Speakers

Here are some of the speakers that will be part of many of the worship services, special events and training for the conference.

Speakers

T.J. Addington, Speaker

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 16:52.

T.J. Addington, Speaker T.J. Addington, Speaker

T.J. Addington has served with the EFCA national office for the past 20 years in the roles of...

Omar Argumedo

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:31.

Omar Argumedo Omar Argumedo

Omar Argumedo was invited to serve as Pastor of for Nueva Vida in Austin, TX. Prior to his ministry...

Tony Balsamo

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 10:04.

Tony Balsamo Tony Balsamo

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Natalie Bartelme

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:36.

Natalie Bartelme Natalie Bartelme

At the young age of 8, the DNA was set deep in Natalie’s heart that she was to be a “missionary...

Roy Bebee

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 14:09.

Roy Bebee Roy Bebee

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Barry Baker

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 10:07.

Barry Baker Barry Baker

After working for 22 years in leadership and management at Procter & Gamble, in 2000 Barry left...

Greg Braly

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:22.

Greg Braly Greg Braly

Pastor Greg Braly, Family & Children's Ministries at New Hope Church in New Hope, MN Family:...

Charles Brooks

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:37.

Charles Brooks Charles Brooks

Charles Brooks pastor of A Better Life Fellowship in Owings Mills,...

Judy Brower

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 03/11/2009 - 18:09.

Judy Brower Judy Brower

Judy’s passion is to love Jesus and influence others to have a genuine encounter with Him.That...

Neal Brower

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 14:10.

Neal Brower Neal Brower

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Pablo Cachon

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 10:05.

Pablo Cachon Pablo Cachon

Pablo Cachon is pastor of Nueva Vida, Indio, CA. The East Coachella Valley is known for the...

M. Daniel Carroll Rodas

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:29.

M. Daniel Carroll Rodas M. Daniel Carroll Rodas

Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas, who celebrates his heritage from both Guatemala and the United States,...

Greg Carter

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 13:40.

Greg Carter Greg Carter

Greg Carter has served as Pastor of Outreach at Liberty Bible Church in Chesterton, IN since...

Kevin Crawford

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:38.

Kevin Crawford Kevin Crawford

Kevin Crawford is the Teaching Pastor at Brookside EFC, Bowling Green,...

Luther Eatman

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:17.

Luther Eatman Luther Eatman

Luther Eatman is pastor of Bridge of Hope Community Church in Kansas City, KS. Luther believes that...

Brian Cole

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:41.

Brian Cole Brian Cole

Brian is the Associate Executive Director of ReachGlobal and leads a division within RG called...

Tony Collins

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 16:31.

Tony Collins Tony Collins

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Fritz Dale

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 16:43.

Fritz Dale Fritz Dale

Fritz Dale joined the EFCA national office staff on August 1, 2005 and currently serves as...

Lana Ensrud

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:16.

Lana Ensrud Lana Ensrud

Lana is the Executive Director of Life Coaches for Kids®, a Christian non-profit whose purpose is...

Rick Ensrud

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 17:32.

Rick Ensrud Rick Ensrud

Pastor Rick Ensrud is the Senior Pastor at Brooklyn Park EFC in Minnesota and serves as the...

Gary Friesen

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:42.

Gary Friesen Gary Friesen

is Executive Vice President and Legal Counsel for Peacemaker Ministries. He is a frequent...

Tom Garasha

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 22:19.

Tom Garasha Tom Garasha

Tom Garasha is the Director of Pastoral Care and Coaching EFCA West....

Bill Hamel, Speaker

Submitted by journey on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 19:21.

Bill Hamel, Speaker Bill Hamel, Speaker

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Joel Hanson, Worship Leader

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 19:10.

Joel Hanson, Worship Leader Joel Hanson, Worship Leader

Joel Hanson is the worship leader for the 2010 EFCA Leadership Conference. Joel is worship leader...

John Herman

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:11.

John Herman John Herman

John Herman is Executive Director of EFCA Pastoral Care Ministries and the EFCA Ministerial...

Eric Hesse

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 18:45.

Eric Hesse Eric Hesse

Pastor Eric Hesse is pastor of Grace Community Church in Richland, WI. He has a Masters of Divinity...

Benson Hines

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:39.

Benson Hines Benson Hines

Benson Hines has spent a decade in the field of college ministry. His hope is to encourage...

Chris Holck

Submitted by laurie.seay on Thu, 04/09/2009 - 16:14.

Chris Holck Chris Holck

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Steven Johnson

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 19:12.

Steven Johnson Steven Johnson

Steve's expertise includes capital campaigns, vision building and strategic planning. He has a...

George Klippenes

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 16:52.

George Klippenes George Klippenes

George has served as student pastor on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, Youth for Christ director,...

Julie Kurz

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:33.

Julie Kurz Julie Kurz

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Randy Littlefield

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:25.

Randy Littlefield Randy Littlefield

Randy Littlefield is Church Planting Director for the EFCA Texas-Oklahoma District.Randy received...

Scott Nesse

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Fri, 05/21/2010 - 18:35.

Scott Nesse Scott Nesse

A twenty-five year veteran of the pastorate, Scott Nesse is currently serving as the director of...

Sharon Mall

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:48.

Sharon Mall Sharon Mall

Sharon Mall serves with ReachGlobal as Asia Women’s Initiative leader. Sharon has a commitment...

Alejandro Mandes

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 19:26.

