Ben Messner

Ben’s desire is to live faithfully in service to his King until His return wherever that may take him and is especially gifted in calling his generation to lay hold of the ‘something more’ that burns deep within them.  After graduating from Nyack College in 2002, he founded a non-academic missions program at the College.  In 2004, he and his wife moved to Swaziland to serve with Adventures in Missions, pioneering a short-term mission base and year round discipleship ministry, as well as giving leadership to a large abstinence campaign.  He and his wife Janine are pursuing church planting and 24-7 prayer and live in Gainesville, GA.

David Smithers

David has been used to challenge and encourage this generation to abandon status-quo Christianity. He is the director of the Revival Resource Center, a ministry focused on calling this generation to watch, pray and prepare for a genuine Christ centered revival. David is also the co-founder of the yearly “World Pioneer Conference,” which is geared to instruct students on how to find their God-ordained place in World Evangelism. David travels and speaks frequently, and is an instructor at the Heart of God missionary training base.  David and his wife Lucretia and their five children are based in the Oklahoma City area.

Jeremy Story

Jeremy loves to find ways that people can benefit by working together rather than apart, especially related to church planting and reaching college campuses for Christ.  While studying law at the University of Texas, he felt a clear call to bring together the Christians at the University of Texas.  In the process, he founded Campus Renewal Ministries and serves as its president. Jeremy has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from UT, and he has served as a youth minister and a volunteer lobbyist.  Jeremy's interests include government and policy and spending time with his wife and kids.  He and his family live in Austin, Texas.

Joon Han

Joon’s desire is to sharpen and encourage college-age folks to honor and love God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength, both today and forever.  He served with IVCF for eight years on campuses throughout San Diego, and in the last couple years he has led a college ministry in the context of an emerging church in the Los Angeles area.  Joon has a special ability to communicate truth in a challenging and inspiring way.  Joon lives in San Diego with his wife Melissa and his children Sahrang and Isaiah.

Paul Van Der Werf

Paul’s committed to helping students live to the full and challenging them not to settle for anything less than God’s best in their life.  He began his journey to be a Message Bearer when he went on a short term mission trip while a student at Wheaton College. After college, he spent a year ministering in Amsterdam and then three years in Mexico with Adventures in Missions.  He is a co-founder and Director of Operations of SVM2 and director of the Year of the Haystack initiative.  Paul’s based in Pasadena, California.

Ryan Shaw

Ryan’s heart is to see a new generation of Message Bearers sent forth to bring the gospel to the forgotten.  He was born in Papua New Guinea to missionary parents with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and is co-founder and executive director of SVM2. He is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary where he received his Masters degree in Intercultural Studies. Ryan travels internationally speaking to students about their involvement in reaching the forgotten. He, his wife Kelly and son Noah are based in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada.

Andy Kampman

Andy Kampman and his wife, Jamie, are graced by God to work with college students from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.  Their passion is see Jesus exalted and worshiped by all peoples of the earth! They mobilize college students and their church (Parkview) to become World Christians. They believe college students (worldwide) are and will continue to play a key role in finishing the Great Commission.

They are excepting twins in the spring.

Barbara Yandell

Barbara Yandell is passionate about life and seeing this generation live with passion for God’s global glory.  She is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church of America and is founder and president of Hope for the Nations, a ministry devoted to discipling and training college students to serve Christ cross-culturally.  In addition, Barbara has led mission teams to serve Reformed churches in Cuba for six years.  Barbara loves landscaping, great dinner parties and Texas.  She lives in Holland, Michigan

Donnie Scearce

God developed a vision in Donnie to serve the unreached while studying at Columbia International University.  Donnie has worked with the mission organization Pioneers for over 15 years, serving in various roles including the director of mobilization for the US Staff as well as the international mobilization coordinator serving to develop sending bases in seven other countries and visiting many of Pioneers’ missionary teams.  He has traveled and ministered in over 50 countries and is currently the Executive Director of Pioneers Canada. He and his wife Beth have two sons and live in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada.

Kristin Manuel

Kristin’s heart is to challenge and involve this generation in God’s global purpose, specifically among the least reached.  She has worked with Teen Mania Ministries, mobilizing teens and students for missions, and with the Jesus Revolution planting a new church in Norway.  She’s currently on staff with SVM2 and lives is based in Kansas City.

Scott White

Scott's ministry focus has been on mission mobilization within the local church context.  After several years running a contracting business, he joined the staff of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, CA and pioneered the role of mobilization coordinator within their missions department in 1998. He is presently on the pastoral team as Director of International Outreach.  In addition, he’s been actively involved in leading the Perspectives Movement, as a coordinator, instructor and board member.  He and his wife Nancy have two sons and live in the Los Angeles area.

Seth Barnes

Seth is committed to following God’s call to raise up a generation of radically committed disciples of Jesus and is the Executive Director and founder of Adventures in Missions.  After graduating from Wheaton College, Seth began his adventure by working in economic development in Indonesia and the Dominican Republic, and has never looked back.  He and his wife Karen have five children and live in Georgia.

Steve Shadrach

Steve loves winning, building and sending college students for Jesus Christ.  He has served the pastor of students and missions at his church, involving over 800 collegians, and is the founder of the ministry of Student Mobilization.  He has worked with Campus Crusade, Navigators and Kanakuk Kamps and writes for Focus on the Family’s webzine (www.boundless.org).  Steve and his family reside in Fayetteville, AR, where he is the director of mobilization for the US Center for World Mission.

Tucker Jamison

Tucker Jamison is devoted to seeing God raise up a generation of world Christians.  He graduated from Northeastern State University (OK) and went on to become a campus minister at Tulsa University. After three years Todd turned his attention to the overseas mission field.  He is the founder and director of The Traveling Team.  Through this ministry, he has spoken on over 400 college campuses and met with thousands of students one on one, equipping them to be World Christians. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and has just completed a year living in the Middle East.