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.

Joel Beeke

Dr. Joel R. Beeke is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a polific author.

Matt Boswell

Matt Boswell is the founding pastor of The Trails Church in Prosper, TX. Matt has been involved in church planting and pastoral ministry since 1998, and is also an author and hymnwriter, known for songs including "His Mercy Is More" and "Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery." Matt is a Ph.D candidate at Southern Seminary with an emphasis in Christian Worship and Biblical Spirituality.

Michael Card

In a career that took off with his debut album, First Light (1981), Michael Card has recorded over 38 albums, authored over 28 books, is host to a weekly podcast, and has written for a wide range of magazines. He has penned such favorites as “El Shaddai”, “Love Crucified Arose”, and “Immanuel."

Tim Challies

Tim Challies is a Christian, a husband to Aileen, and a father to three children aged 9 to 15. He is a book reviewer for WORLD magazine, a co-founder of Cruciform Press, and has written several books including The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment and Sexual Detox. He worships and serves as a pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in Toronto, Ontario and writes daily at www.challies.com.

Richard Chin

Richard Chin is married to Jeanette and the father of 4 young adult children. His late wife (Bronwyn) went to be with the Lord at Easter in 2013. He serves as the National Director of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES). Based at the Australian National University in Canberra, he also serves with Jeanette on the AFES staff team that proclaims Christ to both local and international students. He is the author of Captivated by Christ, an exposition of Colossians published by Matthias Media.

Ruth Chou Simons

Ruth Chou Simons is a bestselling and award-winning author of several books—including GraceLaced, Beholding and Becoming, and Foundations. She is an artist, entrepreneur, and speaker, using each of these platforms to spiritually sow the Word of God into people's hearts. Through her online shoppe at GraceLaced.com 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.

City Alight

CityAlight is a music ministry from St. Paul’s Castle Hill Church in Sydney, Austrlia. The vision of CityAlight is to write songs with biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian church to sing. Through songs such as Grace and Yet not I, but through Christ in Me, CityAlight have encouraged the global church to sing Christ-centered modern hymns.

Travis Cottrell

Travis serves as Worship Pastor at Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, TN. For the last eighteen years Travis has served as worship leader at Beth Moore’s Living Proof Live conferences. In addition to his writing, arranging, leading and singing, Travis has managed to carve out time to record several solo projects, including Found, Ring the Bells the Dove award-winning Jesus Saves Live (his second Dove award, and one of his sixteen nominations) and When the Stars Burn Down, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Praise and Worship charts.

Joe Crider

Joseph R. Crider is the Dean of the School of Church Music and Worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. With 30 years of ministry and academic experience, Crider is a frequent speaker and clinician at worship conferences and churches. He has written several articles on worship and a book entitled, Uzzah’s Dead: A Call to Scripture-Guided Worship is forthcoming.

Steven Curtis Chapman

In a career that has spanned 30 years, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history with 59 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, five GRAMMYs®, an American Music Award, 49 No. 1 singles, selling nearly eleven million albums, and ten RIAA-certified gold or platinum albums to his credit. He has performed on numerous television shows, and released his best-selling memoir, Between Heaven & The Real World, in 2017.

Rick Dempsey

Rick Dempsey is an Emmy winner and the Senior Vice President, Creative, of Disney Character Voices worldwide. His responsibilities include the oversight of all of Disney’s voice talent in English, as well as 55 languages around the world. In 2002 Rick brought The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe to Disney. He and his wife attend Grace Community Church of the Valley where Rick has led worship for over 30 years among the various adult and youth ministries.

Mark Dever

Mark has served as the senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC since 1994. A Duke graduate, Mark holds a M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a Th.M. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Ecclesiastical History from Cambridge University. He is the president of 9Marks Ministries and has taught at a number of seminaries. Mark has authored several books and articles, most recently, Discipling, The Compelling Community, and The Church: The Gospel Made Visible. He and his wife Connie live on Capitol Hill, with Connie giving much of her time to creating a childrens’ curriculum (PraiseFactory). They have two adult children.

Bob Duncan

The Most Reverend Robert Duncan is Archbishop Emeritus of the Anglican Church in North America and Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer (2019). Archbishop Duncan has served congregations in the Mid-Atlantic (including Manhattan), served on campuses for 18 years, and been bishop and archbishop for 25 years. His passion for church music goes back to his grandfather—an Anglican boy chorister—and in his choice of a bride—a church musician. He is presently Bishop in Residence at St. Peter’s Anglican Cathedral in Tallahassee, Florida.