Alejandro Mandes Alejandro Mandes

Dr. Alejandro (Alex) Mandes began his walk with the Lord when he was 17 in Laredo, TX. He...

Brad Martin

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 10:07.

Brad Martin Brad Martin

Brad grew up in Wichita, Kansas and is the founding and Lead Pastor of RiverPoint Church in Newton,...

Craig McClun

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:46.

Craig McClun Craig McClun

Craig McClun has served with EFCA ReachGlobal since November, 2008. As Mission Network Director...

Marilyn Meiners

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:49.

Marilyn Meiners Marilyn Meiners

Marilyn Meiners lives in Pennsylvania with her pastor husband, Paul. She has three married sons...

Pete Menconi

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:50.

Pete Menconi Pete Menconi

For the past 18 years Pete has been the Outreach Pastor at Greenwood Community Church where he...

James Mendoza

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:28.

James Mendoza James Mendoza

James Mendoza is the pastor of Vista Community Church. He became a Christian through Campus Crusade...

Ken Moberg

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:16.

Ken Moberg Ken Moberg

Ken is a 1977 graduate of Wheaton College. He graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in...

Steven Musser

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 15:59.

Steven Musser Steven Musser

Dr. Musser is currently serving as the Superintendent of the Eastern District of the EFCA. Before...

Tom Nelson

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 09:56.

Tom Nelson Tom Nelson

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Roy Oksnevad

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 03/30/2010 - 11:52.

Roy Oksnevad Roy Oksnevad

Since 1996, Roy has been a ReachGlobal missionary working among Muslims in the Chicago area. He is...

John Ortberg, Speaker

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:31.

John Ortberg, Speaker John Ortberg, Speaker

John Ortberg, is passionate about "spiritual formation," which is how people become more...

Eric Orke

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 16:00.

Eric Orke Eric Orke

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Dave Page

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 17:48.

Dave Page Dave Page

Dave Page is the Director of Church Planting for the EFCA West. He is also a Strategic Leadership...

Panel Discussion

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 15:10.

Panel Discussion Panel Discussion

A panel discussion with multiple participants including facilitators, Sue Smith and Billie Jean...

Larry Osborne

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:34.

Larry Osborne Larry Osborne

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Regina Robinson

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 12:13.

Regina Robinson Regina Robinson

Regina Robinson, mom of 3, serves as worship director at Heart Change Fellowship, an EFCA...

Jackie Redmond

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 11:09.

Jackie Redmond Jackie Redmond

With a passionate heart desire and vision to “believe the unbelievable, receive the inconceivable...

James Roberts

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 17:30.

James Roberts James Roberts

James Roberts is currently president of Church Based Training(CCBT). This is information about...

Samuel Rodriguez, Speaker

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:39.

Samuel Rodriguez, Speaker Samuel Rodriguez, Speaker

The Wall St. Journal has identified Rev. Samuel Rodriguez as one of America’s seven most...

Alvin Sanders

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 16:36.

Alvin Sanders Alvin Sanders

Alvin Sanders (Ph.D.) serves as Executive Director of Reconciliation with the Evangelical Free...

Tom Shirk

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:51.

Tom Shirk Tom Shirk

Tom Shirk is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Bible Church, Boulder, CO. Tom and his wife, Lucy, have...

Bud Smith

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 14:26.

Bud Smith Bud Smith

Pastor Bud Smith has served as an EFCA pastor for almost 40 years, including nine years at the...

Marcos Solt

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Mon, 05/03/2010 - 19:51.

Marcos Solt Marcos Solt

Dr. Marcos Solt and his wife, Ruth, live in Quakertown, PA and have 5 grown children. He is the...

John Stevens

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:46.

John Stevens John Stevens

John Stevens, Lead Pastor, Core Community Church, Shelby, OH When God ignited John Steven’s...

Greg Strand

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 17:25.

Greg Strand Greg Strand

Greg Strand has served in the EFCA since 1989, as an associate pastor of adult ministries, and then...

Gene Swanstrom

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 17:43.

Gene Swanstrom Gene Swanstrom

Gene Swanstrom served in the Evangelical Free Church for thirty-two years as a Youth Pastor,...

Dave Thielman

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 16:01.

Dave Thielman Dave Thielman

Dave is the Program Director for Life Coaches for Kids®. Dave has an MBA and was in corporate...

Rick Thompson

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 03/31/2010 - 16:19.

Rick Thompson Rick Thompson

Rick and Jan Thompson met at Wheaton Graduate School and their first year of marriage was on campus...

Dante Upshaw

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 18:37.

Dante Upshaw Dante Upshaw

In 1994, Danté followed the Lord’s leading to Chicago to study pastoral youth ministry at Moody...

David Wardle

Submitted by paula.pust on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 14:29.

David Wardle David Wardle

Dave Wardle was born and raised in the Chicagoland area. After serving in Evangelical Free Churches...

Jo White

Submitted by paula.pust on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 16:01.

Jo White Jo White

Jo White serves as Pastor of Children’s Ministries at Christ Community Church in Leawood,...

Ryan Wynia

Submitted by paula.pust on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 16:57.

Ryan Wynia Ryan Wynia

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Paul Anderson

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 19:18.

Paul Anderson Paul Anderson

Paul was elected President of Christian Investors Foundation in February 2003. Prior to joining...

Greg Carlson

Submitted by cher.lorentz on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 18:36.

Greg Carlson Greg Carlson

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