed Marcelle

Ed Marcelle, originally from Albany, New York, converted to Christianity in his twenties. He graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary (1996). He planted King’s Chapel in Albany County (1996) and Terra Nova Church in Troy, New York (2006). Ed served as the director of church planting for CB Mission Northeast, Converge Northeast, and as the Northeast regional director for Acts 29 Network. He is now the director of church planting and multiplication for Harbor Network. He and his wife Diane live in Virginia. They have four adult children and two grandchildren.

Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)

John Marriott

John Marriott

John Marriott, PhD, oversees the Biola University Center for Christian Thought and is a leading expert in the study of deconversion. Currently, he oversees the Center for Christian Thought’s Sustainable Faith Project which seeks to discover ways to cultivate lifelong faith. John teaches in the philosophy department at Biola University and also at Talbot School of Theology. He and his wife Nancy have two children.

Round 3 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering (Zondervan Reflective)

Ronnie Martin

Ronnie Martin

Ronnie Martin is lead pastor of Substance Church (EFCA), and director of leader renewal for Harbor Network. He is also the co-host of the Happy Rant Podcast. His latest book is Pastoring Small Towns (B&H), which he co-authored with Donnie Griggs. Ronnie lives in Ashland, Ohio with his wife Melissa.

Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)

Brett McCracken

Brett McCracken

Brett McCracken is a senior editor and director of communications at The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World, Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community, Gray Matters: Navigating the Space Between Legalism and Liberty, and Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide. Brett and his wife, Kira, live in Santa Ana, California, with their three children. They belong to Southlands Church, and Brett serves as an elder.

Round 6 — Make Theologically Rich Worship Music Great Again: A Conversation with CityAlight (The Gospel Coalition)

Rebecca McLaughlin

Rebecca McLaughlin

Rebecca McLaughlin holds a PhD in Renaissance Literature from Cambridge University and a theology degree from Oak Hill College in London. She is the author of Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion, 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity, The Secular Creed: Engaging 5 Contemporary Claims, and Is Christmas Unbelievable? Four Questions Everyone Should Ask About the World’s Most Famous Story. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband Bryan, and their three children.

Round 3 — For Women: Cultivating your Gifts of Leading and Teaching (Lifeway Women)

Round 4 — Jesus through the Eyes of Witnesses (Crossway)

Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)

John Meade

John Meade

John Meade is professor of Old Testament at Phoenix Seminary, director of the Text and Canon Institute, and co-author of Scribes and Scripture, the Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible. His research interests include Origen’s Hexapla, the Septuagint, textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, the canon of Scripture, and biblical theology. He and his wife have four kids and attend Camelback Bible Church. When he is not researching, he enjoys adventures with his family in the National Parks and on hikes in northern Arizona.

Round 1 — Reliable: How We Got Our Bible, Part 1 & 2 (Phoenix Seminary and Text & Canon Institute)

Jake Meador

Jake Meador

Jake Meador is vice president of the Davenant Institute and editor of Mere Orthodoxy. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy, and son Wendell. Jake’s writing has appeared in Christianity Today, Fare Forward, University Bookman, and others.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Tony Merida

Tony Merida

Tony Merida is the founding pastor of Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, Vice President for Planter Development for the SEND Network and a Board member of The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of a number of books, including The Christ-Centered Expositor, Ordinary,and Orphanology. He and his wife, Kimberly, have five adopted children.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Round 5 — The Pastor's Voice: The Art and Science of Preaching as a Shepherd (The Gospel Coalition)

Paul Miller

Paul Miller

Paul E. Miller is executive director of seeJesus, a global discipling mission, and best-selling author of books and interactive Bible studies including A Praying Life, A Praying Church, and J-Curve. He and his wife, Jill, live in the Philadelphia area and have six children and a growing number of grandchildren. Listen to the “Seeing Jesus with Paul Miller” podcast or learn more at seeJesus.net.

Round 2 — The Church Runs on Prayer (seeJesus Ministries)

Jairo Namnún

Jairo Namnún

Jairo Namnún is a pastor at Cornerstone Church in Santo Domingo, and the Senior Content Strategist for Radical. He is married to Paty and they have 3 children.

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Alan Noble

Alan Noble

Alan Noble, PhD, is author of Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own, and is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund

Gavin Ortlund is a pastor, author, speaker, and apologist for the Christian faith. He serves as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai, California. Gavin has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in historical theology, and an M.Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of eight books as well as numerous academic and popular articles. He runs the YouTube channel Truth Unites, which seeks to provide an irenic voice on theology, apologetics, and the Christian life.