Jon Duncan

Dr. Jon Duncan serves as State Missionary in Worship and Music Ministry of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, a position he has held since 2002. Previously he has served in several churches in Oklahoma before becoming Worship and Music Specialist with the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma. His primary responsibilities include directing the GBMB choral organizations—Sons of Jubal and Jubalheirs—as well as assisting churches through consultation and leadership development, strengthening worship education and practice in local churches, enhancing music education through festivals and camps, and placement assistance for local churches. Duncan and his wife, Mary, have two daughters, Raechel and Jessica, and five grandchildren.

Joni Eareckson Tada

Joni Eareckson Tada, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. Joni and Friends serves thousands of special-needs families through Family Retreat, and has delivered over 100,000 wheelchairs and Bibles to needy disabled persons in developing nations.

K. A. Ellis

K.A. Ellis is Director of the Center for the Study of the Bible & Ethnicity (CSBE) in Atlanta. She also serves as the Robert Cannada Fellow for World Christianity at RTS. Mrs. Ellis is a Ph.D. candidate in Virtue Ethics at the Oxford Center for Mission Studies in Oxford, England. She is passionate about theology, human rights, and global religious freedom. Since 2006, she has worked together with the Swiss-based charity, International Christian Response, and has traveled internationally advocating for global religious freedom.

Amos Evans

Amos Evans is committed to spreading the gospel of Christ through music at Create Well Agency (providing music strategy and A&R consulting for independent artists), as the music director at Anacostia River Church (Washington, D.C.), and as a gospel songwriter-arranger.

Sherif Fahim

Sherif A. Fahim is an Elder in the Evangelical church in Sidi Beshr Kebly, Alexandria, Egypt, and a lecturer of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Alexandria School of Theology (AST). He leads a reformed ministry in Egypt called El-Soora which aims to aid the Church in rediscovering and proclaiming the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the Arabic speaking world. Sherif is a graduate of Alexandria School of Theology (BTh), Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia (MAR), and Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan (ThM). He and his wife Marian have three daughters.

Silas Farley

Silas Farley is ballet dancer, teacher, and choreographer. He danced with New York City Ballet from 2012-2020. He has choreographed for The New York Choreographic Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Guggenheim Museum. He now serves as The Armstrong Visiting Artist in Residence in Ballet at The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. Silas and his wife, Cassia, live in Dallas, Texas.

Sol Fenne

Sol lives in Gracemount, a housing scheme in Edinburgh, Scotland with his wifeCarlie and their 3 children Hamish, Betsie and Tommy. They are part of a 20schemes team that planted Gracemount Community Church in Easter 2017 where Sol now serves as an elder. Sol also established 20schemes Music and now runs it in his role as music co-ordinator for 20schemes.

Dan Forrest

Dan Forrest has been described as having “an undoubted gift for writing beautiful music….that is truly magical” (NY Concert Review), with works hailed as “magnificent, very cleverly constructed sound sculpture” (Classical Voice), and “superb writing…full of spine-tingling moments” (Salt Lake Tribune). In the last decade, Dan’s music has become well established in the repertoire of choirs in the U.S. and abroad, through works including Requiem for the Living (2013), Jubilate Deo (2016), and LUX: The Dawn From On High (2018). Dan holds graduate degrees in composition and piano performance, and is active as a composer, educator, publisher, editor, and pianist.

Bill and Gloria Gaither

Bill Gaither is a legendary songwriter, performer and producer whose work has stretched far beyond the confines of his small Indiana hometown. Bill met Gloria when they were both teaching school. They began collaborating to create some of gospel music’s most-loved standards including Because He Lives, The King Is Coming, and over 700 others. Bill and Gloria have collectively won seven Grammy Awards and more than 40 Dove Awards from The Gospel Music Association. Bill and Gloria operate their business from Alexandria, Indiana. They spend as much of their spare time as possible with their three grown kids and seven grandchildren.

Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia studied a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the director of the music academy of Ozama Baptist Church in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Carlos is part of the national team of Art Education, responsible for the Dominican art curriculum for public schools. He cohosts the radio show "More Than Music" alongside Rogers Peralta, a program for musicians, worship leaders, pastors, and the general public. He is married to Elizabeth Matos and together they live in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Os Guinness

Os Guinness is an author and social critic. He has written or edited more than thirty books. Since moving to the United States in 1984, Os has been a Guest Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies, a Guest Scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum and the EastWest Institute in New York. Os has spoken at many of the world’s major universities, and spoken widely to political and business conferences across the world. He lives with his wife Jenny in the Washington DC area.

