Jim Essian planted The Paradox Church in 2011 in Downtown Fort Worth and serves as Lead Pastor. He played eight years of professional baseball in the Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Detroit Tigers organizations, prior to planting. He founded the church planting network Plant Fort Worth, which has seen 15 churches planted in […]

Whitney K. Pipkin lives with her husband, three children and a dog named Honeybun in Northern Virginia, where they are longtime members of Grace Bible Church in Lorton. She has worked as a journalist for a decade and a half, with articles appearing in The Washington Post, National Geographic and NPR alongside her regular work […]

Kristin Elizabeth Couch is a pastor’s wife, the mother of four grown children, and a grandmother. She graduated from Taylor University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing. Kristin has written for Desiring God and Legacy Coalition, is a regular contributor to “Written” for SBC Virginia, and has also been a featured […]

For three decades Daniel Henderson has guided individuals, leaders, and churches to embrace experiences of powerful spiritual renewal. He has served as a senior pastor to thousands in congregations in California and Minnesota. Today he speaks across the nation at leadership conferences and local churches while coaching pastors and business leaders in the principles of […]

Lindsey is the director of ministry operations at Mama Bear Apologetics and an adjunct professor at Northwestern College in Iowa. She engages extensively on the topics of apologetics and worldview as a writer, editor, teacher, and speaker. Lindsey and her husband, Jay, live in Iowa along with their daughters.

Chris Rappazini (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Leadership at Anderson University in Anderson, SC. He also is the founder of Faithful Steps Forward, which strives to help people become faithful leaders who are worth following. For over a decade, he served as a Professor of Pastoral Studies at the Moody Bible Institute in Spokane, […]

Clint is a missionary to college students serving with Disciple Makers, a campus ministry based in Pennsylvania. Having suffered the devastating loss of two babies, he writes to help fellow sufferers find hope through the gospel and being honest with the Lord. He lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his wife Jillian and their third child, […]

Amber Albee Swenson is actively involved in ministry to children, teens, and women. In addition to blogging, she has authored four full-length books, two smaller books. Her podcast, “Little Things” (Time of Grace), airs each Sunday. Her husband and four children are her greatest joys and the reason she stays on her knees and her […]

Tom Robson is married to Emily and they have two daughters. He grew up in Brighton and has lived most of his life on the south coast of England. He has degrees in History and Theology from Warwick and Cambridge Universities and is currently the minister of All Saints Church in Wick, Littlehampton. Tom’s interests include […]

Caleb Batchelor serves as an assistant pastor at First Baptist Church of Boynton Beach in south Florida. He is married to Leah, and they have three children: Jane, Beau, and Duke.

Jennifer Kvamme is passionate about helping teenagers see the beauty of the gospel and apply it to all of life. She has been in youth ministry at Centennial Church in Forest Lake, MN, for 20 years and is the author of More to the Story: Deep Answers to Real Questions on Attraction, Identity, and Relationships. […]