Eboo Patel keynote leader
Eboo Patel is the founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youthmovement. He was recently appointed to the Advisory Council of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives, where he is working to realize the President's priority of interfaith cooperation. He has spoken at the TED Conference, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Nobel Peace Prize Forum and at universities around the world. Eboo holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. He is the author of Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation and writes "The Faith Divide", a featured blog on religion for The Washington Post.
Cynthia Ribgy Keynote Leader
Dr. Cynthia Rigby is the W. C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Austin, TX). Cited as one of the great theologians of our time, Rigby is a prolific writer; co-chair of the Christian Systematic Theology Section of the American Academy of Religion; the “Continuing Resource Theologian” for the Central United States for the pastor/theologian program sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ; and most recently, a member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) taskforce that authored “The Trinity: God’s Love Overflowing,” a document that articulates the relevance of trinitarian doctrine to our lives of faith today.
Anna Carter-Florence worship leader
Cynthia Ribgy Keynote Leader Dr. Cynthia Rigby is the W. C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Austin, TX). Cited as one of the great theologians of our time, Rigby is a prolific writer; co-chair of the Christian Systematic Theology Section of the American Academy of Religion; the “Continuing Resource Theologian” for the Central United States for the pastor/theologian program sponsored by the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ; and most recently, a member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) taskforce that authored “The Trinity: God’s Love Overflowing,” a document that articulates the relevance of trinitarian doctrine to our lives of faith today.
Anna Carter-Florence worship leaderThe Rev. Dr. Anna Carter Florence is Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. She's an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a very popular speaker at gatherings across the country. She has a new book coming out called Preaching as Testimony and has contributed chapters to several books on preaching.
Troy Bronsink music leader
Troy Bronsink music leaderTroy Bronsink is a singer-songwriter and the Abbot of Neighbors Abbey a monastic community emerging from within SW Downtown Atlanta. He and his wife, Kelley, and daughter, Eve, live in downtown Atlanta, where they work in community organizing and public education. Troy is a PCUSA minister with 16 years of experience including youth ministry, senior pastorate, worship leadership in both mainline and para-church worlds, co-leader of the Atlanta Emergent Cohort, organizing member of Presbymergent, & contributing author to "An Emergent Manifesto of Hope". His music, ideas, and writing can be found at ChurchAsArt.com
Bruce Reyes-Chow Theologian in Residence
Bruce Reyes-Chow is pastor of Mission Bay Community Church in San Francisco and Moderator of the 218th General Assembly of the PCUSA. He has served the Presbyterian Church (USA) over the years as a preacher, worship leader, and keynoter. He now lives in the Oceanview district of San Francisco with his wife, Robin Pugh and their three daughters. More information as well as blog posts can be found on his website.
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