Nancy Guthrie

Nancy Guthrie teaches the Bible through numerous Bible study books, at her home church, Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, Tennessee, as well as at conferences around the country and internationally. She is the host of the “Help Me Teach the Bible” podcast at The Gospel Coalition and the author of What Every Child Should Know About Prayer. Nancy is married to David Guthrie, who creates children’s musicals that are honoring to God, fun for kids, and have life-changing Gospel impact on our world through his company, Little Big Stuff Music.

Jamie Hillman.

Dr. Jamie Hillman is a multi-faceted musician who is active as a conductor, singer, pianist, music educator, and composer. He is an assistant professor of music at Gordon College in Wenham, MA, where he directs the Gordon College Choir and Men's Choir, teaches a number of vocal and music education courses, and coordinates the vocal area. He also teaches graduate conducting at Longy School of Music of Bard College. Hillman is associate music director at Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, where he leads the Classic service and directs two choirs and several instrumental ensembles. As a Boston University Prison Arts Scholar and faculty member of BU's Metropolitan College/ Prison Education Program, he has co-initiated a music program at a large, medium-high security men's prison in Massachusetts.

Sierra Hull

In her first 25 years alone, singer/songwriter/multiinstrumentalist Sierra Hull hit more milestones than many musicians accomplish in a lifetime. After making her Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 10, the Tennessee-bred virtuoso mandolinist played Carnegie Hall at age 12, then landed a deal with Rounder Records just a year later. Now 28-years-old, Hull is set to deliver her fourth full-length for Rounder: an elegantly inventive and endlessly captivating album called 25 Trips.

Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson is the CEO of "For the Truth," a Christian publishing company. He also serves as an elder at Satya Vachan Church in Lucknow, India. He is married to Sangeeta and they have two daughters. He was born and raised in Lucknow, India, and has an MA in Theological Studies.

Bob Kauflin

Bob Kauflin is a pastor, songwriter, speaker, and writer, and the director of Sovereign Grace Music. He also serves as an elder at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville.

Jordan Kauflin

Jordan Kauflin serves as worship pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta, GA. He is a songwriter whose hymns include "I Will Wait for You (Psalm 130" and "All I Have Is Christ," and he enjoys training the next generation of worship leaders.

Tim Keller

Dr. Timothy Keller is founder of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Manhattan, chairman of Redeemer City to City which has helped to launch over 200 churches in 35 urban cities, and founder of The Gospel Coalition. He has also authored numerous books, including the New York Times bestselling The Reason for God and The Prodigal God, have sold over 1 million copies and been translated into 15 languages.

David Kim

Violinist David Kim was named Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the annual David Kim Orchestral Institute of Cairn University in Philadelphia, where he is also a Professor of Violin Studies.

Julius Kim

Dr. Julius J. Kim serves as the president of The Gospel Coalition, a position he has held since February 2020. Prior to that he served for twenty years as the dean of students and professor of practical theology at Westminster Seminary California. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and serves as an associate pastor at New Life PCA in Escondido, CA. He is the author of multiple books and articles, and contributor to several study Bibles. He and his wife, Ji Hee, reside in Escondido, CA, with their two daughters.

Joel Kurz

Joel Kurz serves as lead pastor of The Garden Church in the Upton neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Additionally, Joel is the director of ONE HOPE, a ministry seeking to develop and train churches and church leaders in poor urban communities. Joel is married to Jess and together they have four children. The Kurz family lives in west Baltimore.

Trip Lee

Trip Lee is a rapper, author, pastor, speaker, and thought leader. As a critically acclaimed hip hop artist, Trip Lee’s music has topped Billboard charts, the iTunes chart, and he has received Dove nominations and a Stellar Award. Since his first album release, Trip has traveled the world performing for thousands of listeners. His Christ-centered hip hop message has also built a platform among churches and other Christian organizations, which has led to numberous opportunities to preach and teach at conferences and other events.

