Steve Arterburn

Steve is the founder and CEO of New Life Clinics that provide Christian counseling and treatment throughout the United States and Canada.

He is the host of the daily New Life Live! national radio program along with Henry Cloud and John Townsend. He is a nationally known speaker and author of over 35 books, such as More Jesus, Less Religion , Addicted to "Love" and his most recent, Everyman's Battle series.

He has appeared on nationally televised talks show such as Oprah, Geraldo, and Sally Jesse Raphael. Arterburn received his bachelors' degree from Baylor university and his Masters from the University of Texas and has received two honorary doctorate degrees.

  John Stott

Dr. Stott serves as the patriarch of the CARES faculty and is Rector Emeritus of All Souls Church, Langham Place, London.

Dr. Stott is a world renowned theologian and bible scholar having authored over 40 books including, Basic Christianity, The Cross of Christ, and The Contemporary Christian. He is also the contributor to many commentary series including his commentary on the Gospel of John in the Tyndale Commentary series.

Dr. Stott is the Founder and Honorary President of the London Institute for Christianity and created The Evangelical Literature Program and the Langham Scholarship Program which provides books and scholarship for pastors and seminary students as a result of his ministry experiences in the Third World. Dr. Stott has been ministering to the church since his ordination in 1945.

 Tony Campolo

Dr. Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He previously served for ten years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern University and earned a Ph.D. from Temple University.

Founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), Dr. Campolo has provided the leadership to create, nurture and support programs for "at-risk" children in cities across the United States and Canada, and has helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries.

.Steve Brown

Steve Brown is a radio broadcaster, seminary professor and author. He previously served as a pastor for over twenty-five years and now devotes much of his time to the radio broadcast, Key Life.

Steve serves as Professor of Preaching at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He sits on the board of the National Religious Broadcasters and Harvest USA. Traveling extensively, Steve is a much-in-demand speaker.

Steve is the author of numerous books including Born Free, When Being Good Isn't Good Enough and When Your Rope Breaks. His articles appear in such magazines and journals as Leadership, Decision, Plain Truth and Today's Christian Woman.

 Elmer Towns

Dr. Towns prefers to be known as a college and seminary professor although his influence in the church has been much greater. The author of over 70 books, 4 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List, he received the Gold Medallion Award and the Book of the Year in 1995 for The Names of the Holy Spirit.

Dr. Towns was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in greater Chicago, and is the co-founder of Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia where he is a professor of Biblical Studies and Dean of the School of Religion.

He has lectured and given seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. Dr. Towns was instrumental in the founding of The Church Growth Institute.

He received his B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a M.R.E. from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California.

 N.T. (Tom) Wright

Dr. Wright is a noted British Scholar and world renowned New Testament authority on the Apostle Paul and our Lord Jesus.

Dr. Wight was recently named by Christianity Today as one othe top five theologians in the world. He has been the conservative voice in the Jesus Seminar's confronting this movement to find the historical Jesus. He has been instrumental in what is called the Third Quest for Jesus. He has been called the Jesus Scholar of the United Kingdom.

Dr. Wright is a scholarly author which includes the commentary on Colossians in the Tyndale Commentary series, the book of Romans in the Interpreters Commentary series and has recently been asked to revise the acclaimed Barclay Commentary series. He has also authored numerous publications on Christian Theology including Who Was Jesus? published by Eerdmans and Jesus and the Victory of God, the second volume of his Christian Origins and the Question of God published by Fortress Press.

Dr. Wright currently is the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England in London and was formerly a lecturer in New Testament studies at Oxford University and dean of Lichfield Cathedral is Staffordshire. He also taught at McGill University in Montreal. 

 John Ortberg

John is teaching pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in Menlo Park, CA. He was previously teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in the Chicago area. He speaks at most of the services at Menlo Park and is passionate about spiritual formation, teaching people how to become more like Jesus.

He is the author of many books including, The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Growth for Ordinary People, If You Want to Walk on Water,. You've Got to Get Out of the Boat, and his latest, Everybody is Normal til You Get to Know Them.

John is a sought after speaker and communicator. He is influential in the seeker movement. He has a Master of Divinity degree and doctorate in clinical psychology from Fuller Seminary.

Nancy Ortberg

Nancy Ortberg served as a Teaching Pastor for 8 years at Willow Creek Community Church in So. Barrington, Illinois. During that time she lead the Network ministry, helping people identify their spiritual gifts and find a place of service in the church, and Axis, for the 18-20 something generation. Axis included weekend services of 1200-1500 people in their 20's who worshipped together, served the poor and participated in small group communities.

Currently Nancy is doing church consulting and speaking on topics of community, leadership development and organizational dynamics in the church. She and her husband John live in the Bay Area and have three children, Laura, Mallory and Johnny.

  Martin Marty

Martin E. Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.

He directs the Public Religion Project and is senior scholar-in-residence at the Park Ridge Center for Health, Faith, and Ethics.

His many honors include the National Book Award and the Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among his most recent works is the multivolume Modern American Religion

 Roger Ezell

Roger is an ordained pastor and gifted actor who has commited the entire Gospel of Mark to memory. He dramatically recites this moving story of Jesus in some of the most beautiful geographical sites imaginable.