Jamie Taylor is an author and communicator who loves helping people discover the things that are holding them back from a life of abundance and authenticity. She is a leader in both church and non-profit spaces where she journeys alongside people on their road to freedom.

McKinsey Swain is a wife, mom, multi-passionate entrepreneur, coach and freedom chaser. She loves to help individuals and teams get unstuck and move forward in life, business, and ministry.”

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Jessie Cruickshank holds a M.Ed. from Harvard in Mind, Brain, and Education. She is an ordained minister and a nationally recognized expert in disciplemaking and the neuroscience of transformation. She has spent two decades applying neuroeducation research to discipleship, ministry training, experiential education, and organization development. Jessie is respected globally as a missiological thought-leader and a church and denominational consultant and is the founder of Who-ology. Jessie lives and adventures with her family in Colorado.

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Cesar Perez is the Executive Director of Christian Education Release Time (CERT) in Emmett, Idaho. CERT is a ministry that teaches Bible classes to public school students. He is also part of The Monday Christian team doing short apologetic-style videos on TMC's TikTok Channel. Cesar graduated with his BA in Church and Family Ministry and has been married to his wife Elisabeth for eight years and they have a son named Mateo. When he is not teaching or discipling students, Cesar loves exploring and having adventures in the mountains of Idaho.

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Benno van den Toren (PhD, Theological University in Kampen) is professor of intercultural theology at the Protestant Theological University in Groningen, the Netherlands. He has taught in French-speaking Africa and at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University, and his books include Christian Apologetics as Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Reasons for My Hope: Responding to Non-Christian Friends.

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Alan Noble (PhD, Baylor University) is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Baptist University, cofounder and editor in chief of Christ and Pop Culture, and an advisor for the AND Campaign. He has written for the Atlantic, Vox, BuzzFeed, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today, and First Things. He is also the author of Disruptive Witness and You Are Not Your Own.

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Jon Pyle is a Digital Pastor who serves the people of CityChurch San Antonio and created his own podcast about making the church "Better on the Inside". As a teenager in the late 90's, Jon converted to Christianity from his first religion: Pop Culture. He is a fun sock enthusiast, retired sports blogger, tea drinker, and world-class hugger.

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Isaiah Robertson is the Senior Pastor of Hope in Christ Church in Compton, California. In 2020, Pastor Isaiah released his groundbreaking book Black Church Empowered: Examining Our History, Securing Our Longevity. This book quickly reached the top of the charts as an Amazon best seller. It also garnered the Best Book of 2020 award from the Emmaus Collective. Pastor Isaiah has served in multiple ministerial capacities since accepting his call. He has served as a youth pastor, an associate pastor, and a church planter. He has also spearheaded numerous outreach programs aimed at serving underprivileged communities and mentoring young men of color. He has a passion for studying, preaching, and teaching the Word of God. He also has a deep interest in contextual ecclesiology and Black Church studies.

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Matthew J. Lynch is an associate professor of Old Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of First Isaiah and the Disappearance of the Gods, Portraying Violence in the Hebrew Bible, and Monotheism and Institutions in the Book of Chronicles. He is the co-founder of the OnScript podcast, a podcast focused on providing engaging conversations on Bible and theology.

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David and Elisa are the leaders of Celebrate Recovery at Grace Bible Church in Nampa, Idaho. They have been married for fourteen years and have a powerful story of redemption. As Elisa likes to say, "I used to be a soldier for the world and now I am a soldier for Christ." David and Elisa see their lives as an example of how God can turn a person's "mess" into a "message." They come from two different worlds, but they believe they found each other because God has a plan for their lives. Together, they run a small business and do all they can to offer hope to others. 

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Alan Fadling is president and founder of Unhurried Living, Inc. in Mission Viejo, California. He speaks and consults internationally with organizations such as Saddleback Church, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Cru, Halftime Institute, Apprentice Institute, and Open Doors International. He is the award-winning author of An Unhurried Leader and An Unhurried Life, and coauthor (with Gem Fadling) of What Does Your Soul Love?

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