Interview Guests, Breakout Speakers, and Musical Artists
(in alphabetical order)
Isaac Adams Isaac Adams (MDiv, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as a pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He is the founder of United? We Pray (uwepray. com), a ministry devoted to praying about racial strife—especially between Christians.
African Children's Choir The African Children's Choir and Music for Life is a Christian organization empowering African children trapped in the cycle of poverty to rise up and create positive, lasting change. Music for Life makes deep, long-term investments in children who go on to have an exponential impact on their families, communities and countries. Through our choirs, Music for Life harnesses the power of music to generate international awareness of its programs in Africa. Our focus on providing African children and youth with a quality education, leadership skills, mentoring and ongoing discipleship equips and prepares them to solve problems for themselves, their families, communities and countries. Since 1984, Music for Life has educated over 54,000 children and impacted hundreds of thousands of children through its relief programs.
Kristie Anyabwile Kristie is a pastor's wife, mom, Bible teacher and editor of His Testimonies, My Heritage: Women of Color on the Word of God. She works with the Charles Simeon Trust as the Associate Director of Women's Workshops, training and equipping Bible teachers. She disciples and teaches women in her church, and joyfully supports her husband of 28 years, Thabiti, as he pastors Anacostia River Church in Washington, DC. They have 3 children, all taller than their mom.
Tommy Bailey Tommy Bailey is an Associate Pastor and Director of Worship at The Village Chapel in Nashville, TN. He is also co-founder of Collision Media, a design and branding firm with a focus on churches and non-profits around the world. Tommy has served on multiple church leadership teams throughout the US and has a passion for serving the global church pastorally through congregational singing, songwriting and Bible teaching. Tommy holds a Masters in Theological Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO.
Jeff Barnett Jeff Barnett is the Director of House of Worship Sales at Sweetwater. Barnett is also an instructor in Sweetwater’s Academy of Music and Technology, teaching live sound techniques. His background includes live sound engineering, recording engineering, system design, and installation. He is also a performing musician, singing in a vocal jazz group. Over the course of his career, Barnett has helped equip thousands of churches and musicians for their ministry.
Foley Beach The Most Reverend Doctor Foley Beach was elected the Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America on June 22, 2014. He is also the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the South, headquartered in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. In June of 2018, he was elected by Archbishops from around the world to Chair the Primates Council of the Global Anglican Future Conference, a renewal movement within the Anglican Communion. Archbishop Beach can be heard on radio stations in the U.S. and around the world via his teaching ministry, A Word from the Lord, and his OneMinute Message, an evangelism outreach to the unchurched. He and his wife, Allison, are lifelong Georgians and have two adult children.
