Featured Speakers

RANDY ALCORN

Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of  Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM). Prior to 1990, when he started EPM, he served as a pastor for fourteen years. He has spoken around the world and has taught on the adjunct faculties of Multnomah Bible College and Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon.  He is the author of 27 books including the bestsellers Heaven and The Grace and Truth Paradox. The father of two married daughters, Randy lives in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife and best friend, Nanci. They are the proud grandparents of four grandsons, Jacob, Matthew, Tyler and Jack. Randy enjoys hanging out with his family, biking, tennis, research and reading.

EDWARD GILBREATH 

Edward Gilbreath is editor of Today's Christian and an editor at large for Christianity Today. He is a co-author of Gospel Trailblazer (Moody, 2003). His latest book, Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity (IVP), challenges us to adopt a more biblical view of God's perspective on racial reconciliation issues. He lives in the Chicago area with his wife, Dana, and their two children. For more information on Ed (including articles he's written as well as his blog), see www.edgilbreath.com.

TIMOTHY S. LANE

Tim Lane is the Executive Director, a counselor, and faculty member at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation and a lecturer at Westminster Theological Seminary. He served as a pastor for ten years and is the co-author of How People Change and Relationships: A Mess Worth Making.

VICTOR NAKAH

Victor Nakah was born and raised in Zimbabwe. He is the president of the Theological college of Zimbabwe and one of the pastors at the City Presbyterian Church. Victor has a passion for promoting peace through the gospel among Africa and its peoples. He is married to Nosizo, and they have two daughters.

KEN SANDE 

Ken Sande is the president of Peacemaker Ministries. Ken is the author of The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict (Baker, 2004) and Peacemaking for Families (Tyndale/Focus on the Family, 2002). His wife, Corlette, is the author of The Young Peacemaker. Ken and Corlette have two children, Megan and Jeff.

Other Special Guests

JUDY DABLER - Judy is the Executive Director of Live at Peace Ministries, St. Louis, Missouri. She is a visiting instructor at Covenant Seminary and the co-author of Peacemaking Women: Biblical Hope for Resolving Conflict, A Christian Handbook on Aging, and Conflict or Shalom.

TARA BARTHEL - A "recovering lawyer" and former director of the Institute for Christian Conciliation, Tara currently serves her family as a homemaker while regularly mediating, writing, and speaking at women's retreats and conferences. Tara co-authored her first book in 2005: Peacemaking Women: Biblical Hope for Resolving Conflict.

TED KOBER - A former director at Peacemaker Ministries, Ted is President and founder of Ambassadors of Reconciliation, an international ministry to equip Lutherans and their churches for living, proclaiming, and cultivating lifestyles of reconciliation. He is author of Confession and Forgiveness.

ROBERT D. JONES - Robert is Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Adjunct Instructor for Peacemaker Ministries. He is the author of several works including the book Uprooting Anger.