Featured Speaker David Hamilton Esme Bowers "The African Way: The task is too big" Esme Bowers is the Southern Africa Regional Leader for the Pan African Christian Women’s Alliance (PACWA). She serves as International Chairperson for the Board of African Evangelistic Enterprise and travels extensively in Africa, training leaders. She is also on the Lausanne Committee, involved in planning the Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010 Congress. She currently resides in Cape Town, South Africa, with her husband Theo, a pastor. Esme and Theo have one adult daughter. Back to top David Claydon Robyn Claydon "When Gifting is Denied" Canon Dr. David and Mrs. Robyn Claydon are international speakers and authors of a number of books. They have been involved in ministry as professionals, in local church leadership, and in global missionary work. Robyn is vice-chair of the Lausanne International Committee on World Evangelization. David was CEO of the Church Missionary Society and international director of the Lausanne Movement. He is currently chair of the Dealing with Diversity Conference on multiculturalism in Australia. Back to top Gwen Dewey "Theology of Work: No Separation of Gender in Calling" (with Keum Ju Hyun) Gwendolyn J. Dewey (D.Min., Eastern Theological Seminary) is a professor at Bakke Graduate University in Seattle Washington. Keum Ju (Jewel) Hyun (D. Min., Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary) is founder and president of Matthew 28 Ministries International. Back to top Ellen Duffield "Issues of Power" Ellen Duffield is a pastor and co-founder of NextLevel Leadership. She loves to read, write, and study the Word of God. She also loves to wear her blue jeans to church, eat chocolate like it is going out of style, and connect with people. Back to top Mimi Haddad "A Passion for Scripture, Evangelism, and Human Equality: How our Evangelical Heritage Informs Egalitarians Today" Mimi Haddad (Ph.D., University of Durham) is president of Christians for Biblical Equality. She is a founding member of the Evangelicals and Gender Study Group at the Evangelical Theological Society. Mimi served as the Convener of the Issue Group 24 for the 2002 Lausanne III Committee for World Evangelization. She has written numerous articles and contributed to six books. Back to top David Hamilton "The Egalitarian Motivation Behind Paul's Missionary Endeavors" David Joel Hamilton is international associate provost at the University of the Nations, a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) school in Kona, Hawaii. He is co-author of Why Not Women: A Biblical Study of Women in Missions, Ministry, and Leadership. Back to top John Kohlenberger "When Fellows Are Female" John Kohlenberger III is the author or co-editor of more than four dozen biblical reference books and study Bibles, including the award-winning NIV Exhaustive Concordance and The NIV Bible Commentary. John currently divides his time between writing, Bible design, and typesetting. Back to top Lorry Lutz "Lessons in Leadership: A Biblical Study of Women in Ministry" Lorry Lutz is the former director of the international AD2000 Women's Track and author of nine books including Women as Risk Takers for God. She served as a missionary in South Africa for 22 years before working with Partners International as Director of Communications. Back to top Ed Murray "Women and the Beginnings of the Modern Mission Movement " Ed Murray (Ph.D., Kansas State University)has served with his wife Coralee for the past 35 years working with Campus Crusade for Christ among students and families of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has done extensive historical research on the process of spiritual formation of the Moravian Brethren movement of the 18th century as well as its major contribution to modern missions. Ed and Coralee presently live in Budapest, Hungary. Back to top Mandolyn Nelson Room of Prayer Leader Mandolyn Nelson is an avid enthusiast of biblical equality, freedom, truth, and the wild outdoors. She currently resides in Denver, Colorado, where she teaches high school English and heads for the hills whenever possible. Back to top Jane Overstreet "The Necessity of Men and Women Working Together in Evangelizing to this Generation" Jane Overstreet (J.D., University of Tulsa) is president and CEO for Development Associates International (DAI). Prior to joining DAI, she worked with Youth with a Mission (YWAM) for 12 years in the Middle East and Europe. Jane has published manuals on various legal topics including taxation, child abuse prevention, and immigration. She is also an adjunct professor at Eastern College. Back to top Leslie and Chad Segraves "India, China, and Gift-Based Ministry" Chad and Leslie Neal Segraves co-founded and co-direct 10/40 Connections, Inc., a ministry seeking to reconnect a fragmented world so that the least accessed people groups have an opportunity to hear and experience the kingdom of God holistically. Chad serves as the international ministries director and Leslie serves as the executive director. Both Leslie and Chad will graduate with Doctorates of Missiology degrees from Fuller Seminary in June 2009. They have one daughter. Back to top Arbutus Sider "The Essence of Marriage: Relationship and Mission"   Arbutus Lichti Sider (MS, LMFT) is an educator, parent, and marriage and family therapist. She has led workshops and lectured on marriage and family, adoption, and biblical equality in the United States, Australia, South Africa, England, India, and the Philippines. Arbutus has published articles in The Other Side, Christian Living, and E-Quality. Back to top Ron Sider "Justice and Evangelism: How do They Fit Together?"   