Round 1 — Ecclesial Theologians: Vital for the Renewal of the Church (Beeson Divinity School and Center for Pastoral Theologians)

Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Raising Kids in Ministry: Insight from Pastors’ Kids (The Gospel Coalition)

Ray Ortlund

Ray Ortlund

Ray Ortlund is the President of Renewal Ministries, a Canon Theologian in The Anglican Church in North America, and a founding member of The Council of The Gospel Coalition. He founded Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee, and upon retirement was named Pastor to Pastors. Ray has authored a number of books, including The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ and Marriage and the Mystery of the Gospel. His PhD is from The University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Ray and his wife Jani have four children.

Round 2 — You're Not Crazy: Gospel Sanity for Weary Churches (Crossway)

Dave Owens

Dave Owens

Dave Owens is executive director of Harbor Network. He is an Atlanta native but currently lives and serves in Louisville, Kentucky. He serves at Sojourn Midtown as lay elder and holds an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dave is married to Anna and has two lovely daughters, Harper and Natalie.

Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)

Soojin Park

Soojin Park

Soojin Park (MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is the events manager for The Gospel Coalition. She previously served on staff at Christ Central Presbyterian Church in Centreville, Virginia, as director of youth ministry and adult education. Before entering vocational ministry, she started her career supporting anti-human-trafficking organizations and later worked as a conference planner for tech companies.

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Vance Pitman

Vance Pitman

Vance Pitman is president of Send Network, founding pastor of Hope Church, and author of UNBURDENED: Stop Living for Jesus So Jesus Can Live Through You and The Stressless Life: Experiencing the Unshakable Presence of God’s Indescribable Peace. As a seasoned church planter and now leader of the largest church planting organization in North America, Vance seeks to inspire people to join in God’s eternal, redemptive mission of making disciples, by multiplying the church all over North America, that the nations may come to know him. Vance and his wife Kristie have four children and three grandchildren, and live near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Kori Porter

Kori Porter

Kori Porter is founder of Peacemakers Coalition, a nonprofit that seeks to inspire millennials and Gen Zers to pursue justice and peace to help heal our world. She also serves as VP for Faith and Justice Initiatives at the AND Campaign. She graduated from the University of Mississippi and completed her MA in theological studies with an emphasis in religion and society from Princeton Theological Seminary. She has been published in His Testimonies, My Heritage and the AND Campaign’s A New Narrative on Abortion: Pro-Woman and Pro-Child. She is compelled by her Christian faith to stand and advocate on behalf of those harmed by injustice. She has led internationally to protect, defend, and restore religious freedom for all people both domestic and abroad.

Round 3 — How Every Local Church Can (and Must) Fuel Global Mission (Radical)

Philip Ryken

Philip Ryken

Philip Ryken is the president of Wheaton College and serves as a board member for The Gospel Coalition, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the Lausanne Movement. He earned an MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary and a DPhil from the University of Oxford in historical theology. He has published more than 50 Bible commentaries and other books. He and his wife Lisa have five children, including two Wheaton students and two Wheaton alumni, as well as one grandchild.

Round 3 — Evangelical Renewal for Gospel Mission (Wheaton College)

Tom Schreiner

Tom Schreiner

Tom Schreiner is the associate dean of the school of theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served for nearly 20 years as a preaching pastor and is currently an elder at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Schreiner has written several acclaimed books including Hebrews: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary, Faith Alone: The Doctrine of Justification, and The Joy of Hearing: A Theology of the Book of Revelation. Tom and his wife, Diane, have four children.

Round 1 — The Exodus from Egypt in Biblical Theology (The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

Terrence Shay

Terrence Shay

Terrence Shay serves as the Family Ministry Pastor at FCBC Walnut. His passion is to build up and champion the partnership between the Church and Home as the primary contexts for discipleship-making. Terrence is gratefully married to Regina and is a father of three children ages 18, 14, and 9. He cheers for the best teams in L.A. (Lakers, Dodgers, and UCLA Bruins) and loves the musicals Hamilton, Wicked, and the Phantom of the Opera.

Round 3 — The Important Role of the Church in Family Discipleship (Rooted Ministry)

Ruth Chou Simons

Ruth Chou Simons

Ruth Chou Simons is an award-winning author of several books and Bible studies, including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and When Strivings Cease. She is an artist, entrepreneur, podcaster, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people’s hearts. Through her online shop and her social media community, Simons shares her journey of God’s grace intersecting daily life with word and art. Ruth and her husband, Troy, are grateful parents to six boys—their greatest adventure.

Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Pilgrim’s Perseverance (Harvest House)

Darby Strickland

Darby Strickland

Darby Strickland is a counselor and faculty member at CCEF and holds a Master of Divinity with a counseling emphasis. A nationally recognized expert, Darby brings particular passion and expertise in helping the vulnerable and oppressed, especially women in abusive marriages. She has contributed to training curricula, has written for the Journal of Biblical Counseling, and is the author if Is it Abuse? Darby and her husband, John, have three children.

Round 1 — Heading Toward Burnout? Biblical Comfort for Worn-Out Ministry Leaders (CCEF: Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation)

Scott Swain

Scott Swain

Scott Swain is president and Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. His main research interests include the doctrine of God, theological interpretation of Scripture, and modern Protestant theology, and he has published a number of books and essays on these topics. With Dr. Michael Allen, he serves as general editor of two series: Zondervan Academic’s New Studies in Dogmatics and T & T Clark’s International Theological Commentary. Dr. Swain is an ordained minister in the PCA. He and his wife, Leigh, have four children.

Round 3 — Hope, in the Triune God, and his New Creation (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Leigh Swanson

Leigh Swanson

Leigh Swanson serves as executive vice president for RTS Orlando, where she oversees campus administration. She is responsible for community relations as well, heading up development efforts. Previously, Leigh served as associate dean of students from 2012 until 2017 when she was named vice president of community relations. In addition to her role at RTS, she speaks regularly at various events around the country. Leigh and her husband David (senior pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Orlando) have three grown children.

Round 2 — Hope (and Help!), for Women’s Ministry (Reformed Theological Seminary)

Doug Sweeney

Doug Sweeney

Doug Sweeney (PhD, Vanderbilt University) is dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. In this role, he shepherds the institution by providing strategic leadership and facilitating its work to prepare men and women for gospel ministry. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books on the history of Christian doctrine, early modern Protestant history, American church history, Christology and global evangelicalism.

Round 1 — Ecclesial Theologians: Vital for the Renewal of the Church (Beeson Divinity School and Center for Pastoral Theologians)

Kevin Vanhoozer

Kevin Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer often refers to himself as a “full-time student of theology who currently serves as Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School” in Deerfield, Illinois, where he has taught since 1986 in three separate stints. The author or editor of more than 20 books and numerous articles, Kevin studied at Cambridge, taught at Edinburgh and Wheaton, and also holds the St. Augustine Fellowship at the Center for Pastors and Theologians.

Round 4 — Pastors/Theologians in the Post-Christian World (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

Chris Vogel

Chris Vogel

Chris Vogel is the Church Planting and Vitality Coordinator for MNA (Mission to North America, PCA), having previously served MNA as the Ecosystem Development Director. He was the Director of NXTGEN Pastors for five years and the director of The On Wisconsin Network for six. He planted a church in Waukesha, Wisconsin, serving there for 26 years until stepping down in 2018 to devote full-time to pastoral formation and renewal.

Round 2 — Gospel-Shaped Planting Pipelines for Church Vitality (Covenant Theological Seminary and Mission to North America of the PCA)

Brandon Washington

Brandon Washington

Brandon Washington is a church planter and the pastor of preaching and vision at The Embassy Church in Denver. He holds a master’s degree from Denver Seminary, where he studied systematic theology and apologetics & ethics. He lives in Colorado with his wife, Cheri, and their two children.

Round 3 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering (Zondervan Reflective)

Christopher Watkin

Christopher Watkin

Christopher Watkin (PhD, University of Cambridge) is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and associate professor in European languages at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a scholar with an international reputation in modern and contemporary European thought, atheism, and the relationship between the Bible and philosophy. His published work runs the spectrum from academic monographs on contemporary philosophy to books written for general readers, both Christian and secular, including the award-winning Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture.

Round 1 — Tim Keller’s Legacy and Thought Process (Zondervan Reflective)

Round 4 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering, Part 2 (Zondervan Reflective)

Trevin Wax

Trevin Wax

Trevin Wax is vice president of research and resource development at the North American Mission Board and a visiting professor at Cedarville University. Trevin is a regular columnist at The Gospel Coalition and has contributed to The Washington Post, Religion News Service, World, and Christianity Today. He has lectured at Wheaton College and Oxford University. He is a founding editor of The Gospel Project, and the author of multiple books, including The Thrill of Orthodoxy, Rethink Your Self, This Is Our Time, and Gospel Centered Teaching.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Round 3 — The Hope of Kingdom Expansion in a Hard-to-Reach Culture (Send Network)

Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)

Jen Wilkin

Jen Wilkin

Jen Wilkin is an author and Bible teacher from Dallas, Texas. She has organized and led studies for women in home, church, and parachurch contexts. An advocate for Bible literacy, her passion is to see others become articulate and committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God. You can find her at JenWilkin.net.

