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Miles Paludan is currently the Edmond Campus Pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a multi-site church started in Oklahoma City in 1996. Miles has led the Edmond campus since October, 2006, and has also been a lead speaker on several occasions. Miles and his wife, Bonnie, were married on June 11, 1994, and are happily celebrating seventeen years of marriage. They currently reside near Edmond, OK, with their five children – Abbi, Jayden, Sam, Fynn and Jett.

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Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg are award-winning authors, popular radio hosts of a nationally syndicated daily radio program, and beloved marriage conference speakers. Together, the Rosbergs are co-founders of the national ministry, America’s Family Coaches, and directly address the needs of marriages today with remarkable insight and Biblical truth.

The Rosbergs have written over a dozen prominent marriage family resources and DVD series and have conducted conferences on marriage and family relationships nationally for over twenty years.

Married over 30 years, Gary and Barb have two married daughters and five grandchildren.

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Rene Schlaepfer is a former broadcaster whose voice may be familiar from the internationally syndicated program "The Story Behind The Song", from his morning show on a contemporary Christian radio network, or from national ad campaigns for products such as Tyndale House's "The Book".  He is currently pastor of Twin Lakes Church, an innovative 3500-member congregation near Santa Cruz, California that has been featured in Leadership magazine, Rev magazine, James Dobson's Family News in Focus, and many more.  Rene joins us with his wife Laurie (a popular comparative religions teacher in her own right) and their three children.

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Ted Cunningham, a pastor and speaker, has coauthored four books with Dr. Gary Smalley: The Language of Sex; From Anger to Intimacy; Great Parents, Lousy Lovers and As Long as We Both Shall Live. His latest book is called Young and in Love. After graduating from Liberty University and Dallas Theological Seminary, he founded and continues to pastor Woodland Hills Family Church in Branson, Missouri. He has been a regular guest on Focus on the Family, LIFE Today, and Moody Radio. He is a contributing writer for Focus on the Family's Thriving Family Magazine. Ted and his wife, Amy, have been married for 14 years; they both love taking road trips and spending time at Table Rock Lake with their two children, Corynn and Carson.

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Mark is a teaching pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Northwest Arkansas. He also speaks at FamilyLife's national marriage conferences, as well as various family camps and men's retreats. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and Trinity Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Rogers, Arkansas and have 5 children and 1 grandchild. Mark enjoys time with his family, reading, and cycling.

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Todd Wagner is the Founding Pastor of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas. The church was established just over a decade ago by a handful of friends and core families who were motivated to reach the un-churched, de-churched, dead-churched and unmoved. Watermark’s mission is to call all people to be fully devoted followers of Christ. The church desires to be a place where people have access to biblical teaching that leads to radical life transformation. Members are called to be bold and authentic about their relationship with Christ. The heart of Watermark is to be a vessel for making and developing disciples for Christ.

Todd and his wife, Alex, are busy investing in their six kids. Though he enjoys teaching at both Watermark and conferences around the country, his favorite pastime is laughing with his family and coaching sports for his kids.

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Shawn received his doctoral degree in counseling and psychology from the University of North Texas, where he specialized in marriage and family therapy. He currently serves as a Senior Director for the WinShape Foundation (a non-profit ministry of Chick-fil-A) overseeing Marriage, Retreat, Experiential Learning ministries. Prior to his role at WinShape, Shawn served as the Director of Training for the Smalley Relationship Center, founded by Gary Smalley.

Shawn is passionate about his relationship with God and eager to share how you can experience fulfillment and joy in life. He is the co-author of the books, "The Wholehearted Marriage" and "5 Days to a New Marriage." Whether he's leading retreats, writing, or appearing on television and radio broadcasts, Shawn's humor, enthusiasm, and wisdom help him connect with his audience. Despite extensive schooling, Shawn really did not know anything about relationships until he met his wife Christina. They have four wonderful children, Taylor, Cade, Avery (with the Lord), and Cody... and one more on the way.

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Dr. Alex Himaya is the founding and senior pastor of The Church At BattleCreek in Tulsa, OK, which has grown to over 4,000 in 7 years. God has blessed Alex with the talent to reach the high-tech culture of Generation Next. Through revivals, citywide rallies, camps and school assemblies, Alex speaks over 200 times a year. His desire is to effectively present the same relevant message, the Gospel of Christ, using fresh, innovative methods, resources and technology.

Alex and his wife, Meredith, have 3 children, ages 10, 8 and 6, and are in the process of adopting a little girl from Guatemala. His books include “Your Little Red Wagon . . . A Conversation on Approaching God” and “Jesus Hates Religion”.

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Clayton King trusted Christ as the age of 14 and began - right then - preacing in prisons and churches. He has traveled in 31 countries and 45 states including Kenya, Egypt, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Russia, Romania, Hungary, and the Himalayas.

He is the founder and president of Crossroads Worldwide, Crossroads Summer Camps and Winter Conferences, is the Teaching Pastor at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC and Campus Pastor at Liberty University.

Clayton loves action figures, good books, strong coffee, bear hunting, and dogs. He hates spiders, clowns, math, and being late. He has been married to his wife Charie since 1999 and is the father of two boys, Jacob and Joseph.