Conference Focus - Ed will be revealing the results of his new, groundbreaking parenting research project first at the D6 Conference. Read about it at: http://blogs.lifeway.com/blog/edstetzer/2009/10/parenting-research.html
Conference Focus - Doug Fields (DougFields.com) has been a pastor to teenagers and ministry leader for over 30 years, serving the past 18 years at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. Amidst the growing demand of speaking, writing and ministry consulting, Doug resigned from Saddleback Church in September 2009 to pursue ministry opportunities that best aligned with his gift for relational leadership and still allowed him to engage in his first love: in-the-trenches ministry to teenagers and youth workers. Doug is the author of more than 50 books, including Purpose Driven Youth Ministry which is a Gold Medallion award- winning book and a youth ministry textbook used all over the world. He is the founder of Simply Youth Ministry, and later partnered with Group Publishing to bring these two leading youth ministry resource providers into collaboration for wider, global impact. Of all these things, Doug would say his greatest accomplishment is marrying way out of his league to Cathy, his wife of 25 years, and having three teenage children; Torie, Cody and Cassie.
Conference Focus - HAVE A NEW KID BY FRIDAY Want a kid without the attitude? Tired of letting your kids call the shots? There’s a conspiracy going on, right in your own home – the ankle-biter battalion and the hormone group each have a game plan guaranteed to drive you up the wall. Here’s a five-day action plan that really works! A Monday through Friday action plan to set your kids attitude, behavior, and character on a different course
Conference Focus - Mark A. Holmen is a husband, father, pastor, consultant, speaker and author of Faith Begins At Home – The Family Makeover with Christ at the Center, and Building Faith At Home—Why Faith At Home Must Be A Church’s Top Priority. From October of 2002 through February of 2009 Mark served as the Sr. Pastor of Ventura Missionary Church and during those years he developed and implemented a model for becoming a Faith At Home Focused Church that gained so much attention and recognition that is has grown into a national and international Faith At Home movement supported by the Willow Creek Association and Focus on the Family. Mark, his wife Maria and daughter Malyn currently live in Ventura, California where they now serve as full-time Missionaries for the Faith At Home movement. www.faithathome.com.
Conference Focus - Christine Yount Jones will be one of three Emcees at D6 2010. There is perhaps no more qualified of a person who can speak with a voice of experience in the world of Children's Ministry than Christine. She is excited about this opportunity to help rally the body of Christ together as we dig deep into the answers of many of today's most Frequently Asked Questions of building Faith at Home.
Conference Focus - Brian is the Associate Pastor at Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, TX. In his new release Shift: What it Takes to Finally Reach Families Today, Brian shares from the perspective of a minister and a parent the necessary changes we must make today to raise up a generation of Christ followers. He will be speaking on his Legacy Milestones strategy designed to inseparably link church and home to equip the generations.
Conference Focus - Many leaders and pastors are asking "How can we drive faith at home when parents, and especially 'dads' are absent?" Carey Casey, the CEO of the National Center for Fathering, will be speaking on the critical and urgent message of how to reengage fathers into spiritual formation at home. Carey speaks regularly on this very topic and is arguably one of the most qualified and inspirational speakers to address the spiritual leadership role of dads.
Conference Focus - Jon will co-leading a session titled "Big Church - Small Church" where he and Pastor Ryan Rush will be walking through some of the distinctives and nuances of building a strong Faith at Home ministry while ministering in either a large church or small church context.
Conference Focus - Pretty simple . . . make us laugh!
Conference Focus - What's the purpose of family? It is a question that every parent ought to ask. In the Scriptures, God calls parents into the heart of His plan to impact the world for Christ. Visionary Parenting inspires moms and dads to make the mission of impressing the hearts of their children with a love for God their top priority.
Conference Focus - Steve has served in student ministry since 1988 and joined the team at Providence in May of 1999. He received a Master of Arts degree in Christian education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is from Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. He is currently a PhD student at Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. Steve and his wife, Tina, were married in 1989. They are blessed with three children - Sara, William and Tyler.
Conference Focus - Jim Burns is President of HomeWord and host of HomeWord’s radio broadcasts heard on over 800 releases a day around the country. Jim speaks to thousands of people around the world every year. He is a three time Gold Medallion Award winning author and has written books for parents, students, children, youth ministry and church leaders. Jim has over 1.5 million resources in print in over 20 languages. His most recent resources include The Purity Code, Teaching Your Children Healthy Sexuality and Accept Nothing Less; God Made Your Body; How God Makes Babies; Confident Parenting, Creating an Intimate Marriage; Closer: Devotions to Draw Couples Together; The 10 Building Blocks for a Happy Family; and The Youth Builder. Jim and his wife, Cathy, and their daughters Christy, Rebecca, and Heidi live in Southern California.
Conference Focus - To make us laugh, cry, and everything in between as they weave the conference theme together through theatrical . . . we couldn't come up with another "t" word, but you get the picture.
Conference Focus - As the lead emcee, Mark brings a unique blend of experience, having spent the last eighteen years involved in youth ministry by directing leadership development conferences for students, ministers, and volunteers. Mark will be leading a main event session based on his new study titled, Real World Parents, which is based on the principles of Deuteronomy 6.
Conference Focus - Ryan will co-leading a session titled "Big Church - Small Church" where he and Pastor Jon Cannon will be walking through some of the distinctives and nuances of building a strong Faith at Home ministry while ministering in either a large church or small church context.
Conference Focus - Larry is the children’s pastor at Fielder Road Baptist Church and has been serving in this capacity since February 2004. Prior to being the Children’s Minister he served as an associate in the children and recreation ministry beginning in 2000. Larry has his BBA from West Texas A&M University and in 2001 he completed his MDIV from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 2001. He married his lovely wife, Jagee, August 12, 1994. They have four boys, Jadan, Gage, Chaz and Kason. His passion is to empower kids to lead today: to see kids come to know Christ and grow in their relationship with him and to share Jesus with the world.
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