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Michael Young-Suk Oh is of Korean descent, born in America. Since 2004, Michael, his wife Pearl, and their five children have been serving as missionaries in Nagoya, Japan. There Michael founded a ministry called Christ Bible Institute (CBI), which includes Christ Bible Seminary, the Heart & Soul Cafe, and a church-planting ministry. He has been involved with the Lausanne Movement since 2004. In 2007 he joined the Lausanne Board of Directors as its youngest member, and has served as Executive Director/CEO since March 2013.
Ford Taylor is the Founder of The FSH Group, which is comprised of Transformational Leadership Training, the FSH Strategy Consultant division and the charitable FSH Foundation. He is known for his passion to see lives and organizations better equipped to serve their communities and families.Ford is the author of the content of Transformational Leadership, as well as the co-author of The Hike. He is a convener of the Love2020 Workplace Leaders affinity sphere.
Joni Eareckson Tada is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center. She is an international advocate for people with disabilities. Joni and Friends serves thousands of special-needs families through Family Retreat, and has delivered over 100,000 wheelchairs and Bibles to needy disabled persons in developing nations. Joni's lifelong passion is to bring the Gospel to the world's one billion people with disabilities.
Andrew Palau grew up in a strong Christian home, one of four sons of world evangelist Luis Palau. While he did not make a commitment to Jesus Christ until he was 27, today Andrew demonstrates much of his father's passion and love for Christ, holding his own evangelistic festivals around the world. Recent outreaches have taken him across the United States and around the world. Thousands of people have responded to the Good News as a result of his campaigns.
Kevin Harney is the Lead Pastor of Shoreline Community Church in Monterey, CA. He is the author of many books including: Reckless Faith, Leadership from the Inside Out, Seismic Shifts, Organic Outreach for Ordinary People, Organic Outreach for Churches, Organic Outreach for Families, as well as other books and curriculum. He and his wife Sherry have written over seventy small group study guides in partnership with others. Kevin does speaking and training in the areas of leadership, outreach, and marriage. He is a convener for the Love2020 Evangelism / Local Churches affinity sphere.
Mark is the author of Workers in the Harvest: Missionary Training for Church Members. The book places orality as a catalyst for evangelism and church planting. He also wrote Truth That Sticks (NavPress) with the late Avery T. Willis, Jr. He leads TruthSticks Training workshops, which are orality workshops for small groups, writes Bible studies for small groups that use Bible Storying, and trains churches to start small groups that multiply.
Jerry Wiles is president emeritus of Living Water International. He became involved in orality in the 1980s. Jerry has more than thirty years of experience in ministry and international missions. He currently serves on the advisory council and leadership team of the International Orality Network and leads the Global Orality Training Alliance. He is a convener for the LOVE2020 Orality affinity sphere.