Ron Sider (Ph.D., Yale University) is professor of theology and culture at Palmer Seminary, president and founder of Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA), and author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience. Back to top Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen "Culture, Gender, and the Family: Nurturing the Best Love of Children in a Globalizing World"   Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen is professor of psychology and philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. She taught at Calvin College for many years, and has been a senior editor for Christianity Today. Mary has written, co-authored, and contributed to books including Gender and Grace and My Brother's Keeper: What the Social Sciences Do (and Don't) Tell us About Masculinity. Back to top Austin Stouffer "Considering Equality... Just for Laughs"   Austin Stouffer (M.Div., Fuller) is a retired Evangelical Free pastor, a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and a former counseling professor at Trinity Western University and Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia. He maintains a private counseling practice. Back to top Howard Snyder "Gender, Mission, and the Environment: an Ecological Understanding" Howard Snyder is currently professor of Wesley studies at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Ontario. He has previously pastored and taught in the United States and Brazil. Howard is the author of several books including The Problem of Wineskins and Decoding the Church. Back to top Henry and Sharon Tam "Egalitarian Marriage: Here's How" Henry and Sharon Tam are founders of CBE-Toronto. Henry is a high school math teacher and is active in his local church as a lay preacher and speaker. Sharon (D.Min, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the English ministry pastor at Mississauga Chinese Baptist Church and has been in ministry for 13 years. They have been happily married for eight years. Back to top Ruth Tucker "Anne Marie, Eliza, and Maude: Single Girls in the Good-Old Boy World of Missions" Ruth Tucker (Ph.D., Northern Illinois University) has taught at Calvin Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Calvin College, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Moffat College of Bible in Kenya. She is the author of 17 books, including her Gold Medallion award-winning From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya and Private Lives of Pastors’ Wives. Ruth and her husband, John Worst, currently reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Back to top Jim and Rhonda Walton "Healthcare Inequities and the Anthropology of Personhood" Jim Walton is vice-president and chief health equity officer of the Baylor Healthcare System in Dallas, Texas. He serves as medical director of Project Access Dallas. Rhonda Walton is a pediatric physician for the Health Texas Provider Network. Together they have participated in medical mission efforts in Bulgaria, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Rhonda and Jim are the parents of four sons. Back to top William Webb "My Eyes Were Opened: the Treatment of Women in View of Biblical Texts about Children" "The Unfolding Fullness of Christ: Living out the Slavery Texts in Today's World" William Webb (Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament at Heritage Seminary. Bill has worked as a pastor, chaplain, and professor over a span of more than 20 years in ministry. In addition to a speaking ministry, he has published several articles and books, including Slaves, Women, and Homosexuals. He and his wife Marilyn have three children. Back to top Bonnie Wurzbacher "Women as Leaders in God's Kingdom" Bonnie Wurzbacher (M.B.A., Emory University) is senior vice-president of global accounts at The Coca-Cola Company. During her 23-year tenure at the company, she has held various sales, marketing, and management positions of increasing responsibility including: corporate vice-president and director of customer strategy, vice-president of business development, and assistant vice president of education market. Bonnie and her husband, Steve, have one grown son, Daniel. Back to top   - Esme Bowers - David and Robyn Claydon - Gwen Dewey - Ellen Duffield - Mimi Haddad - David Hamilton - John Kohlenberger - Lorry Lutz - Ed Murray - Mandolyn Nelson - Jane Overstreet - Leslie and Chad Segraves - Arbutus Sider - Ron Sider - Howard Snyder - Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen - Austin Stouffer - Henry and Sharon Tam - Ruth Tucker - Jim and Rhonda Walton - William Webb - Bonnie Wurzbacher

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