Gilbert Lennox

Gilbert Lennox heped found and establish Glenabbey Church in Newtownabbey, not far from Belfast. In 1995 Gilbert left his position as head of modern languages in a local grammar school to devote himself to Bible teaching and leadership within Glenabbey. He has also taught frequently on university campuses and at Bible conferences overseas, chiefly in Africa, India and more recently in Europe. In September 2016 Gilbert retired from his senior staff role in Glenabbey in order to be able to focus more on teaching and writing, as well as to have more time for family. Gilbert is also a keen photographer and loves to capture the beauty of the Irish landscape, especially its famous Causeway Coast. Gilbert and his wife Heather have four adult children and six grandchildren.

Simon Lennox

Simon is passionate about helping people read and study the Bible. He works at Bible Study Fellowship as Director of WordGo, a Bible study app that equips individuals and churches to start and lead group Bible studies. Simon lives in Ireland with his wife Amy and their daughter Rosie.

Bob Lepine

Radio and podcast listeners know Bob Lepine as the co-host of FamilyLife Today®, FamilyLife's nationally syndicated radio program. He is the author of Love Like You Mean It: The Heart of a Marriage That Honors God (2020) and The Christian Husband (1999). Bob is also the on air announcer for “Truth for Life” with Alistair Begg. Bob also serves on the Board of Directors for National Religious Broadcasters. Since 2008 Bob has served as an elder and teaching pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bob and his wife, Mary Ann have five children and nine grandchildren.

Blair Linne

Blair Linne is an actress and Christian spoken word artist. She has appeared in numerous theater productions, commercials and television shows including Days of Our Lives, Alias, Malcolm in the Middle, Boston Public, The Parkers and American Dreams, as well as her own Saturdaymorning show, SK8 (Skate) on NBC. Blair has toured globally and is known as one of the originators of the Christian Spoken Word genre. She has written poetry for Sprite, Neutrogena, NBC, and the Gospel Coalition. She has been featured on ABC’s Nightline, 102.3 KJLH, Revive Our Hearts, the Los Angeles Times, and several Christian Hip Hop albums. Proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ through spoken word is her passion. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband Shai Linne and their three children Sage, Maya, and Ezra and attends Risen Christ Fellowship where her husband is one of the founding pastors.

Shai Linne

Shai Linne is a recording artist and author. He has put out numerous Christian hip-hop albums, including The Attributes of God and The Atonement. As an author, his first book, “God Made Me and You”, was published in 2018. He also had the privilege of helping to plant Risen Christ Fellowship in September 2015 in my hometown of Philadelphia, PA. He is happily married to Blair and they have three children- Sage, Maya and Ezra.

Sally Lloyd Jones

Sally is a New York Times bestselling writer and frequent performer of her work. She has written over 25 books, spanning the Christian and general markets. Her work has been critically acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Her books (which are written for children, but lots of adults are reading) include: How to be a Baby, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; The Jesus Storybook Bible, winner of the Platinum Book Award; and Thoughts To Make Your Heart Sing.

Doug Logan

Doug Logan planted and pastored Epiphany Fellowship Church in Camden, NJ. After transitioning his church to the next generation of leadership, Doug was appointed by the Acts 29 Network to serve as the director of the Diversity Initiative and the co-director of Church in Hard Places. He is also the Pastor for Church Planting at Remnant Church in Richmond, VA. He is the author of On the Block: Developing a Biblical Picture for Missional Engagement as well as numerous articles. Doug and his wife, Angel, have been married since 1996 and have three sons.

Joanne is one of Britain’s leading Baroque sopranos in great demand throughout Europe. Prominent appearances have included concerts in many of the world’s leading venues including the Mariinsky Concert Hall, St Petersburg, Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow, St Paul’s Cathedral, Frauenkirche, Dresden, Carnegie Hall, and Suntory Hall, Tokyo.

Christian Lwanda

Christian Lwanda is a believer and glad servant of Jesus Christ. He is married to Sheila, and together they are the proud parents of one son. Born and raised in Kenya, Christian has worked as a pastor in worship and youth ministry in several churches in Kenya and South Africa. He is currently a Pastoral Assistant at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya.

Jonas Madureira

Jonas Madureira (PhD, Universidade de São Paulo and Universität zu Köln, Germany) is senior pastor of Igreja Batista da Palavra, in São Paulo, Brazil. He has written several books on Christian philosophy and theology.

