Chris
Brown is one of the Senior Pastors at North Coast Church in Vista, California
and one of the two Teaching Pastors.
Along with being on the vision casting team, and providing directional
leadership for the church, he also co-teaches a preaching course at Bethel
Seminary.  Chris loves bringing the Bible
to life with his gifts as a communicator and storyteller, but most evident in
his teaching is his passion for sharing a real and authentic journey with
Jesus.  Chris and his wife Amy have three
children, two beautiful daughters, Sayla and Karis, and a crazy son named
Barak.  They plan as a family to stay involved
in teaching, ministries, and fishing for as long as humanly possible.

Bridget
Nolan is the Director of Communications and Partnership Development for HEAL
Africa, a Congolese founded and operated organization working to bring health
and healing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   In 2000, Nolan began studying the Congo
during her college coursework, at which time she began to cultivate an interest
in gender equity and the quality of life for women in conflict-affected
countries.  Her passion moved her from
academic studies into work with Global Strategies for HIV Prevention in 2004.
As the Director of International Programs, Nolan worked in partnership with
local organizations, clinics, and hospitals in Nigeria, Ghana, the Dominican
Republic, and eastern Congo to implement HIV prevention and care programs.  She spent the bulk of her time focused in the
North Kivu province of eastern Congo, developing programs tailored to that
region. Now with HEAL Africa, Nolan coordinates partnerships with US
organizations that support HEAL Africa’s innovative community based programs
and hospital.  www.healafrica.org

Samuel Roderiguez Jr. is
the current President of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
(The Hispanic NAE).  He leads an
organization regarded as the leaders of the Hispanic/Latino Church in America.  Additionally, The NHCLC serves 34,200 member churches while serving as
advocates for 40 Million Hispanics in respect to family, political, spiritual
and socio-economic empowerment.

As the leading spokesperson for Hispanic Evangelicals, Samuel has
been a featured speaker and panelist
at places like the White House, Congress, Princeton, Yale, Promise Keepers and
numerous other venues..  Samuel has been featured, profiled and  quoted by the Washington Post, CNN, FOXNEWS,
Bill Moyers, Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, Newsweek, Univision, NY
Times, The Wall St. Journal, Boston Globe, Atlanta Constitution, and Ministries
Today. Rodriguez is also the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership
Award presented by the Congress of Racial Equality.  Pastor Sam is a writer and has been featured
in Ministries Today, Enrichment Journal, The Washington Post and Newsweek “On
Faith” Panel, Outreach magazine, Vida Cristiana, Charisma, Christianity Today,
Yale Reflections” and others.  Rodriguez
earned his Masters degree in educational leadership at Lehigh University.
Currently he pursues a doctoral degree in Organizational Management and
Behavior.  He is an Assemblies of God Ordained Minister since the age
of 23. He resides in California with his wife Eva celebrating 21 years of
marriage.

has been married to his wife Lisa for twenty years and has three amazing
teenage children. He lives in a vibrant and diverse neighborhood in San
Francisco called the Mission District, where his family has made a life together
over the past 14 years. He is captivated by the revolutionary life and
teachings of Jesus- and devotes much of his time to helping people explore what
it might mean to Practice the Way of Jesus in contemporary society.  In 2000 he cofounded a Center for Life Integration
in San Francisco called ReIMAGINE! They help people take risks to experiment
together with how to integrate the way of Jesus into the details of everyday
life. This often looks like neighborhood serving initiatives, art projects,
hospitality, shared prayer practices and intentional community. I travel and
speak, teaching from our experiences, and often lead retreats and mentor
emerging leaders.

In
2007 Mark wrote a book called SOUL GRAFFITI (Jossey-Bass) which chronicled his
theological reflections and our journey of discovery. He love spending time
with my family and being a part of life in his neighborhood. He enjoys cooking,
travel, art & film, poetry, literature, hiking and cycling. He is an
incurable peripatetic and one of his favorite activities (or obsessions) is
walking, alone or with a friend over many miles talking or listening to the
voice of mystery.

