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Lance Wallnau
Author, business strategist, and broadcaster · Lance Learning Group
Lance Wallnau says the work that built an organization can eventually become the work that limits it. Scaling starts by returning to the founder’s essential contribution, editing everything around it, and learning to lead with more trust.
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Barry Meguiar
Barry Meguiar measures a successful life by eternal impact, not access or applause.
Michael Koulianos
Michael Koulianos argues that Christian leaders never graduate from the simplicity of Jesus.
Blake Treinen
World Series champion and MLB All-Star pitcher · Professional baseball
The All-Star reliever's career has moved through a revoked contract, lost roles, injuries, and a championship. His method for staying grounded is less about certainty than about counsel, stewardship, and the person he is becoming.
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Rick Green
Founder, former Texas legislator, and constitutional educator · Patriot Academy
Rick Green’s case for moving from cultural anxiety to informed, responsible action.
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Tony Suarez
Author, speaker, and founder · Revivalmakers
Tony Suarez on marketplace resources, ministry partnership, and staying faithful to your lane.
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Ché Ahn
Pastor and founder · Harvest Rock Church and Harvest International Ministry
Ché Ahn on reluctant obedience, public leadership, and beginning transformation with prayer.
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Roberts Liardon
Author, historian, and ministry leader · Roberts Liardon Ministries
Roberts Liardon argues that Christian business reaches its fuller purpose when profit becomes capacity for service, institution building, and the leaders coming next.
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Paul Crouch Jr.
Broadcast executive, producer, and CEO · PJ Video
Paul Crouch Jr. on Christian broadcasting, technological change, and the craft viewers never see.
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Hank & Brenda Kunneman
Senior pastors and co-founders · Lord of Hosts Church and One Voice Ministries
Hank and Brenda Kunneman argue that meaningful growth rests on a shared operating discipline: pursue excellence, manage well, practice generosity before success arrives, stay the course, and learn from people who have already built wisely.
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Kent & Candy Christmas
Founders and senior leaders · Regeneration Nashville
Kent and Candy Christmas on sustaining ministry, serving a city, and honoring distinct assignments.
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Gene & Teri Bailey
Media leaders, authors, and advocates · FlashPoint and VICTORY Channel
Gene and Teri Bailey on conviction, cultural influence, and the responsibility that accompanies a platform.
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Katie Souza
Author, broadcaster, and prison-ministry leader · Katie Souza Ministries
Katie Souza’s story moves from a prison cell to ministry reaching correctional facilities around the world.
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Gary Keesee
Pastor, entrepreneur, author, and financial educator · Faith Life Now
Gary Keesee's account of nine years under severe financial pressure shows how a new operating framework can restore a leader's capacity to imagine, build, and give.
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Drenda Keesee
Pastor, author, entrepreneur, and broadcaster · Faith Life Now
Drenda Keesee on the courage to make hard decisions, confront damaging behavior early, and build a leadership life capable of carrying its vision.
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Sean Feucht
Worship leader, author, and founder · Let Us Worship and Light a Candle
Sean Feucht on presence, courage, and carrying worship beyond familiar rooms.
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Peter Demos
Fourth-generation restaurateur, author, and speaker · Demos’ Restaurants
Peter Demos rebuilt his approach to business after realizing conviction could not remain outside the operating model.
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John Grooters
Writer, director, musician, and producer · Grooters Productions
John Grooters on persecution, filmmaking, and why courageous leadership is formed before the moment of decision.
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Michael Q. Pink
Author and biblical business strategist · Supernatural Business
Michael Q. Pink on transformation, testimony, and stewarding the work only you can do.
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Marc & Liz Parker
Entrepreneurs and marriage mentors · The Marriage Architects
Marc and Liz Parker built companies, raised four daughters, and learned to treat marriage as something designed on purpose.
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Bobby Williams
Entrepreneur, author, and encouragement minister · Encouraging Moments
Bobby Williams on loss, forgiveness, restoration, and the decision to begin again.
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Eric M. Johnson
President and managing partner · Arnold Motor Supply
Eric M. Johnson led a thousand-person company through disaster by pairing strategy with relational wisdom.
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Evan Liberman
Founder and investment adviser · Wise Money Israel
Evan Liberman on connecting financial stewardship with a place, a people, and a long-term purpose.
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Jorge Tarajano
Business leader and ministry founder · Marketplace and worship ministry
Jorge Tarajano on injury, succession, employee ownership, and learning to receive a redirected assignment.
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Robert Stringfellow
Owner and publisher · Nashville Christian Family Magazine
Robert Stringfellow on endurance, relevance, and the surprising reach of faithful local media.
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Jeff Pearles
Gospel singer and real-estate professional · The King’s Heralds
Jeff Pearles on rejection, provision, and the long obedience behind a global voice.
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Mark W. Koch
Film producer, author, and chairman · Prelude Pictures and The First Hour
Mark W. Koch on Hollywood success, personal collapse, and rebuilding life through daily spiritual discipline.
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Debra Elrod
Army veteran, entrepreneur, and founder · NarrowGate Now
Debra Elrod on building a substantial company, surrendering the old definition of purpose, and equipping other entrepreneurs.
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Krystal Parker
President, author, professor, and former Fortune 200 executive · U.S. Christian Chamber of Commerce
Krystal Parker on moving faith at work from personal expression to practical civic contribution.
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Chris Widener
Author, leadership speaker, and mentor · Chris Widener International
Chris Widener on decades of speaking, writing, and learning close to masters of the craft.
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Rylee Meek & Christian Edwards
Entrepreneur coaches, mentors, and podcast hosts · The King’s Council
Rylee Meek and Christian Edwards on helping entrepreneurs discover, develop, and deploy an idea into the marketplace.
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Bridgette Cameron Ridenour
Author, speaker, and former film and television stand-in · Bridgette Cameron
Bridgette Cameron Ridenour on early rejection, a family crisis, and learning to treat waiting as preparation rather than proof that her opportunity had passed.
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Kevin Jessip
President and global ministry strategist · Global Strategic Alliance
Kevin Jessip on moving between business, ministry, and global networks to fund and sustain consequential work.
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Tonya Eberhart & Michael Carr
Authors, strategists, and podcast hosts · BrandFace
Tonya Eberhart and Michael Carr on clarity, positioning, and changing how expertise is understood.
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Leigh Wambsganss
Chief communications officer and nonprofit executive director · Patriot Mobile
Leigh Wambsganss on advocacy, public leadership, and the responsibility that comes with a clearly declared position.
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