Rod Handley

President

Character That Counts

Where have all the real men gone? Some of the things that tie us down and hold us back are struggles in the areas of purity, sexuality, and living as a healthy male. God knows that and wants us to come to an accurate understanding of our design as individuals, and the role our friends play in helping us maintain our God-design. Find freedom from your bonds and walk in wholeness.

Bio: Rod Handley is the Founder and President of Character That Counts, a ministry that was established in July 2000. Rod has published 15 books including, Character Counts-Who’s Counting Yours? which details how to begin the process of being accountable to one another. The book is a practical tool for helping people who desire to be people of character and integrity.

D. Stuart Briscoe

Minister at Large

Elmbrook Church 

Unleashed to Overcome—When Life Gets Hard

Whether it’s the loss of a job, marital struggles or declining health, we will all face the storms of life. How should we sort out our thoughts, and what should be our response? Do we ride out the storm, or take a “foolish” step out of the boat? What does God’s Word say about it? Will you face your fears and be unleashed to follow Christ?

Bio: Known for his logic and wit, Stuart Briscoe has been preaching since he was just 17 years old. Now, edging close to 80 years young, he shows no sign of slowing down. In fact, he continues teaching the Bible on nearly every continent. Stuart Briscoe was born in Millom, Cumbria, England in 1930, graduated from high school at the age of 17, and promptly embarked on a career in banking. He studied law, economics, and accounting in his spare time and eventually became personal assistant to the Chief Inspector of the bank. He started preaching at age 17. In 1970, Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, WI, U.S.A. asked Stuart to become pastor. The church has since grown to a weekly attendance in excess of 7,000 and has planted eight sister churches in the Milwaukee area. Elmbrook’s TV and radio ministries-Telling the Truth, featuring Stuart and Jill are broadcast widely–while his extensive video and audio tapes and more then 40 books extend his ministry. He has stepped down as Senior Pastor and is now Minister-at-Large.

Os Hillman

President

Marketplace Leaders 

Unleashed to Work—As Unto the Lord

We’ve got our work life (for most of us, a curse??) and our faith life, right? Wrong! Os Hillman is an internationally-recognized speaker on the subject of faith at work who will help us discover and fulfill God’s complete purposes through work, and to develop our view of work as a calling. Say goodbye to the feeling that work is a curse. Discover your part in fulfilling God’s design for creation. 

Bio: Os Hillman is president of Marketplace Leaders,an organization whose purpose is to help men and women discover and fulfill God’s complete purposes through their work and to view their work as ministry. Os is an internationally recognized speaker on the subject of faith at work. He is the author of 11 books and a daily email devotional called TGIF Today God Is First which has over 190,000 daily subscribers worldwide. He developed and teaches The 9 to 5 Window Workshop and Change Agent Intensive weekend training sessions. Os also gives leadership to a new initiative called The Change Agent Network. Os has been featured on CNBC, NBC, LA Times, New York Times, and many other national media as a spokesperson on faith at work. 

Os is also president of Aslan Inc. which provides a leading online Christian bookstore to serve the “faith-at-work” movement called TGIFbookstore.com to serve the needs of Christians in their workplace calling. Os attended the University of South Carolina and Calvary Chapel Bible School, a ministry of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California. Os lives in Cumming, Georgia, a suburb in north Atlanta.

 Steve Sonderman

Pastor

Elmbrook Church

Unleashed to Move—What on Earth is God Doing?

This is not my father’s world. The world we live in, unlike the world of our parents, has experienced rapid and seismic changes in recent decades. Issues such as globalization, urbanization and a shift in Christianity’s center of gravity are requiring us to think differently about our world.  In what ways is God moving across the globe? How can we engage those outside the church? What does it mean to be released to be a witness in this brave new world?

Bio: As one of only a handful of full-time men’s pastors across the country, Steve Sonderman is on the leading edge of local church ministry to men. Steve has been an associate pastor at Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, Wisconsin, for the past 25 years. He regularly consults and leads seminars for churches from a wide range of denominations to assist in developing local men’s ministries.

Steve’s real passion is to see every local church have its own ministry to men. As a result of his own research into the unique ministry needs of men, he founded No Regrets Men’s Ministries – NRMM (formerly Top Gun Ministry). NRMM has as its purpose the desire to equip churches to develop men’s ministry in the context of the local church. His book, How to Build a Life-Changing Men’s Ministry, provides the nuts and bolts of putting together a men’s ministry that works. Steve’s latest release, Mobilizing Men for One-on-One Ministry, is a practical guide for personal ministry for any man whose heart’s desire is to leave no man behind!