Round 2 — As in Heaven LIVE (Zondervan Reflective)

Round 3 — For Women: Cultivating your Gifts of Leading and Teaching (Lifeway Women)

Round 4 — Gathered, Not Scattered: Parenting Toward a Shared Family Identity in an Age of Individualism (Lifeway)

Round 5 — The Church and Discipleship: How the Local Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Knowing Faith Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

Jamaal Williams

Jamaal Williams

Jamaal Williams Jamaal is lead pastor of Sojourn Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky, and president of Harbor Network. He holds a doctoral degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and co-authored In Church As It Is In Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture. He is a native of Chicago, Illinois, and is happily married with five beautiful children.

Round 1 — Living in Gospel Exile (IVP)

Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)

Thaddeus Williams

Thaddeus Williams

Thaddeus Williams (PhD, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) loves enlarging students’ understanding and enjoyment of Jesus at Biola University in La Mirada, California, where he serves as tenured professor of theology for Talbot School of Theology. Previously, he taught philosophy and literature at Saddleback College and jurisprudence at Trinity Law School, and lectured at L’Abri Fellowships in Switzerland and Holland and the Federalist Society in Washington D.C. He resides in Orange County, California with his wife and four kids.

Round 3 — Finding Our Way Back: Talks on Biblical Faithfulness in a Season of Wandering (Zondervan Reflective)

Jared C. Wilson

Jared C. Wilson

Jared C. Wilson serves as assistant professor of pastoral ministry, author in residence, and general editor of For the Church at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s the director of the Pastoral Training Center at Liberty Baptist Church. Jared has written numerous books, including Gospel Wakefulness, The Prodigal Church, The Gospel-Driven Church, and The Gospel According to Satan: Eight Lies About God that Sound Like the Truth. He and his wife, Becky, have been married for 23 years, and they have two daughters, Macy and Grace.

Round 6 — Knowing Faith Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

Todd Wilson

Todd Wilson

Todd Wilson (PhD, Cambridge University) is the co-founder and president of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books related to Christian ministry, theology, and biblical studies, including The Pastor Theologian, Real Christian, Mere Sexuality, and The Enneagram Goes to Church. Wilson has over 15 years of pastoral ministry experience, and most recently served for a decade as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois.

Round 1 — Ecclesial Theologians: Vital for the Renewal of the Church (Beeson Divinity School and Center for Pastoral Theologians)

Brandon Woodard

Brandon Woodard

Brandon Woodard currently serves as the church planting and multiplication coordinator for Harbor Network and assistant director for Tara’s Tiny Tots Childcare LLC. He was a former church planter and DVULI city coordinator. He holds a M.Div from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and a BA in exercise science education from The Ohio State University. He currently lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife Christen and four children: Brooklyn, Brandon II, Braxton, and Braelyn.

Round 6 — Developing and Sending Whole-Hearted Church Leaders (Harbor Network)

Elizabeth Woodson

Elizabeth Woodson

Elizabeth Woodson is a Bible teacher and author who is passionate about equipping believers to understand the rich theological truths of Scripture. She loves helping people internalize their faith and connect it practically to everyday life. She is the author of Embrace Your Life: How To Find Joy When The Life You Have Is Not The Life You Hoped For and From Beginning To Forever: A Study of the Grand Narrative of Scripture. She is also a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary with a master’s in Christian education.

Round 3 — For Women: Cultivating your Gifts of Leading and Teaching (Lifeway Women)

Kyle Worley

Kyle Worley

Kyle Worley is a pastor at Mosaic Church in Richardson, Texas. He is the host of Knowing Faith podcast and co-host of the Confronting Christianity podcast.

Round 5 — The Church and Discipleship: How the Local Church Can Make Whole Disciples of Jesus (The Gospel Coalition)

Round 6 — Knowing Faith Podcast (The Gospel Coalition)

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra is senior writer for The Gospel Coalition. She is also the coauthor of Gospelbound: Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age and editor of Social Sanity in an Insta World. She earned a BA from Dordt University and an MSJ from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She lives with her husband and two sons near Chicago, where they are active members of Orland Park Christian Reformed Church.

Round 5 — How to Be a Light and Not a Raging Forest Fire on Social Media (The Gospel Coalition)