David
Timms is Australian by birth. A graduate of Emmanuel School of Religion,
Tennessee (M.A.R., 1988) and Macquarie University, Australia (Ph.D., 2001), he
has just moved to Rocklin in August (with his wife and three sons) to join the
Bible and Theology faculty here at WJU. He has published four books, written
dozens of articles, and produced a regular e-zine over the past 10 years. He
enjoys running, reading, and gardening. His heart is for the church to be
healthy, Christian leadership to be effective, and the gospel to reach the
world.

Julian
is a husband, father, writer, artist, and storyteller. He also serves as the
Lead Pastor and Creative Architect of a growing community of believers at Renaissance Church
located in the greater Sacramento region in California. Julian has a passion
for creativity, innovation, leadership, outreach and evangelism, mentoring, the
arts, reading and teaching the bible.
He’s known for his unique story telling in communicating God’s truth.
He’s passion and hunger to press into the Father’s heart is inspirational.

Fifteen years of wide ranging ministry
experience, serving as a leader inside and outside the Christian community,
speaking in schools, universities, law firms, organizational leadership teams,
community leaders and others. Julian is a visionary leader, passionate
communicator and Bible teacher with a love for the arts, using story telling,
poetry, currents events, and/or a good laugh to challenge the status quo when he
speaks and leads. He believes that followers of Christ should be, “…the most
uniquely passionate, creative carriers of hope, to a world that is desperate
for Jesus.”

Julian
received his ministerial degree from Capital Bible College in Sacramento, CA
and his Ordination through the Assemblies of God. He attended Cornerstone
University and completed a nine month community leadership program designed to connect
leaders (ranging from business, non-profits and government) empowering
participants with a comprehensive understanding of our community’s challenges
and opportunities, providing a broader knowledge of the community and their
role as community trustees. In the fall of 2003, Julian graduated from the
Compass Arts Academy Film School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, appearing as an
actor in several short films, plays and commercials. He served as a certified
trainer by the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center located in Grand Rapids,
Michigan on addressing the healing of racism and the oneness of humanity.

Julian has served in ministry along
side his wife for nearly 16 years. Julian and his wife, Tiffany, reside in
Roseville, CA with their three beautiful daughters, named Diara (13), Kirah
(11) and Raina (8). He often states, that by living in a ‘all female’ environment,
he’s learned to do what he’s told, be quick in the bathroom and that he doesn’t
have the fashion sensibility and awareness he thought he did. But it’s okay:…he
has his leading ladies to help him.

Though Francis felt lost in his family life and Catholic upbringing, God had
not lost track of him.  His First Communion, at age six, took place on,
May 14, 1955.  Seventeen years later, to the day, Francis received Jesus
as Lord and Savior.  His godly mother’s intercessory prayers had finally
caught up with him.

He became a
born again Christian in 1972 in a little church in Smartsville, California,
where he and his new bride, Suzie, later pastored a Christian community  called Morning
Star.

From 1981 to
1997 Francis had a full time traveling ministry speaking and conducting
training seminars in churches and Christian conferences in 10 nations. He is
the founder of Christian Equippers Int’l and 21^st Century
Ministries. He has developed textbooks, booklets, tracts, seminars, music
albums, and training courses for Christians throughout the world.

During their almost twenty years of traveling the
world, Francis and Suzie ministered to thousands of people in hundreds of
churches.  They witnessed healthy churches as well as many unhealthy
churches.  It created in them a hunger for something more.

In 1997, he was sent out as Senior Pastor to establish
The Rock of Roseville (http://www.rockofroseville.org/) outside
of Sacramento, California.  Out of their
travel experiences, they developed the “7 Rock Values,” which exemplify the
values they found in the healthiest churches. Thousands have visited The Rock
and been touched by the Spirit of God and countless lives have been
changed.

Francis and Suzie have been married over 30 years and
have twin daughters, Deborah and Havilah, who have provided their parents with
four wonderful grandchildren!  It is
their joy to serve together as a family in ministering to, loving, and
encouraging God’s people at the rock.

