Featured Speakers

DA Carson

D.A. Carson is Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has taught since 1978. He earned a doctorate in New Testament Studies from Cambridge University. He is an active guest lecturer, and he has written or edited more than 45 books, including Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church. He and his wife, Joy, have two children and live in the north suburbs of Chicago.

Mark Driscoll

Mark Driscoll is the co-founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, which has grown to more than 6,000 people in one of America’s least-churched cities. He co-founded and is president of the Acts 29 Church Planting Network, which has planted more than 100 churches in the U.S. and internationally. Mars Hill Church is rated as the eighth most-influential church in America by The Church Report. Mark and his wife, Grace, have three sons and two daughters.

Mark Mittelberg

Mark Mittelberg is a best-selling author and consultant in outreach and evangelism. He is the author of Building a Contagious Church; coauthor with Bill Hybels of the best-selling Becoming a Contagious Christian; contributing editor of The Journey; and primary author of the newly updated Becoming a Contagious Christian training course, which has been translated into 20 languages and taught to more than a million people around the globe. Mark was formerly the evangelism director at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Heidi, and their two children.

Dennis McCallum

Dennis McCallum is a lead pastor, teacher and Director of the Xenos Campus Bible Study. A graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary, Dennis has authored several books, including Christianity the Faith that Makes Sense, and Walking in Victory. He recently coauthored Organic Disciplemaking with his daughter, Jessica Lowery. Dennis and his wife, Holly, have three children.

Gary DeLashmutt

Gary DeLashmutt is a lead pastor at Xenos Christian Fellowship. He regularly teaches at Xenos’ main meetings. A graduate of Ashland Theological Seminary, Gary is the author of Loving God’s Way and co-authored Spiritual Relationships That Last. Gary and his wife, Bev, also lead a Bible study for college and post-college singles near OSU. They have two daughters.

Scott Arnold

Scott Arnold is a teaching pastor for Xenos’ Franklinton site. He is also the Executive Director of Central Ohio Youth For Christ, a ministry to unchurched teens and families. He has been a Xenos home group leader and teacher since 1987. Scott has a psychology degree from OSU and a masters of biblical studies from Ashland Seminary. He and his wife, Annette, have two daughters.