President of Group Publishing and author of Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore and Why Nobody Wants to Be Around Christians Anymore and Director of When God Left the Building
Chief Creative Officer of Group Publishing, author of Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore and Why Nobody Wants to Be Around Christians Anymore and producer of When God Left the Building
As Director of church publishing at Group, Craig leads strategic planning and product development teams create ministry innovations that will serve the church of the future. Craig is also the national director of Group’s fastest growing ministry area, Lifetree Café.
Marketing Champion at Group Publishing. Jon has spent over 25 years in fundraising, ecommerce, product development, and digital marketing and has worked with some of the top nonprofit organizations in the country.
Professor of Sociology at the University of Northern Colorado and author of Church Refugees.
Evangelism trainer with Athletes in Action, author of God Space and Irresistible Evangelism.
President and founder of Straight Ahead Ministries, an international ministry working with juvenile offenders and those who serve them in 19 states and five countries since 1987. He has a Master of Divinity degree and a doctorate in leadership development. He is an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Gordon College.
Founder of the Association for Christian Character Development (ACCD) and creator of its transformational training offerings. Over the past 30 years, he has trained more than 30,000 people. His client list includes Disney, Microsoft, Seagate, Interstate Battery, ESPN, and World Vision. With Scott Larson, he coauthored Groundwork.
Senior editor of church leadership resources, author of 101 Sermon Illustrations, and producer of Lifetree Café.
Editor of church leadership resources including Practical Stuff for Pastors and Fearless Conversation small group curriculum.
Over 25 years of experience changing cultures across multiple industries, delivering successful, sustainable, repeatable growth in talent, retention, service levels and profitability.
John earned a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has served in various student and collegiate ministry roles in Colorado, Florida,and Louisiana.
Millenial Ministry Consultant. John serves the community of Holy Trinity Fellowship in Fort Collins and writes for millennials and the changing culture of the church.
Doctorate of Ministry and author of Sermons Reimagined.
The author of dozens of books including Sifted, Rick Lawrence has been editor of Group magazine for more than 20 years and is the co-leader of the Simply Youth Ministry Conference. Rick is a consultant to national research organizations and a frequent conference and workshop speaker.
President of Glory Unlimited and director of the Future of the Church documentary.