He is an ordained pastor and professor of clinical psychology at William Jessup
University and Western Seminary. He has been working in marriage, family, and
individual counseling for over fifteen years and offers clinical services through
his private clinical practice at Valley Psychological Center located in
Roseville, CA.

He graduated with his doctoral degree from Alliant International University in
2001 where he completed an APA internship with emphases in special education
and learning disabilities. He holds specialized certifications in Parent Child
Interactive Therapy from U.C. Davis and Marriage Counseling from the University
of Washington.

Dr. Logan is married to his wife Cheri and they have two boys, Jacob and Zachary.
They reside in Lincoln, CA.

Clinical Contact Information

Dr. Kenneth Logan

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, PSY21249

Valley Psychological Center

1891 East Roseville Parkway, Suite 100

Roseville, CA 95661

phone: (916)789-7082 (x301)

Website: www.doctorlogan.net

Efrem has held positions with church and Para church organizations as well as community foundations. He has also served as Founding Pastor of  The Sanctuary Covenant Church and President of The Sanctuary Community Development Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently, Efrem is the Superintendent
of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. In this role he provides leadership to around 160 churches and other ministry initiatives in California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, and Utah. Efrem is also an Itinerant Speaker with Kingdom Building Ministries. He is the author of the books, “Raising-up Young Heroes” and “The Hip Hop Church.”

Efrem is a graduate of Saint John’s University and Luther Theological Seminary. Currently, he is a doctoral student in Church Leadership at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, where he serves as Vice-Chair of the National Chaplain’s Committee.

Efrem is married to Donecia and has two daughters; Jaeda and Mireya. They reside in the Bay Area of Northern California.

Ray is author of four books: What If It’s True, Developing Student Leaders, Developing Spiritual Growth in Junior Highers, Help, I’m a Sunday School Teacher: 50 Ways to Make Sunday School Come Alive.  He is a frequent speaker at conferences, leadership training events, national conferences and family camps.

He is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary. Ray and his wife Carol currently live in Granite Bay.  They have four children, Mark, Scott, Leslie and Christy.

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Before becoming a pastor, René worked for several years in broadcasting as an air personality and voice-over artist. While working at a Top 40 radio station in Portland, Oregon, René attended Western Seminary and received an M.A. in Theology. He lives in Santa Cruz with his wife Laurie, and has three children: Jonathan, David, and WJU’s own Elisabeth Schlaepfer!

Two years ago, following a painful identity crisis, the Lord called Cesar to live in passionate intimacy with Him and to lead others to do the same. He is currently the Executive Director of Harbor House, an inner-city youth ministry dedicated to leadership development in the city of Oakland. Cesar has been happily married to Patty and they have three children and live in San Jose, California.

He is the author of eight books:  Spiritual Disciplines of a CHRISTIAN; Becoming a Godly Husband; Becoming a Godly Wife; Mission Possible: Winning the Battle Over Temptation; Marital Intelligence: A Foolproof Guide to Saving and Supercharging Marriage; Biblical Meditation: The Key to Life Transformation; Going Deep in Prayer - 40 Days of In-Depth Prayer; and Touching the Face of God - 40 Days of Adoring  God..

For 17 years he was the Pastor of the Twin Lakes Community Church in Southern California.  He now resides in Roseville, California, with his wife Dana and their three daughters.  He received his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Talbot School of Theology. 

Darin grew up in Phoenix, AZ where he learned to wear long pants in 120 degree weather, apply sunscreen without blotching, and avoid the dreaded venom of the Gila monster. For a couple of years he lived like a tamborineless gypsy, roaming incessantly back and forth across the highways and byways of America in the band, everybodyduck. Then he did some missions work with mountain people in the Sierra Nevadas, as the Program Director of Hume Lake Christian Camps and founder of the Joshua Wilderness Institute. Now he lives in Long Beach where he still wears long pants and sunscreen but almost never thinks about Gila monsters. He is currently a teaching pastor at First Baptist Church of Lakewood, and weekly host of Frank the Podcast, a humorous and irreverent look at life informed by faith.