Preston Sprinkle (Ph.D.) is an international speaker and a New York Times bestselling author, who’s written a dozen books including Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church & What the Bible has to say, and People to Be Loved: Why Homosexuality Is not just an Issue. Preston currently serves as the president of The Center for Faith, Sexuality & Gender, an organization that equips Christians to engage questions about faith, sexuality & gender with theological faithfulness and courageous love. Preston also hosts the popular podcast “Theology in the Raw” and posts regularly on his YouTube channel “Preston Sprinkle.”

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Dr. Ron Hunter Jr. authored and helped author four books—The DNA of D6: Building Blocks of Generational Discipleship, Recalibrate: A New Measure for Family Ministry, Youth Ministry in the 21st Century: Five Views, and Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons From the Toys You Loved as a Child. Since 2002, Ron has served as the CEO of Randall House (publisher of D6 Curriculum, D6Plus, and the D6 Podcast). As co-founder and director of the D6 Conference, he still claims his favorite titles are husband, father, and grandaddy.

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Kevin McGary is an entrepreneur, author, and public speaker. In the arena of civic engagement, Kevin serves as Chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation of California and is an executive with the Douglass Leadership Institute and the Northstar Leadership Pac.

As a professional, Kevin has worked for the past 35 years in Information Technology. He has been designated a “Top Performer” throughout his sales career in the arenas of Cybersecurity, Enterprise Applications, Application Development Automation, and Enterprise Job Scheduling/Utilities. He has entrepreneurial skills as he has started and participated in a number of “start-ups!”

Kevin leads a collection of pro-active individuals committed to developing innovative and new approaches to today's socio/political issues, and with the assistance of elected officials and myriad of community activists, he lectures and provides workshops about today’s most perplexing issues.

In 2020, Kevin founded Every Black Life Matters (EveryBLM.com) to counteract emerging violence and plight within under-served, urban communities. EBLM is seen as a “moral-based" and “Faith-based” alternative to Black Lives Matter.

Before becoming a pastor at Northshore Community Church in Kirkland Washington, Scott was the executive pastor and teaching pastor along with John Ortberg at Menlow Park church in California for 12 years.

Scott holds a BA from Standford and an M. Div. from Regent college. Scott has been the Senior Pastor at Northshore for 4.5. years now. He is married to Nina and they have 2 beautiful children.

An accomplished composer, conductor, gospel/jazz vocalist, and pianist, Dr. Stephen Newby brings a wealth of creativity and experience in praising and worshiping the Lord wherever he leads a service.

Dr. Newby is Peachtree Presbyterian Church’s artist-in-residence since January 2020.

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