Sandra McCracken

Sandra McCracken is a singer-songwriter and hymn writer from Nashville, Tennessee. A prolific recording artist, McCracken has produced 13 solo albums over two decades. Her best selling release, Psalms (2015) received critical acclaim, followed by God’s Highway (2017) which made the top 50 on Billboard Heatseekers chart without a major label. Her latest release, Christmas (2019) is a celebratory collection of Christmas songs and carols, featuring musical collaborations with Josh Garrels, Cindy Morgan and Gabe Dixon. Newly signed to Integrity Music, Sandra is working on an album due in the fall of 2020. Matt Merker is Director of Creative Resources and Training for Getty Music. Matt has contributed to several modern hymns, including “He Will Hold Me Fast.” He is the author of the forthcoming book Corporate Worship: How the Church Gathers as God's People. Matt and his wife, Erica, are members of Trinity Church and live in Nashville, TN with their two children.

Robert Morgan

Robert J. Morgan is the teaching pastor of The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served for over 40 years. He is a best-selling, gold-Illuminations, and goldmedallion winning writer with more than 35 books in print and approximately 5 million copies in circulation in multiple languages. He is a collaborative writer for Dr. David Jeremiah and Turning Points Magazine. Rob was also a homemaker and a caregiver for his late wife of 43 years, Katrina, who battled multiple sclerosis and passed away in November of 2019. He and Katrina have three daughters and sixteen grandchildren. In 2014, Rob was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from his alma mater, Columbia International University.

Kent Morris

Kent Morris is the Live Sound Market Manager for Sweetwater Music and Pro Audio and a forty year veteran of the live event arena, having spent decades on the road with many artists and overseeing hundreds of AVL installations in every type of venue. He is based in Georgia where he mixes each week for Dr. Charles Stanley at First Baptist Atlanta.

Darren Mulligan

Originally from Ireland, Darren Mulligan (lead singer of the Christian band We Are Messengers) and wife Heidi moved to the U.S. and saw their music career explode with their self-titled debut album in 2016. The album earned them their first Dove Award nomination for New Artist of the Year and included Top 5 hits “Everything Comes Alive,” “Magnify” and “Point to You.” We Are Messengers is a band focused on spreading the message of God’s love and using songs born from their own struggles to impact the lives of their audiences.

Trillia Newbell is the author of Sacred Endurance: Finding Grace and Strength for a Lasting Faith, If God is For Us: a 6-week Bible study on Romans 8, Fear and Faith: Finding the Peace Your Heart Craves, United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity, and the children’s book, God’s Very Good Idea: A True Story of God’s Delightfully Different Family. Newbell is currently the Director of Community Outreach for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the SBC. You can find her at trillianewbell.com and follow her on twitter at @trillianewbell.

Miguel Núñez

Dr. Miguel Nuñez is the senior pastor of the International Baptist Church in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is the author of two books, Jesus: the Man that Challenged the World and Confronts Your Life and A Church After God’s Own Heart.

Michael Oh

Dr. Michael YoungSuk Oh is Global Executive Director/ CEO of the Lausanne Movement. Michael is of Korean descent, born in America. Michael received his BA, MS, and PhD degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He also completed an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School as well as an MA in Regional Studies, East Asia, at Harvard University. Michael, his wife Pearl, and their five children served as missionaries in Nagoya, Japan from 2004 to 2016. In 2007 he joined the Lausanne Board of Directors as its youngest member. He has served as Global Executive Director/CEO since March 2013. Grammy, 8-time Dove and 7-time Stellar nominated songwriter, producer, artist, director and author Joe Pace, has established himself as one of the nation’s most prolific church songwriters and choir directors, with many of his songs becoming Sunday morning worship standards. Joe serves as the Executive Pastor at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL.

J. I. Packer

J.I. Packer (1926- 2020) was a theologian, author, and churchman who finished his ministry career serving as the Board of Governors’ Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. An ordained Anglican minister, he served the broader evangelical world through numerous books now considered 20th century classics, including Knowing God and Evangelism and The Sovereignty of God.

Matt Papa

Matt Papa is a songwriter, worship leader, and author whose heart longs to see people from every corner of the world set ablaze by the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. His latest project, "His Mercy Is More," showcases over a dozen songs co-written with frequent collaborator Matt Boswell.

John Patitucci

John Patitucci has been at the forefront of the jazz world for the last 30+ years and active in all styles of music. He is a threetime Grammy award winnder, has been nominated over fourteen times and has played on many other Grammy awardwinning recordings. Rogers Peralta is a music educator with a Master’s degree in theology from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He's been the worship leader and music director for Ozama Baptist Church since 2006 where he has developed important projects in the areas of music and art that have had global impact. He also co-hosts the radio show "Más que Música" (More than Music) with followers across the globe. He's married to Noemi Guerrero and together they have two children.

