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Speakers and Presenters

Pete Hise

Twitter: @PeteHise
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Pete Hise is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Quest Community Church in Lexington, Kentucky. Growing up in New York, Pete gave his life to Christ on November 12, 1982, and was completely transformed by the love of Jesus. Since May 1999, Pete’s dynamic teaching, compelling leadership, and authentic relational evangelism have shaped the heartbeat and DNA of Quest. In 12 years, over 19,000 people have come to Christ through the ministry of Quest. As a featured speaker at the Ichthus Festival, Christian & Missionary Alliance General Council, Asbury Theological Seminary, and founder of The Uprising church conference, Pete most relishes speaking to and challenging the local church. Pete and his wife, Jacki, along with their two boys, Corey and Carson, reside in Lexington.

Clayton King

Twitter: @Clayton_king
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Clayton King gave his life to Christ at age 14, and the same night felt a call by God to spend his one and only life proclaiming the gospel. Almost immediately, he began preaching in prisions and churches. Since 1987, he has traveled to over 31 countries, including Kenya, Egypt, India, Nepal, Russia, and the Himalayas and has spoken to over 3 million people. He is the founder and president of Crossroads Worldwide, Crossroads Summer Camps and Winter Conferences. He serves as a teaching pastor at NewSpring Church under Pastor Perry Noble. He is also the campus pastor at Liberty University and author of 6 books. Clayton has been married to Charie since 1999 and father of two boys, Jacob and Joseph.

Derwin Gray

Twitter: @DerwinLGray
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Derwin L. Gray is the Founding and Lead Pastor of Transformation Church, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational, mission-shaped community that focuses on loving God completely, ourselves correctly, and our neighbors compassionately in Indian Land, South Carolina, just south of Charlotte, North Carolina. Transformation Church was named the 2nd fastest growing church by percentage and the 14th fastest growing church by number of participants in America in 2010, according to Outreach magazine. Derwin and his wife Vicki have been married for 19 years and have two children, Presley and Jeremiah.

Pete Wilson

Twitter: @pwilson
withoutwax.tv
Pete is the Founding and Lead pastor of CrossPoint Church in Nashville, TN. CrossPoint is a 10 year-old church with 5 campuses. Pete serves and leads as a pastor, speaker and author, and resides in Nashville with his wife, Brandi, and their three boys. He has authored Plan B and Empty Promises and has spoken at church leadership conferences such as Radicalis, Exponential, Catalyst, and Unleash.

Dr. Gary Benedict

Twitter: @cmagary
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Dr. Gary M. Benedict is the president of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) in the United States. A Minnesota native, Benedict graduated from St. Paul Bible College (now Crown College) with a degree in missions. After pastoring churches in Nebraska and Wisconsin, Benedict returned to Crown College to serve as director of development from 1982 to 1988. He became the thirteenth president of Crown College in 1997, having received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Nyack College in New York. After serving as the corporate vice president for the U.S. C&MA, he was chosen to serve as president of The Alliance in 2005. Benedict and his wife, Betty, have been married 52 years and have two children and three grandchildren.

Jim Wideman

Twitter: @jimwideman
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Jim Wideman is an internationally recognized voice in children’s and family ministry. He is a much sought after speaker, teacher, author, personal leadership coach, and ministry consultant who has over 35 years experience in helping churches thrive. For 17 years Jim led one of America’s largest local church children’s ministries in Tulsa, OK at Church On The Move. Jim currently serves as Associate Pastor at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, TN where he oversees the next generation and family ministries. In addition to working in a local church, Jim has successfully trained hundreds of thousands of children’s ministry leaders around the world through JimWideman Ministries and as one of the executive editors of K! Magazine.

Sharon Clements

Twitter: @sharonclements
Sharon was not only one of the original Quest pioneers, but she was also the first Quest staffer ever! Nowadays, she’s an integral part of the Quest Lead Team, leader of the Arts Department, a 13 year veteran on the Board of Directors, Worship Leader on weekends and is riding point for The Uprising 2012 as Executive Director. Originally from Atlanta, Sharon now lives in Lexington with her husband, Paul, and two kids, Carolyne and Renner.

Justin McCarty

Twitter: @justinmac
Every church needs a white rapper, right? Well, when Justin got hired on as the Assistant Pastor, we also got one of those, as well as a teaching pastor, Lead Teamer, Communications Director, and a member of the Board of Directors. Justin came to Lexington just to go to UK (Go Cats!), but God had way more in mind for him; so he’s been here ever since. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Courtney, and their 1 year old son, Wyatt.

Helen Musick

Twitter: @helenmusick
Helen stepped onto the Quest ship just as it was sailing in 1999 and ended up on the ride of a lifetime! After spending time as a nationally-known speaker with Youth Specialties, and then a faculty member at Asbury Theological Seminary, Helen started on staff as a teaching pastor, and has since become the leader of The Mat (Quest’s recovery ministry), Lead Teamer, and leader of Quest’s annual women’s retreat. She lives in Nicholasville with her husband John, and is mother of three children.

Roger Fields

Twitter: @rogerfields
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Roger Fields is the founder and president of Kidz Blitz Ministries. Before founding Kidz Blitz, Roger was a pastor, church planter, church consultant, and speaker at countless conferences and workshops. He is the author of Jumping the Track: How Abruptly Changing Directions Energized My Life’s Calling. This year, Roger is a featured speaker at the Children’s Pastors’ Conference in Orlando and San Diego.

Jim Marshall

Twiiter: @jimmymarshall2
Jim is the newest member of Quest Lead Team and serves as the KidsQuest Pastor at Quest Community Church. With 5 kids of his own, Jim is more than just qualified to lead a Kids’ ministry, he is passionate about helping kids learn that Jesus not only loves them, but likes them and wants to be their forever friend.