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Dick Angelo
Dick Angelo was appointed President of Camp Forest Springs in May of 2004. From 1966-76 he was the program director at Camp Forest Springs. In 1976, he became the Camp Director. He earned a bachelor's degree from Grace College in Winona Lake, IN. He has a master's degree from George Williams College in Downer's Grove, IL. Dick and Vivyen have been married since 1964. They have two married children, Liz, Scott, and Ryan who is in college.
Gracia Burnham
Gracia and her husband Martin were missionaries in the Philippines with New Tribes Mission for 17 years from 1986.
The couple was among a larger group kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf Group, an Islamist separatist terrorist group operating in the southern Philippines, on May 27, 2001. While most of the group were killed or freed, the Burnhams were in captivity for a year and a few days. During the eventual rescue attempt by the Philippine army on June 7, 2002, Martin was killed by three gunshots in the chest, and Gracia was wounded in her right thigh.
Since her release and the death of her husband, Gracia Burnham has returned to the United States with their three children. She has written two books about her experiences, In the Presence of my Enemies (2003) and To Fly Again (2005). She has also set up an organization, appropriately entitled The Martin and Gracia Burnham Foundation.
Shane Claiborne
Shane Claiborne is one of the founding members of a New Monastic community called The Simple Way in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This organization was featured on the cover of Christianity Today. He is the author of The Irresistible Revolution - living as an ordinary radical (by Zondervan ISBN 0-310-26630-0). Claiborne is also a prominent activist for the redistribution of resources to the poor and nonviolence.
A Graduate of Eastern University, where he studied sociology and youth ministry, Claiborne did his final academic work for Eastern University at Wheaton College (Illinois). While at Wheaton, Shane did an internship at Willow Creek Community Church. He has done some graduate work at Princeton Theological Seminary, but took a leave of absence, and now is a part of The Alternative Seminary in Philadelphia.
Claiborne's outlook on ministry to the poor is often compared to Mother Teresa, whom he worked along side with during a 10-week term in Calcutta. He spent 3 weeks in Baghdad with the Iraq Peace Team (a project of Voices in the Wilderness and Christian Peacemaker Teams). He was witness to the military bombardment of Baghdad as well as the militarized areas between Baghdad and Amman. As a member of IPT, Claiborne took daily trips to sites where there had been bombings, visited hospitals and families, and attended worship services during the war. He also continues to serve as a board member for the nation-wide Christian Community Development Association which was founded by the authors and community developers, John Perkins and Wayne Gordon.
Josh Finklea
Josh Finklea is the founder of Staroutreach. Josh began Staroutreach because he saw the need to minister to the unwanteds of the world and to train others to do the same. He has been a Pastor since 1989 and has been traveling and sharing this message since the mid 90’s. He has a huge passion for lost people because he knows what it means to be lost.
Josh’s life started on a rough road. He was born deaf and his father left. From there the road went from being rough to just being the wrong road. After several surgeries he received his hearing, but used it to listen to the world. Josh jumped into sin at an early age in life. He started experimenting with drugs and other things while he was still in elementary school. Each year as he got older he went deeper and deeper into habits of sin. Josh hit rock bottom at the age of 17 when he committed a felony offense. After committing the felony he laid on his bed, wept, and prayed to an “unknown” God. That night for the first time he heard the voice of God instead of the voice of the world. Josh found love and purpose through Jesus Christ. Josh now takes that message to the world. He has been anointed to share God's love with the lost and hurting of the world and to challenge other Christians to do the same.
Josh, and his wife Krista, have four children.
Shawn McBride
Pastor Shawn McBride’s unique style, humor and energy has made him one of the most requested speakers for youth retreats, conference, revivals, public school assemblies, and seminars both locally and abroad.
After beginning to discern God’s call on his life at a young age, he began to pursue a fully committed life to Christ at the age of 17. Pastor McBride has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies, and also holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling from the Capital Bible Seminary. He is the founder and senior pastor of the New Life Community Church located in Bowie, Maryland. He currently serves as the chairman of the Youth & Family Ministries Department at the Washington Bible College where he also teaches as a professor.
Pastor McBride has over a decade of experience in ministering to young people. His ministry has blessed thousands of youth across the United States, including various ethnic groups and denominations. He is happily married to Dana Michelle and is the proud father of five children; TeShara, Jeremiah, Zachariah, Jessica-Faith and Naomi-Grace. Currently they make their home in Bowie, MD. http://www.truthforyouth.net/
Dr. David Rahn
Dr. Rahn is a nationally acclaimed expert in the field of youth ministry. As director of the Link Institute (www.linkinstitute.com), Rahn has headed several important research studies examining youth ministry effectiveness. He is the author of Contagious Faith: Empowering Student Leadership in Youth Evangelism (Group: 2000) and a contributing author and co-editor of Starting Right: Thinking Theologically About Youth Ministry (Zondervan: 2001). He also authored the “Youth Ministry” article in the forthcoming Baker Dictionary of Church Ministry (Baker Books: 2001), along with numerous other scholarly articles on the subject.
A member of the Huntington College faculty since 1986, Rahn teaches about youth ministry at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His prior experience includes 13 years on the staff of Youth for Christ. He continues to have an active ministry role, volunteering weekly with the local Campus Life evangelistic outreach. Rahn serves on the advisory board for Youth Specialties Academic Support Network and consults with Youth for Christ/USA in the capacity of National Ministries Director. His holds degrees from Purdue University (PhD), Wheaton Graduate School (MA), and Huntington College (BA).
Constance Rhodes
Constance Rhodes is the founder and director of FINDINGbalance, an organization dedicated to eating, image, and lifestyle management issues. She is also the author of Life Inside the “Thin” Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter. A former marketing director for Sparrow Records, a division of EMI Music, Constance was led to pursue this compilation by her appreciation for the work of contemporary musicians.
Erik Thoennes
Dr. Thoennes is currently Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University in La Mirada, CA. "He has taught theology and evangelism at the college and seminary levels for several years and is a frequent guest speaker at churches, conferences, and retreats, in addition to co-pastoring a local church. Dr. Thoennes has received the University award for faculty excellence and professor of the year. His research interests include godly jealousy, the atonement, the exclusivity of Christ, and theology of culture."[1] Erik Thoennes is also the Teaching Elder at Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada, CA.
Kay Warren
In 1980, Kay Warren helped her husband, Rick, begin Saddleback Church in their condo living room. Now the second largest church in America, Saddleback Church has given Warren a platform for influencing Christians and other leaders worldwide.
In 2002, Warren became, in her words, “seriously disturbed” by the suffering of the millions infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Now she is challenging the worldwide Church to take on not just AIDS, but the global giants of spiritual darkness, lack of servant leaders, poverty, disease, and ignorance through the P.E.A.C.E. Plan. Warren frequently travels around the globe to see firsthand how AIDS is destroying men, women, and vulnerable children, and today she is a powerful advocate on their behalf. In 2004, she began the HIV/AIDS Initiative at Saddleback Church and serves as its executive director.
Warren has come face to face with the hurting as a volunteer in her own community; at Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying in Kolkata, India; at the leper colony and AIDS hospice in Manila, Philippines; and with World Vision and International Justice Mission in Thailand and Cambodia. In Africa, she’s ministered to those living with HIV/AIDS through several organizations, as well as through Saddleback Church’s partnership with churches and government leaders in Rwanda. She has become a student of AIDS and attended the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto and the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2006, Warren was among eight women honored at the CNN Inspire Summit, which recognized women for their impact on global issues through political, social, and humanitarian effors that have inspired others to get involved.
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