Speakers

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  Francis Chan
  Francis Chan Francis Chan is the best-selling author of Crazy Love, Forgotten God, and You and Me Forever. Currently, Francis is planting churches in the San Francisco area (wearechurch.com). Together, Francis and his wife Lisa raise their seven children in Northern California.
  
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  Matt Chandler
  Matt Chandler Matt Chandler is the Lead Pastor of The Village Church in Dallas, TX and president of the Acts 29 Network. He is the author of several books, including his latest The Mingling of Souls.

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  Wayne Cordeiro
  Wayne Cordeiro Wayne Cordeiro is the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 11,500 in weekend attendance. Wayne is a church planter at heart with over 124 churches planted in the Pacific Rim countries of the Philippines, Japan, Australia and Myanmar. Nationally, he has planted churches in Hawaii, California, Washington, and Nevada.
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  Dave Ferguson
  Dave Ferguson Dave Ferguson is the Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church, an innovative multi-site missional church which is passionate about "helping people find their way back to God." Community has grown from a few college friends to thousands every weekend meeting at fourteen locations throughout Chicagoland and was recognized as one of the most influential churches in America. Dave provides visionary leadership for NewThing whose dream is to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches. He is an award-winning author of books such as The Big Idea, Exponential, On The Verge, and Discover Your Mission Now. His latest book, Finding Your Way Back to God, was another joint venture with his brother Jon.

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  Louie Giglio
  Louie Giglio Louie Giglio is the pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and founder of Passion Conferences—a global movement of college-aged people living for the fame of Jesus Christ. A dynamic and effective communicator, Louie holds a master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Shelley, live in Atlanta.
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  Harris III
  Harris III Harris “the Third” is an award-winning illusionist, communicator and the founder of the Istoria Collective, a production company that champions the art of storytelling. He is also the director of the STORY Conference, a gathering designed by creatives, for creatives.

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  Jodi Hickerson
  Jodi Hickerson Jodi Hickerson serves as Teaching Pastor and Programming Director for Mission Church in Ventura, California. Jodi and her husband Mike, along with their three daughters, are a part of the team that planted Mission Church in September of 2011, which continues to be the adventure they cannot imagine missing.
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  D.A. Horton
  D.A. Horton D.A. Horton serves as Pastor of Reach Fellowship a church plant in North Long Beach, CA & as Chief Evangelist for the Urban Youth Workers Institute (UYWI). Prior to his current roles he served as an urban church planter/pastor in Kansas City, MO, a National Coordinator of Urban Student Ministries at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and the Executive Director at ReachLife Ministries, the non-profit ministry of Reach Records.

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  Will Mancini
  Will Mancini Will Mancini wants you and your ministry to experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. As a pastor turned vision coach, Will has worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing megachurches and missional communities to mainline revitalization and church plants. He is the founder of Auxano, creator of VisionRoom.com, and the author of God Dreams and Church Unique.
• Joby Martin
  Joby Martin Joby Martin is the founder and lead pastor of The Church of Eleven22 in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2012, through an unprecedented movement of God, Pastor Joby and a team of leaders successfully launched The Church of Eleven22 out of Beach Church in Jacksonville Beach. Since this time, he has led a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ that has grown to two locations serving 7,000 people across eight weekly services.

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  Ed Stetzer
  Ed Stetzer Ed Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College. He was previously the executive director of LifeWay Research. A prolific author, and well-known conference and seminar leader, Stetzer has planted, revitalized and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He is also the executive editor of The Gospel Project, which is used by more than 500,000 individuals each week. Ed is executive editor of Facts & Trends Magazine, a Christian leadership magazine with a circulation of 70,000 readers.
• Albert Tate
  Albert Tate Albert Tate is the founder and lead pastor of Fellowship Monrovia. Hearing the call from God, Albert and his wife LaRosa planted Fellowship Monrovia a Gospel-Centered, Multi-Ethnic and Intergenerational church in January 2012. Albert serves on the Board of Trustees at Azusa Pacific University & Fuller Youth Institute.

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  Muriithi Wanjau
  Muriithi Wanjau Pastor Muriithi Wanjau planted Mavuno Church in Kenya in 2005. The church has since grown to 5 locations in Kenya and 4 internationally. He is the author of Mizizi: Plugging into Your God Purpose, which has been translated into 6 languages and is used in churches across the world.