Andrew Peterson

Recording artist, songwriter, producer, filmmaker, publisher and award-winning author of The Wingfeather Saga series, Andrew Peterson is also host of the popular creative community known as The Rabbit Room and recently launched a film and TV production company, Shining Isle Productions.

Shanyl Philip

Shanyl Philip lives and works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with his lovely wife Ruth and his beautiful 5 month old daughter Lillian Grace. He currently serves as a lay elder at Covenant Hope Church, Dubai. Prior to becoming an elder, he served as a Deacon of Music for the church for over 3 years.

Jonathan Rea

Jonathan Rea leads the Choir Program at the Sing! Conference. He is director of New Irish Arts, whose choir and orchestra perform over 25 Gospel-centred events per year. Jonathan studied at Cambridge and appears frequently on the BBC as a conductor and a Christian speaker. He has been involved in local church music ministry for 4 decades and loves sharing practical insights to help congregations sing.

Tony Reinke serves as a senior teacher at Desiring God, and hosts the popular podcast Ask Pastor John, addressing questions of theology, ethics, and Christian living. Reinke currently resides in the Phoenix area with his wife and three children. His most recent book, Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Digital Age (Crossway, April 2019), explores what it means to spiritually thrive in an age of visual enticements.

Kim Wood Sandusky

Kim Wood Sandusky is one of the most influential vocal performance coaches in the global music industry. Her client roster speaks of her success, such as her work with Artists like Beyoncé Knowles, Francesca Battistelli, Toby Mac, Lauren Daigle, Kristyn Getty, Thompson Square, Lauren Alaina, and the list goes on. Kim has an intuitive gift and the expertise to handle Artists vocal development and vocal issues with care. She formulated a progressive method called the “Kim Wood Sandusky Vocal Builder Technique”TM that meets and exceeds the standards of today’s competitive music industry.

Tiago Santos

Tiago Santos is married to Elaine and father to Tiago III (21), Gabriel (18) and Rebeca (15). He is one of the pastors of Grace Baptist Church in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; is the CEO of Fiel Ministries Brazil and Director and Professor of Christian Ethics at Martin Bucer Seminary, Brazil. Tiago is a speaker and guest professors on several national and international events Tiago holds a Law degree and studies on Biblical Theology at Ulbra University (Lutheran University) and STM on Systematic Theology at Mackenzie's Andrew Jumper (Presbiteryan University).

Andrew Scriven

Andrew Scriven loves the church. For nearly 20 years, he lived in Dallas serving in virtually every production role within the church. Since 2014, Scriven has served as the Director of House of Worship Marketing for Sweetwater Sound (www.sweetwater.com) and works to build the Sweetwater brand within the worship community. Shane and Shane are a contemporary worship music band known for popular praise and worship music. The band consists of Shane Barnard (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Shane Everett (vocals). They are based in Texas.

Michael W. Smith

Michael has been releasing new music regularly and performing around the world to sold-out crowds for the last 30+ years. During his storied career, he’s written 32 No. 1 singles, been honored with three Grammy Awards and 45 Dove Awards, was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame and has sold more than 15 million albums. He’s also given back to the global community. Michael has raised funds to battle AIDS in Africa; started Rocketown, a safe haven for young people in Tennessee to meet and find hope; and has helped more than 70,000 children through Compassion International.

Mack Stiles

J. Mack Stiles is the pastor of Erbil International Baptist Church in Erbil, Iraq. Mack has traveled and lived many places, and has been involved in university student ministry, church reform, and church planting. He has authored five books, including Evangelism: How The Whole Church Speaks of Jesus. Mack is married to Leeann, and they have three grown sons, two delightful daughters-inlaw, and five grandchildren.

Katie Sutton

A native of San Antonio, Texas, Katie Sutton has enjoyed training young people in choral singing for nearly 15 years. She has served as a choral director, general music educator, private lesson instructor, and choir consultant in Texas, Georgia, and Tennessee. As a mother of three, she is a strong advocate of family singing in the home as a means of connectivity, fun, and discipleship. She resides with her family in Franklin, Tennessee.

