John Nix

As an engaging and effective student communicator, as well as a veteran of youth ministry for more than 15 years, John is God-centered and committed to the Bible's authority. His high-energy messages are engaging and humorous.

Brent Gambrell

Nationally Known Speaker. Brent has been a traveling speaker for 13 years. -His edgy, yet animated style offers up biblical principles with unparalleled honesty and humor.

Mike Wilson

In April 2006 God revealed to Mike Wilson what he was supposed to do with the PAIN and SUFFERING that he and his family had endured; through this the ministry “My LIFE Speaks” was born. This ministry is a dose of PASSION combined with COMEDY and INSPIRATION. It will open your eyes and allow you not to focus on the circumstances in life, but instead to see what God wants your LIFE to say through your experiences.

Rob Turner

Rob Turner, lead teaching pastor at Apex Community Church. Turner lives in Dayton with his wife, Angela, and their four children, Rachel, Gabriel, Christopher and Chloe. Turner graduated from Northern Kentucky University in 1999 with a B.A. in communications and received his Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2000. In 1998, Turner began speaking for a Generation X ministry in Dayton called Apex. The ministry grew into what would eventually become Apex Community Church. The church met for the first time in January 2002. Turner has been a large part of the history of Crossings serving many years as camp pastor. His passion to see lives change is infectious!

Allen Jackson

Allen has been a Professor of Youth Ministry at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary since arriving in 1994 after being in several local churches as minister to students. His job at the seminary is to be a youth minister to youth ministers. He has done interim work as a pastor and as a youth pastor since coming to the seminary. He is the founder and director of the Youth Ministry Institute.

Andy Neely

Andy has spent the last 15 years of his life investing in teenagers.  Along the way he has enjoyed his share of pick-up games, endured many all-nighters, and subsisted on nutritious meals of pizza and camp food.  His desire is to help students encounter Christ and to encourage them to submit their lives to Him.  He does this through his genuine, insightful teaching and through doing life with them.  He currently lives Jackson, TN where he is a husband, father of two girls, and a pastor to students.

Jay Ridenour

From growing up in the church culture of the south to living the past five years in New England, Jay has a broad range of experience from which to relate to people of all ages. Yet it is the truth of Jesus Christ - His holiness, His sacrifice, His promise of eternity – that anchors each message delivered.

Jay has been ministering to students as student minister, camp pastor, mentor, and campus director for the last sixteen years. As each generation poses a unique set of difficulties, it is the constant truth of Christ that continues to transform lives from sin and self to life and service. Jay's desire is to bring the truth of Jesus Christ to any who will listen while developing relationships that bear witness to what he preaches for the rest of his life.

Dustin Schadt

Dustin is married to his college sweetheart April and they have 2 little girls. Working with students as a church youth pastor allows Dustin to communicate the truth of God's Word with relevancy and awareness of youth culture. His conversational style builds a bridge to both churched and unchurched students to show them the focal importance of the gospel. Dustin holds a Ph.D. degree in youth ministry and is thrilled at the opportunity to speak to young people.

Blake Kersey

Blake is orginially from Paducah, KY and currently serves as the Children's Minister at FBC Trussville in Trussville, Alabama. He moved to Alabama in 1998 to attend Samford University and has been there ever since. Blake is married to Lindsey, loves to play tennis, racketball and run. He's a big UK basketball fan and loves Alabama football. He has been on several mission trips, including Zambia, Turkey, Thailand and El Salvador. Overall, God has overwhelmed him with the opportunity to work with kids to teach them the importance of living out the gospel in their lives.

Jared Kennedy

Jared serves as director of children’s ministries at Sojourn Community Church, a multi-site congregation in Louisville, KY. He is married to his college sweetheart Megan and has three daughters, Rachael, Lucy, and Elisabeth. Jared’s calling is to teach kids to love and trust Jesus in language they will understand and to train and equip men and women who will do the same.

Fletcher Lang

Fletcher has been speaking to children and youth for the past seven years at various churches, retreats and camps. Fletcher's passion is to see God's glory magnified by preaching Christ from the Scriptures in a relevant and interesting way. Fletcher and his wife, Megan, live in Louisville, KY where he serves on staff at Sojourn Community Church as their East Campus Kids Director.

Dave Paxton

A student ministry veteran, Dave Paxton serves as the Director of Student Ministries with the First Baptist Church of Hendersonville, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. He attended the University of Tennessee, Carson-Newman College and holds a Masters Degree from Southwestern Seminary, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dave and his wife Sharon have served in Hendersonville for over six years. Dave’s hobbies include Skydiving, Scuba Diving, snow Skiing, whitewater kayaking, skateboarding, fishing, motorcycling and just hanging out with teenagers.

He is a frequent conference leader, speaker, and has written numerous articles and lessons for national publications connected with student ministry. There are over eight hundred active students in the Student Ministry at First Baptist.

Dan Dewitt

Dan is a sketching, writing, thinking, coffee drinking, husband, father, pastor, creative combatant who leads a killer communications department at Southern Seminary and pastors the Campus Church. Dan, his wife, and three sons live in Louisville, KY.