Will Mancini emerged from the trenches of local church leadership to found Auxano, a first-of-kind consulting ministry that focuses on vision clarity. As a “clarity evangelist,” Will has served as vision architect for hundreds of churches across the country including the leading churches within Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Non-denominational settings, and notable pastors Chuck Swindoll and Max Lucado.

Will’s style blends the best of three worlds: the process thinking from the discipline of engineering, the communications savvy as an ad agency executive, and the practical theology as a pastoral leader. He is the author of Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture and Create Movement, a Leadership Network Publication, and of Building Leaders.

His education includes a ThM in Pastoral Leadership from Dallas Theological Seminary and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State. He is the co-author of Building Leaders by Baker. Will resides in Houston, Texas where his favorite diversions are mountain biking and playing Halo with his three kids.

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Gabe Lyons founded Fermi Project, a broad collective of innovators, social entrepenurs, church and societal leaders working toegether to make positive contributions to culture. Prior to this, he co-founded Catalyst, a national gathering of young leaders. Lyons and the work of Fermi Project have been featured by CNN, The New York Times, Newsweek, and USA Today representing the perspectives of a new generation of Christians. Gabe, his wife Rebekah, and their three children reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

Michael Card was born in Madison, Tennessee. Anyone was is familiar with his music has relished his ability to weave a story with word and melody. For almost two decades, his biblically based recordings have brought to life the scriptures' most enigmatic characters and unraveled its most elliptical texts. From his 1981 debut album, First Light, Michael has used his knowledge of the Scriptures to create musical word pictures that spark the imagination and rekindle lagging faith. He has guided us on a holy journey, from the Old Testament prophets' promise of Christ, to Messiah's miraculous birth, life, death and ressurection, to the hope of His imminent return.

Michael’s book “A Violent Grace”, Multnomah Publishers, © 2000, was recently nominated for a Gold Medallion Award. “El Shaddai” – one of Christian music’s perennial favorites – was named as one of the 365 songs on the recently released “Songs of the Century” list created by the recording Industry Association of America and the National endowment for the Arts.

Ron Fowler, Pastor Laureate, has served the Arlington Church of God for forty-one years. For three years he served as Associate Pastor to his late father, the Reverend Robert L. Fowler. He has enjoyed the privilege of serving as Senior Pastor for 38 yeras. Pastor Fowler has served on various community and church-related boards throughout his ministry. He served on the Akron Public Schools Board of Education for twelve years. He takes great pleasure in having served over twenty years on the Board of Trustee of Anderson University. He currently serves on the Pension Board of the Church of God. Pastor Fowler is a graduate of Kent State University (B .S. in Education) and hte Anderson University School of Theology (M. Divinity). He has been honored by numerous organizations: the University of Akron's Honorary Alumni Award; Kent State University's Social Responsibility Award; and various awards from Anderson University including its Honorary Doctorate. Pastor Fowler is married to Ella LeJoyce Sojouner Fowler. They have three children and four grandchildren.