John Mark Comer is the director and teacher of Practicing the Way, founding pastor of Bridgetown Church and the New York Times bestselling author of Live No Lies.

His growing passion is the intersection of spiritual formation and post-Christian culture. The gnawing questions that get him out of bed in the morning are, How do we experience life with God? And how do we change to become more like Jesus? To that end, he is regularly found reading the desert fathers and mothers, ancient saints and obscure contemplatives, modern psychologists and social scientists, philosophers like Dallas Willard, and op-eds from the New York Times. 

When he’s not reading, he can be found around a table with his family and friends, attempting to learn how to cook, drinking Heart coffee, and walking the family dog in the forest. Most important, he is husband to T and father to Jude, Moses, and Sunday.

David cofounded Axis in 2007 and is the CEO. Axis supports and is the "culture translator" for 400,000 parents and caring adults who disciple 800,000 teens in their home and another 2,000,000 teens in classrooms, churches, and on sport teams.

Miles Toulmin is the CEO of Alpha International. Miles graduated from Oxford University and spent 10 years working for a consumer goods multinational before returning to Oxford to study theology. He was ordained in the Anglican church in 2007 and spent seven years serving at HTB under Nicky Gumbel as the Associate Vicar.

In 2014 Miles, his wife, Sarah, and their three children moved to Malaysia to plant a city-centre church (HTBB) in Kuala Lumpur and to establish the Alpha Asia-Pacific Hub. For 10 years, Miles served as the Executive Director of Alpha Asia-Pacific, overseeing the work of Alpha in the region, as well as Vicar of Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang (HTBB).  

Miles is an experienced Alpha practitioner and has also used Alpha effectively as a church planting tool. He has recently completed his doctoral studies in church planting through Asbury Theological Seminary.

Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. She serves as director of the University-wide Ethics Initiative and is the founding director of the Institute for Ethics and the Common Good. With the Institute team she is currently directing two major network-building initiatives. One is focused on the role of love in moral life and social transformation. The second is establishing a network of educators, pastors, technologists, journalists and young people to advance approaches to AI ethics informed by Christian sensibilities about human dignity. Find out more at ethics.nd.edu.

Sullivan’s books include Time Biases, and The Good Life Method, co-authored with Paul Blaschko. She has received a Joyce Award for Teaching, the Provost’s All-Faculty Team Award, and South Bend’s 40 Under 40 Award. She holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Oxford, and Rutgers, and studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

Nathan Engelhardt is an Academy Award® Nominated Director and Animation Supervisor who has helped create memorable characters and performances from films like Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6, Moana, Zootopia, Frozen 2, Encanto, and more. Most recently, Nathan has written and directed an independent animated short film called "Forevergreen," which is his directorial debut.

Jeremy Spears is an Academy Award® nominated director and Annie Award winning story artist. His most recent projects are Forevergreen and Zootopia 2, as well as Encanto, Zootopia, Moana, Wreck-it Ralph and Frozen. Occasionally he gets to work with his friends at Walt Disney Imagineering doing story work and woodcarving on exciting projects and attractions such as Trader Sam's at Disneyland and Disney World. In his free time he can be found illustrating, designing and carving his original creations in the Whittle Woodshop.

Drew Hyun is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Hope Church NYC, a diverse church with three locations in New York City. Drew is also the President of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, an organization that aims to transform church culture through the multiplication of deeply changed pastors and leaders. He regularly speaks at churches, conferences and college campuses throughout the United States and abroad. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div), and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin) and is the author of the book, Beautiful, Disappointing, Hopeful: How Gratitude, Grief, and Grace Reflect the Christian Story.

Tyler J. VanderWeele, Ph.D., is the John L. Loeb and Frances Lehman Loeb Professor of Epidemiology in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Director of the Human Flourishing Program and Co-Director of the Initiative on Health, Spirituality, and Religion at Harvard University.

He holds degrees from the University of Oxford, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University in mathematics, philosophy, theology, finance, and biostatistics. His methodological research is focused on theory and methods for distinguishing between association and causation in the biomedical and social sciences and, more recently, on psychosocial measurement theory.

His empirical research spans psychiatric and social epidemiology; the science of happiness and flourishing; and the study of religion and health. He is the recipient of the 2017 Presidents’ Award from the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS).

Dr. VanderWeele has published over 600 papers in peer-reviewed journals; is author of the books Explanation in Causal Inference (2015), Modern Epidemiology (2021), Measuring Well-Being (2021), Handbook of Religion and Health (2024), and A Theology of Health (2024); and writes a monthly blog posting on topics related to human flourishing for Psychology Today.

Dr. Christopher Watkin is Associate Professor of European Languages at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His research and teaching focus on modern and contemporary European thought, religion and the secular, liberation and emancipation, and philosophical understandings of the human being. At Monash he also led the Australian Research Council project Rewriting the Social Contract: Technology, Ecology, Extremism (2021-2024). He is the author of numerous books, including Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture, which received both Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award and Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2023. His other books include Thinking Through Creation: Genesis 1 and 2 as Tools of Cultural Critique and, more recently, The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity: Tracing the Roots of Colonialism, Secularity, and Ecology (Cambridge University Press, 2025). A Fellow of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics, Chris writes and speaks at the intersection of theology, philosophy, culture, and public life. Through his Christian resources website, Thinkingthroughthebible.com, and his writing for The Gospel Coalition, he seeks to help Christians read contemporary culture with intellectual seriousness and biblical imagination. His more recent public work has also engaged questions of artificial intelligence, the common good, and Christian cultural witness.