Since founding Bach Collegium Japan in 1990, Masaaki Suzuki has established himself as a leading authority on the works of Bach. He has remained their Music Director ever since, taking them regularly to major venues and festivals in Europe and the USA and building up an outstanding reputation for the expressive refinement and truth of his performances.

Dieudonné Tamfu

Dieudonné Tamfu is a church planter in Yaoundé, Cameroon, professor of Bible and Theology and coordinator of the Cameroon extension site of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He is the author of 2 Peter and Jude in the African Bible Commentary Series. Dieudonné is married to Dominique and they have two kids.

Terry Taylor

Terry Taylor is Managing Editor of Growing in Grace Children’s Music Curriculum, a comprehensive faith-based resource in use in over 1,000 churches and schools in 40 states. From 1980- 2012 Terry served as a full-time Minister of Music. He received a BCM from Belmont University and a MCM from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the founder and director of the Children’s Freedom Choir and Music City SoundTracks, which reach out to socially and economically challenged children in south Nashville. Terry has two youngadult children and three grandchildren.

Greg Thomas

Greg serves as Worship Director of Times Square Church in New York City where over ten thousand people, and many more thousands around the world, call their home church. For 20 years he has been leading worship, directing choirs and ensembles, writing and arranging, producing recording projects, and speaking at international crusades. He resides in New Jersey with his wife Erika and their three children. Rico Tice is the Senior Minister (Evangelism) at All Souls, Langham Place in London. Joining in 1994 during the later years of the ministry of John Stott, his main role is to help the hundreds of enquirers about the Christian faith who come through the doors of the church each year. He has also developed the Christianity Explored course, which introduces people to Jesus through studying the Gospel of Mark.

Paul Tripp

Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living, Paul’s driving passion is to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Phil Vischer

Phil is the Founder of Big Idea Productions, Jellyfish Labs, and the creator and storyteller behind VeggieTales and What's in the Bible.

Zach White

Zach White is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and performer originally from St Louis, MO. In 2008 he moved to Nashville, TN where he graduated from Belmont University with a degree in commercial music. Zach has been a part-time music director for a decade at various churches and is currently the Assistant Director of Worship for The Village Chapel East. He tours regularly with Keith and Kristyn Getty, a variety of Nashville bands, and leads the group Zach & Maggie along with his wife. Along with performing, he is a regular record producer and session musician in Nashville's recording scene. Zach is most known musically for his unique approach of humourous but thoughtprovoking songwriting, blended style of bold acoustic guitar playing, and unique folk-inspired hymn arrangements. Zach resides in Nashville likely found in the studio or at one of the many delicious eateries around town. Dr Peter J. Williams is Principal of Tyndale House and an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Williams earned his PhD at the University of Cambridge studying ancient languages related to the Bible and has spent time teaching at the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University, and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible, and his most recent book "Can We Trust the Gospels?" was published in 2018.

Ross Wilson

Ross Wilson is one of Northern Ireland's leading artists. He has been a visiting speaker at Harvard and Oxford Universities. Wilson's many portrait commissions have included Nobel Laureates Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney. His artwork is displayed across the world among several public and private collections.

Boaz Yang

Boaz Yang is a worship minister from China. He received the MDiv degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the founder of "Praise as One" ministry, endeavoring to promote biblical corporate worship and congregational singing among Chinese churches.

Breakout Sessions

SING THE WORD: SCRIPTURE IN OUR HYMNS

Monday, August 31

CityAlight | Behind the Songs with City Alight Jonathan Rea | Helping Congregations Sing & Song Selection 101: A Practical A-Z Guide on Weekly Preparation for Building Singing Churches Tony Reinke | Worshipping Christ in the “Age of the Spectacle” Robert Morgan | 10 Classic Hymns on the Word of God Your Church Should Know

Tuesday, September 1

J. I. Packer | An Interview on Knowing God, Liturgy, and Singing the Word (Previously Recorded) Mark Dever and Matt Merker | The Pastor and the Musician: A Conversation about Planning the Sunday Service and More Bob Kauflin and Joe Pace | Singing the Word and Musical Style: A Conversation about Expanding Your Culture Panel Discussion: Singing the Word in Smaller Attendance Churches through the Pandemic and Beyond

Wednesday, September 2

Tim Keller | An Interview on the Psalms, Singing the Word, and Discipleship in the 21 st Century

(Previously Recorded)

