Speakers
Francis Chan
Francis Chan is the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, where he has been serving for the past 15 years. He is also the Founder of Eternity Bible College and serves on the board of directors for Children’s Hunger Fund and World Impact.
Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and is the author of Crazy Love and Forgotten God. His commitment is to teach directly from the words of Scripture. It is his passion to see the next generation of American Christians display a much deeper love for Jesus and their neighbors.
Francis is married to Lisa and they have three daughters and one son.
Reggie Dabbs
Born to an unwed teenager who at one time considered abortion as a viable option for solving her “problem,” Reggie Dabbs considers himself fortunate to be alive.
Mrs. Dabbs, his mom’s former school teacher, took his mom into her home and cared for her until after the baby was born. They continued to care for little Reggie as foster parents until he was in the fourth grade, when they officially adopted him and gave him the Dabbs name.
Mr. and Mrs. Dabbs instilled strong moral values in Reggie. They also ingrained in him the fact that in every situation he faced, he had a choice. What he did with those choices was entirely up to him.
Reggie has become a popular public school speaker. He talks to kids about family and how thankful they should be that they have families; about dating relationships—emphasizing that virginity is the most honorable choice; and Reggie drives home the fact that “you can never change your past, but you can change your future!”
Marilyn Laszlo
Marilyn Laszlo is a master storyteller who comes from a small farm in Valparaiso, Indiana, where as a young girl, she made a commitment to be a missionary.
She kept her commitment to God by serving with Wycliffe Bible Translators as a missionary. She traveled to Papua New Guinea, with a translation partner, to Hauna Village, home of the Sepik Iwam people. There, Marilyn, her sister Shirley, and their language helpers took an unwritten language and created an alphabet and reading books, taught the people to read and write, did medical work, and trained indigenous people to operate a local school, store, and clinic.
Today Marilyn travels worldwide with the Laszlo Mission League to share her experiences and her vision to mobilize as many people as possible into overseas missions, placing Scriptures in the hands of all people in their own language to the glory of God.
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor is a captivating speaker with a contagious love for Jesus and a huge heart for teenagers. He is passionate about empowering leaders, caring for hurting students, and impacting the world for Christ.
Chip loves fishing, golfing, football, date nights with his wife, and daddy date days with his kids. He is a graduate of Mid-America Christian University, has been in ministry since 1993, and is currently the student ministries pastor at Bayside Church in Safety Harbor, Florida. Chip resides in Tampa with his wife, Lori, his daughter, Leah, and his son, Caleb.
Jamie Tworkowski
In 2006, Jamie Tworkowski founded “To Write Love on Her Arms” (TWLOHA), a non-profit group dedicated to helping those who suffer from depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicidal tendencies find hope, support, and love. TWLOHA began as a simple attempt to tell the story of a friend in need of treatment that soon became an Internet phenomenon and global movement.
In order to fund his friend’s treatment, Jamie Tworkowski posted a blog on MySpace and began selling t-shirts. Supported by the bands Switchfoot, Anberlin, and Paramore, TWLOHA became widely recognized in the music world. It has responded to nearly 100,000 messages from more than 40 countries and donated over $500,000 to treatment and recovery organizations. Jamie speaks frequently, bringing a message of hope and community to audiences at universities and conferences throughout the US, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He shares his vision of hope, reminding students that “You are not alone and this is not the end of your story.”