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Tim Martin has been involved with baseball his entire life. His quest to make his dream come true started in 1984 with a free agent signing to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in the Gulf Coast League and the NewYork Penn League in his first two season of professional baseball before Tommy John surgery ended his playing days. After ten years separated from the game, he returned as a coach and a scout. His days coaching high school baseball for Minford High were fruitful, as he led the team to a 331-142 record. This earned him the Ohio District Coaches Hall of Fame award. Tim also continues to scout for Major League Baseball. Over the last twenty years, he’s been employed by the St. Louis Cardinals, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins and now with the Boston Redsox. 

Chad and Leslie are motivational teachers and speakers whose greatest passion is to see the Great Commission completed in their lifetime. As entrepreneurial, mission-focused leaders, teachers, and award-winning writers with extensive international experience, Leslie and Chad love theology made practical – where good thinking leads to active engagement in a broken world. In 2000 they co-founded 10/40 Connections which seeks to meet tangible needs through the Name of Christ. Since its founding, 10/40 has helped rescue and restore thousands of women from trafficking, fed and educated hundreds of at-risk children, planted numerous house churches among unreached people groups, installed dozens of water wells offering clean water to thousands, promoted teaching that advocates for the unborn and women, and more. They write curriculum that encourages the Church in the least-reached areas of the world, and they equip believers who want to engage in practical cross-cultural living. Chad and Leslie have lived in India

Karla McKinney is married to Jeff and the mom of four daughters ages 22, 20, 16, and wait for it…an eight year old! She is a native of Atlanta, and graduated from Spelman College. She encourages women by sharing stories of homeschooling, surviving a rare life threatening illness, parenting girls at various places in their spiritual walk, and advocating for victims of CSA. Karla always shares God’s faithfulness as He leads her on the journey home.

Lori Stanley Roeleveld is a disturber of hobbits who enjoys making comfortable Christians late for dinner. She’s authored an inciteful blog since 2009; a pursuit that eventually resulted in two provocative non-fiction books, Running from a Crazy Man (and other adventures traveling with Jesus) and Jesus and the Beanstalk (Overcoming Your Giants and Living a Fruitful Life) as well as an unsettling novella, Red Pen Redemption. Lori’s blog has a modest but faithful daily readership and yet, in 2015 it was named one of the Top 100 Christian Blogs and a single post was viewed over 2 million times, another went viral on Facebook. Lori has published newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, and plays. Her novels, short stories, and Bible studies have won several awards. Besides degrees in Psychology and Biblical Studies, Lori earned her Masters in motherhood, homeschooling her two children through graduation. Now, she draws energy from helping writers find their voice and see God’s vision for their work. In her day j

As a Southern humorist, Jane entertains using funny, original Southern stories, folksy wisdom and singing to help folks live more productive, stress-free lives. Jane believes in the extraordinary healing power of humor and story telling.  As a female author, Jane’s most recent accomplishment is being an Amazon “Best-Seller”  and award-winner  for her newest  book, Bury Me with My Pearls. Jane is a Certified Professional Speaking (CSP), professional singer, Female comedians, recording artist and published author. Jane’s award-winning singing and humor is featured on Sirius XM Radio and Pandora. She criss-crosses the country sharing her “down-home principles delivered with uptown humor”. Jane has also spoken in New Zealand and Germany and is fluent in four languages: English, Southern, Northern and Gullah (gul-la). Jane is active in her church and community and serves on as a Commissioner at Piedmont Technical College of South Carolina, Chair of the National Speakers Association Scholarship Committee and serv

Urban music dance artist Rahn Anthoni crafts hot hip-hop with an R&B flow that hints at roots in gospel flavors. In fact, says Anthoni, “I come from a gospel music background.” His history with inspirational music has helped him develop a positive relationship with the world of song. Music brings him to a high plateau and sheds the day-to-day strife from his life.  Anthoni got his first T.V.break when he host Starpower on The BET Network!    Rahn Anthoni signed with Tate Music Group releasing his single, "Hold On" which gave a lot of his listeners the encouragement to Hold On to life. His listeners get a healthy dose of this musical breeze via Anthoni’s master craftsmanship. Anthoni has also been in movies and made a cameo appearence in Good Deed as Rashad. Having his own talk show, "The Rahn Anthoni Show" has reaches over 1 millions views on Eotm Tv. After loosing his special needs son to abuse allegedly by his son's teacher, Anthoni has become an advocate for special need kids. The Aaron Hatcher Awar

Amanda Hughes holds a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She serves as Outreach Director for Constituting America, and enjoys encouraging others through her writing on faith and freedom at http://www.amandahugheswriter.com. Hughes is the author of Who Wants to Be Free? Make Sure You Do! https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wants-Free-Amanda-Hughes/dp/151275532X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8  

Dainel Gil is a professional ninja athlete and a two time national finalist on American Ninja Warrior. He was born and raised in Houston, Texas and is the second oldest in a family of five kids who were all home-schooled. Daniel grew up loving the outdoors, climbing trees and participating in team sports. In high school he began to focus his attention on passions such as singing, dancing, and the performing arts and started leading worship at Dwelling Place Church. After high school, he attended All Nations School of Ministry and obtained a degree in Applied Ministerial Studies. In 2013, he began working at Iron Sports Gym with Sam Sann, where he now directs the homeschool program and trains for American Ninja Warrior. His rookie campeign was Season 7 of American Ninja Warrior, where he made it to the National Finals in Las Vegas and selected to compete in the All-Stars Special, and was chosen to be a team captain on Season 1 of Team Ninja Warrior. This recognition and success has presented him with new opp

Patty Luellen Nicholas has worked at the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove for 12 years, but, she truly learned about grace when she lost both her husband, and her father, two days apart.  It was during this time that the words in 2 Corinthians 12:9-12 spoke volumes: 9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” She has experienced God’s grace in so many ways through her grief journey and beyond.  Even though grief is a part of her testimony, it does not define her.  She loves to share with others through her speaking, and writing ministry, how in Christ we no longer have to be defined by the pain and ugly names we call ourselves.   In Christ we have a new identity, as children of the One

Linnette R. Mullin is an author of life-changing romance and a freelance writer. CrossRiver Media released her award-winning novel, Finding Beth, in 2013. Other writing credits include Charles Stanley’s In Touch magazine, 101 Facets of Faith, and Reach Out Columbia. She is a member of HACWN and ACFW, is working toward her Master’s degree in Christian Counseling. Her writing path has undergone very difficult family trials and her testimony encourages writers how God helps through all circumstances. Discover more about Linnette and her journey at www.linnettermullin.com.