Robert Duncan | Scripture Arranged for Worship: Singing the Book of Common Prayer Isaac Adams | United We Sing: Why Racial Diversity Matters for God's Choir Panel Discussion: Singing the Word Around the World: A Global Panel on the State of Congregational Hymnody Archbishop Foley Beach and Archbishop Bob Duncan | The Formative Power of Singing and Praying the Word: A Conversation

READ, PRAY, AND PREACH THE WORD: SCRIPTURE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH

Monday, August 31

Nancy Guthrie | Praying the Word for Those Who Are Suffering Miguel Núñez | The God behind the Scriptures Gilbert and Simon Lennox | Teaching the Next Generation to Read and Understand the Word

Tuesday, September 1

Julius Kim | Singing the Song of the Scriptures: Christ-Centered Preaching Trillia Newbell and K. A. Ellis | How Prayer Unites Us: The Unifying Power of Praying the Word in the Local Church Tim Challies | Excellence in the Public Reading of Scripture

Wednesday, September 2

Sherif Fahim | The Centrality of God in the Bible Kristie Anyabwile | Psalm 119: His Testimonies, My Heritage Dieudonné Tamfu | Why the Doctrine of Inspiration Matters Richard Chin | Preaching the Word of the Cross

THE WORD AND CHILDREN: SCRIPTURE IN THE HOME AND CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

Monday, August 31

Shai and Blair Linne | Singing the Word in the Home with the Linne Family Robert Morgan | 10 Classic Hymns Every Child Should Know

Tuesday, September 1

Joel Beeke | How to Help Children Sing and Know the Word

Wednesday, September 2

Panel Discussion: Singing the Word with Children in Choirs, Children's Ministries, and More

THE WORD FOR THE WORLD: SCRIPTURE IN EVANGELISM, MISSIONS, AND APOLOGETICS

Monday, August 31

Peter Williams | Why We Trust the Bible

Tuesday, September 1

John Lennox with Michael Ramsden | Defending the Word: An Interview Os Guinness | "Let My People Go": Exodus and the Once and Future Key to Freedom

Wednesday, September 2

David Platt | Singing the Word to the Nations Mack Stiles | Reading the Word in Cross-Cultural Contexts Rico Tice | Christianity Explored: Reading the Word with Unbelievers

MUSICIANSHIP AND CREATIVITY: SCRIPTURE IN OUR ARTISTRY

Monday, August 31

Bill and Gloria Gaither with Keith and Kristyn Getty | Creativity, Hymn Writing, and Life Stuff: A Conversation Joanne Lunn | Classical Music as Christian Witness: An Interview and Recital Kim Wood Sandusky | The Gift and Development of the Voice Including a Behind-the-Scenes Coaching Session with Kristyn and Kim Ross Wilson | The Artist's Personal Devotion to the Word

Tuesday, September 1

Keith Getty | The International Hymn Writing Collective: An Introduction David Kim | Life, Faith, and Musicianship: A Talk and Recital with David Kim Zach White | Playing Guitar with a Congregational Focus Michael Card with Keith and Kristyn Getty | A Conversation about the Word and Creativity

Wednesday, September 2

Travis Cottrell | Singing and Arranging Vocals for Congregational Worship Dan Forrest | Sing the Scriptures…With Your Choir! Silas Farley | Ballet as a Living Sacrifice: Choreographing Sacred Music as Witness and Renewal

TECHNOLOGY SERVING THE WORD: SCRIPTURE AND YOUR A/V MINISTRY

Monday, August 31

Tommy Bailey | Singing During a Pandemic: Practical Tools, Guidance, and Wisdom for Local Churches

Tuesday, September 1

Kent Morris | Using Technology to Thrive into the Future Kent Morris and Jeff Barnett | How to Maximize Live Streaming for Worship

Wednesday, September 2

Panel Discussion and Q&A: A Panel and Q&A on Technology in Church during the Pandemic and Beyond

THE WORD AMONG THE POOR: SCRIPTURE AND THE LEAST OF THESE

Monday, August 31

Sol Fenne | Rejoicing with the Poor by Singing the Word

Tuesday, September 1

Doug Logan | Lamenting with the Poor by Praying the Word

Wednesday, September 2

Joel Kurz | Discipling the Poor by Preaching and Singing the Word

CHILDREN’S LEADERSHIP FORUM

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30

our hands have made and fashioned me; give me unde r standing that I may learn your commandments. those who fear you s h a l l s e e m e and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.

PSALM 119:73-74