Dave Dravecky is a former MLB player for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. When his pitching arm was amputated in 1991, Dave began a grueling journey to search for a new identity and sense of value. Dave’s riveting story addresses loss, suffering, hope, reaching out to others and saying goodbye to the past.
David Eaton founded Axis because of his passion to see the good news about Jesus transform students, families, culture, and the beautiful-but-broken world that we live in!
Chrystal Evans Hurst is an encourager who teaches people to love God, to love others, and to love themselves. Chrystal is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of 2. She is also a speaker and the best-selling author of She's Still There and Kingdom Woman, Show Up for Your Life and the newly released 28 Days of Prayer. 
 
Founder of Sharis Berries, acclaimed inspirational speaker, and now author, Shari entertains audiences of all ages and backgrounds while sharing her down-to-earth, heartfelt business story. Appealing to anyone who has a dream, she’ll take your group on an emotional journey as she intertwines the successes in her life along with her mistakes. Shari’s book, “Berried in Chocolate,” points out the importance of family, faith and fearlessness while revealing how God became her best business partner and that faith and street smarts can be just as useful as a college degree.
Vernon Fox played in the NFL for 8 years with 4 different teams including the San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, and Washington Redskins. He is now heavily involved in Christian ministry and speaking.
Michael Franzese was one of the most notorious mob bosses of the 80s. After 10 years in prison, this former “Prince of the Mafia” is now a man on a mission for the King of Kings. Michael’s amazing story and engaging delivery has brought record attendance to events all over the country.
Daniel Fusco is the lead pastor of Crossroads Community Church, which has campuses in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. He is a conference speaker, a jazz musician, and published author of Ahead of the Curve, Honestly and Upward, Inward, Outward. He lives in Washington with his wife, Lynn, and their three children.
Todd Gerelds, son of Legendary Alabama high school coach Tandy Gerelds, witnessed God’s transforming grace at Woodlawn and throughout his dad’s life. Todd is honored to tell the amazing story of redemption that happened at Woodlawn and changed countless lives forever.
Dan Gordon is an Israeli-American screenwriter and author. He serves as Captain in the Israeli Defense Force in which he was the oldest to complete his elite unit’s grueling 40km overnight forced march and was awarded the only distinctive beret honor. Dan’s firsthand Israel experience makes him an expert on Israeli culture and Middle Eastern affairs.
 
A living example that “Good guys CAN finish first!!”, Scott Hamilton is an Olympic Champion, cancer survivor, television broadcaster, motivational speaker, author, husband/father and eternal optimist!
Whether it’s through speaking at “Lead Me Live” men’s conferences and events, at Family Life’s “Weekend To Remember” events, speaking on Kirk Cameron’s “Living Room Reset”, having his songs played on the radio, or writing books, Matt Hammitt’s heart and message is to help men and women everywhere move from ‘having good intentions to taking action’ in their marriages and families.    
As a former pastor, Matt Heard escorts us on a journey of discovery: that Jesus didn't come to save us from our humanity- Christ instead yearns to restore it to what God originally intended.  Matt seeks to articulate- in a comfortable, clear and compelling manner- truth that doesn't just inform but fuels and motivates transformation in practical ways.
Shawn Hennessy is the Senior Pastor of Life Church Green Bay, a speaker, an author, a blogger, Chaplain of The Green Bay Packers, co-founder of The Exchange, a proud parent to Aubree, Isaiah and Nicholas & a loving, committed husband to Sonny Hennessy.
Nancy Hicks (M. Theology) is a Bible teacher, speaker, and on-air talent (former on-air spokesperson with QVC). Her passion is to raise up women into their callings in Christ. She and her husband, Cam, live in the Greater Philadelphia Area. They have two grown sons and one daughter-in-law.
Nona Jones is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on building The Kingdom through social technology, motivating thousands of church leaders each year to reimagine social media as a strategic tool for ministry. She coined the term “Social Ministry” and helped build and lead Facebook’s global Faith-Based Partnerships strategy, coming alongside churches and pastors around the world to shift their thinking from church as “building” to church as “community.” She was licensed into the gospel ministry at the age of 17 and preaches the Gospel regularly around the world.
Caleb Kaltenbach is the Lead Pastor of Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. He’s the author of Messy Grace and God of Tomorrow (2017 release).  In Messy Grace, Caleb writes about growing up in the LGBT community, finding Jesus, and learning that love doesn’t require a shift in theology.
Former NFL quarterback, author, featured speaker at Iron Sharpens Iron men’s conferences who is passionate about marriage, family and leadership.
Jay Kim serves on staff at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California, overseeing leadership and teaching. He also serves on the core leadership team at The ReGeneration Project, a collective of theologians, church leaders, and creatives working to help new generations engage Biblical theology and follow Jesus.
Christian Speaker Clayton King grew up in the country and learned the value of honesty, hard work, and keeping your word. God saved him when he was 14 years old, and that same night he felt God call him into the ministry. He surrendered to that call, and since then he has preached to almost two million people in 25 countries and 45 states.
Nathan Kistler has been working in Christian ministry in Washington DC for over 14 years.  Throughout those years of ministry, he and his wife (Amber) have had the great privilege of serving the most powerful people on the planet.  This opportunity to serve has given Nathan an acute understanding of the needs of Congress and the ability to share Jesus with these highly stressed Individuals.  Part of Nathan’s work has been to educate the church on how we can be known in the halls of power for our encouragement.  Nathan would be honored to come share in your church or event about the work his team is doing to share Jesus with lawmakers.