Who will be at ECHO?
We have an amazing group of speakers who will be leading our keynote sessions during ECHO. Take a moment to get to know our speakers and I know you will be just as excited to hear them speak as we are to have them as a part of ECHO!
Donald Miller
Donald Miller grew up in Houston Texas. Leaving home at the age of twenty-one, he traveled across the country until he ran out of money in Portland, Oregon, where he lives today. Harvest House Publishers released his first book, Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance, in 2000. After the release of his first book, Don spent three years as a campus minister to the students at Reed College, which was recently selected by the Princeton Review as the school where students are most likely to ignore God. It is from this experience that his second book, Blue Like Jazz, was born. The success of Blue Like Jazz ensured Don a writing career for a long time to come, and since then has released Searching for God Knows What, Through Painted Deserts, and To Own A Dragon. Don’s next book, Let Story Guide You, will be released in 2008. Check out Don’s blog at www.donaldmillerwords.com as well as downloads of talks he has given around the country.
Mark Batterson
Mark Batterson serves as the lead pastor of National Community Church (www.theaterchurch.com) in Washington, D.C. One church with multiple locations, NCC meets in movies theaters at metro stops throughout the DC area. NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill, Ebenezers Coffeehouse. Focused on reaching emerging generations, 73% of those attending NCC are single, twenty-somethings and 70% were unchurched or dechurched before attending. Mark is the author of ID: The True You and In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day. Check out Mark’s blog at www.markbatterson.com.
Matthew Paul Turner
Matthew Paul Turner is the best-selling author numerous books, including The Christian Culture Survival Guide, The Coffeehouse Gospel, Provocative Faith: Walking Away From The Ordinary, and the upcoming release, Hokey Pokey: Curious People Finding What Life Is All About. Before Matthew began writing and speaking full-time, he served as editor of CCM and music and entertainment editor of Crosswalk.com. Check out Matthew’s blog at www.JesusNeedsNewPR.com.
Mark Steele
Mark Steele is the president and executive creative of Steelehouse Productions where he creates art for business and ministry through the mediums of film, stage and animation. He has received national acclaim as an actor, comedian, film and stage director, producer, and writer. Mark has produced, written, and directed award-winning commercials and film shorts for over 17 years. He has directed over 40 short films including several award winning short films for the North American Mission Board, Women of Faith, Sonic Drive-In’s, QuikTrip Corporation, Josh McDowell Ministries, and Honda. He has also written, produced, and directed national youth gatherings with over a million teenagers experiencing his work in video and live-dramatic presentations. Mark is the author of Flashbang: How I Got Over Myself and the upcoming book, Half-Life / Die Already which will be released on April 1, 2008.
Todd Wagner
Todd is the Pastor of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas, one of the most innovative and exciting new churches in America. He and his wife, Alex, are busy investing in their six kids, so though he is a much sought after speaker/teacher at conferences and camps around the country, he currently says no much more than yes. He is a graduate of both the University of Missouri and Dallas Theological Seminary. Todd has extensive experience in both church and para-church ministry, having served on both Young Life and K-Life staff as well as 10 years at Kanakuk where he last served as Assistant Director at K-2. After leaving Kanakuk in 1990, Todd has been leading in the local church.
December 13th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
As i read about your conference the participants ought to have a copy of a new book just out: Brown Like Coffee. i found it at brownlikecoffee.com