Featured Speakers & Leaders

Paul Baxley
Executive Coordinator
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Decatur, Ga.
Preacher - Thursday Evening Worship
Keynote - CBF Chaplaincy & Pastoral Counseling Dinner

Traci D. Blackmon
CEO & Founder
HopeBuilds, LLC
St. Louis, Mo.
Keynote - Dr. Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer Luncheon

Kan'dace Brock
Lead Pastor
The Message Baptist Church
San Antonio, Texas
Facilitator - Mental Health First Aid Training

Ryan Burge
Author, Policital Scientist, Statistician
Graphs About Religion
Mt. Vernon, Ill.
Keynote - A Leadership Conversation with Ryan Burge

Angela Denker
Author | Disciples of White Jesus: The Radicalization of American Boyhood
Minneapolis, Minn.
Keynote - BWIM Luncheon

Deborah Garrard
Founder
be(e) well serve well
Atlanta, Ga.
Leader - You Belong Here: Body & Breath; You Belong Here: Sound & Soul

Charles Goodman, Jr.
Senior Pastor & Teacher
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Augusta, Ga.
Preacher - Late Night Worship

Melissa Hatfield
Lead Pastor
First Baptist Church
Jefferson City, Mo.
Preacher - Wednesday Morning Worship

Robert P. Jones
Author, President and Founder
Public Religion Research Institute
Washington, D.C.
Keynote Speaker - CBF Advocacy Breakfast

Colin Kroll
Young Adults Ministry Manager
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
Facilitator - Mental Health First Aid Training

Paul Raushenbush
President and CEO
Interfaith Alliance
New York City, N.Y.
Keynote Speaker - AWAB & BNG Breakfast