Andy Stanley - lead pastor of North Point Community Church (http://northpoint.org) , one of the most influential churches in America. North Point Ministries has taught and trained thousands of pastors worldwide how to make ministry and ministry teams more effective. Andy’s model of preach, teach, celebrate and apply stewardship within the church in order to create a culture of giving has influenced hundreds of churches across the country.
Scott Ridout - lead pastor of Sun Valley Community Church (http://www.sunvalleycc.com/) in Phoenix, AZ. Scott and his teaching pastor, Chad Moore, are leading this young church (average age 32) toward a generous culture through innovative practices, such as powerful celebration videos, preaching series, etc.
Neal Joseph - executive pastor of Fellowship Bible Church (http://fbctn.org/) in Brentwood, TN. Neal and his team have adopted generosity as one of the church’s core values and have a vision to get their entire congregation to a 10% average minimum giving level, which they call the training wheels of giving.
Jeanette Dickens - senior associate pastor at Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church (www.mountpisgah.org) in Alpharetta, GA. She also currently serves as project manager for construction of the $2.5 million Beacon of Hope Crisis Pregnancy Center and Summit Counseling Center. Beyond her service in the stewardship ministry at Mt. Pisgah, she has extensive experience and knowledge in financial management and allocation of limited fiscal and physical resources.
Patrick Johnson - VP of church services at The National Christian Foundation (www.nationalchristian.com), who has walked with innovative churches for over four years exploring best practices in creating cultures of generosity. Patrick and his team have partnered with Crown Financial Ministries to produce Exponential, one of the country’s largest conferences on generosity in the church featuring speakers such as Rick Warren, Andy Stanley, Bob Coy, Joe Stowell and other leading practitioners.
Chris Willard - Director of Generous Church Leadership Community for Leadership Network (www.leadnet.org). A Leadership Community is a highly select group of strategic leadership teams in local churches that have similar bold goals for growing their focused ministries over a two year time period. Before joining LN, Chris was the executive pastor responsible for stewardship at Discovery Church (www.discoverychurch.org) in Orlando.