Dwan Hill is a 3x GRAMMY award-winning, 2x Dove award-winning, a 2x ASCAP Rhythm and Soul award winner, songwriter, producer, musician, writer, church leader, and Co-Founder of The Choir Room.In addition to completing his Bachelors of Music Education and Masters of Composition degrees at Belmont University, Dwan has toured worldwide as the music director for CeCe Winans as well as with renowned artists such as Jonny Lang, Lauren Daigle, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Tauren Wells.Based in Nashville, TN, Dwan's most prized treasures are his wife Laura and their children Tobin and Nyla.

Reverend Doctor Nicole Massie Martin was born and educated in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a triple major in Human and Organizational Development, Educational Studies, and French. Dr. Martin received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and earned a Doctor of Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Dr. Martin serves as the President and CEO of Christianity Today. She is the founder and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries, which accelerates thriving for pastors, churches, and younger leaders. She is also active in her local congregation in Maryland at Kingdom Fellowship AME Church. Dr. Martin is a gifted writer and author of numerous articles including three books: Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender; Made to Lead: Empowering Women for Ministry; and Leaning In, Letting Go: A Lenten Devotional. She serves on the executive council of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Board of Trustees at Fuller Theological Seminary, and on the National Advisory Board for the Salvation Army. She is a founding board member of the Center for Christianity and Public Life and has been inducted into the esteemed Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.

Dr. Martin is married to her best friend, Dr. Mark Martin, and they have two amazing daughters.

Chris Adams Rev. Chris Adams, PhD, is a third-generation pastor's kid, ordained minister, clinical psychologist, and certified wellbeing and leadership coach. He has served in pastoral care and counseling roles in a large congregation and a large Christian university. He specializes in the wellbeing of ministerial students, clergy, and their families. Chris currently serves as Professor, Chaplain, and Executive Director of the Mental Health and the Church initiative at Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, Biola University. Chris teaches pastoral care and counseling, Christian leadership formation, and psychology and Christianity integration courses for Rosemead and several seminaries. Chris is a consultant to numerous denominations and seminaries in the areas of clergy candidate formative evaluation (having facilitated over 1,000 clergy candidate evaluations), clergy health and flourishing, and pastoral leadership formation. He is the lead researcher for the Flourishing in Ministry project (www.flourishinginministry.org), and is currently participating as a consultant and researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative. Chris is a frequent lecturer at seminaries, retreats, and conferences, and has had the opportunity to speak to over 50,000 pastors over the last decade. He is married to Lori, a cardiac nurse, and they have two children - Lexi (15) and Cole (11). Chris enjoys spending time with his family, playing tennis and pickleball, coaching soccer, scuba diving, and listening to music (especially jazz).

Linda has over 40 years of successful leadership performance in for-profit, non-profit, and public agency board experience.  She has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sky Ranch Christian Camps, one of the nation’s leaders in Christian Camping and Conference Centers with facilities in Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma. She has held this position for 19 years.  During her tenure, she led the organization out of debt, built a successful fundraising arm, acquired two new camps, established cash reserves, restructured the organization to support the growth, increased revenue by over 60%, and increased the number served by 30,000. Linda has a unique ability to nurture a culture with a healthy blend of business and ministry.

From 1990 – 2006 Linda was employed by Snelling and Snelling, Inc., one of the country’s largest staffing firm with over $350M in annual sales and over 300 offices nationwide. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 – 2006.

Linda’s experience includes sales, marketing, operations, franchising, strategic planning, bi-furcated delivery approaches, and mergers & acquisitions.  Linda started the company’s national accounts division, which quickly grew to $100M in sales with margins 5% higher than the industry average.  Linda worked her way from an entry-level sales position to leadership positions, providing the opportunity to gain skills in every area of business.  She ultimately navigated the company through a sale.

Her success is attributed to her ability to develop, motivate, and lead strong teams.  She believes that “people are any organization’s greatest asset”. Linda demonstrates a “can-do” attitude that permeates throughout her many audiences.  Her servant leadership style takes a strong strategic planning approach, developing a roadmap for success and following through with successful execution.  Linda has led many organizations through the process of defining vision and values and consulted in areas that help to define the corporate culture and effectuate change.

Linda’s passion for helping others goes far beyond business.  She has been and remains active on numerous non-profit and for-profit boards, with budgets ranging from $1M to $ 3 billion.  These include DART Board (Public Transportation Agency), appointed by City Council, American National Bank, YPO, Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center, Crystal Charity, The PISD Education Foundation, Hope for the Heart, Need Him Global, The Joe Foss Institute, and more.

Linda is married to her high school sweetheart, Bob, a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. They are blessed with two grown children and seven grandchildren. Their daughter, Ashleigh, is married to Ben Pogue, and they have four children: Presley, Jackson, Hayden, and Charlotte. Their son, Bobby, is married to Megan, and they have three children: Georgia, Rhodes, and Grace. Linda and her family are members of Prestonwood Baptist Church.