Speakers

Jason DeZurik

Jason DeZurik is the President and Founder of Worldview Warriors. One word to describe Jason is "passion." His goal is to build people up and help make them successful in Christ. Jason is a driven person who is always seeking the truth and wants everyone to know the saving grace of Jesus Christ. Jason and Jaya have been married for 12 years and have been blessed with six children.

Tom Stimson

Tom Stimson is the Vice President of Worldview Warriors. He the current director of Youth and Education at First Presbyterian Church in Marion, Ohio. Tom brings 13 years of youth ministry experience to Worldview Warriors. He studied Materials Engineering and Business Management at the Ohio State University and later completed Tentmakers youth ministry training in 1997. He believes that the church in America today can only be powerful when she fixes her eyes on Christ and opens her doors to the community outside.

Scott Mason

Scott Mason was raised in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan and has quite a testimony. Over a 13 year period, Scott became addicted to cocaine, meth, marijuana, alcohol, and thievery. His crimes put him in front of 15 judges in 12 different courts. He was tried and convicted of 36 felonies and spent ten years in prison over three terms. One day, in a 6'x9' cell, he accepted Jesus Christ into his life and he would never be the same. Today, Scott speaks at schools, churches, prisons, and organizations about his life: the effects of drugs, alcohol, sex, peer pressure, crime and suicide.

Nathan Buck

Nathan Buck is particularly passionate about God's Word. He is driven to preach and teach the depths of God's Word, not just the highlights. The most important thing to him is for people to "get it." "I want people too see God's Word in the big picture of its native culture. God painted profoundly rich pictures in the Bible that are meant to impact our hearts, challenge our perceptions, and change the way we live." Nate is the Lead and Founding Pastor of The Catalyst Church in Findlay, OH, and is grateful for the trememdous partnership of his wife Alison and the support of their kids Coryn, Chaeli, and Zachary.

CJ Hitz

CJ Hitz considers it an honor and privilege to speak to thousands of people every year. Whether it's a group of ten or a thousand, you can rest assured that he will give 100% to help make your next event a success.

Shelley Hitz

Shelley Hitz speaks throughout the United States and abroad addressing schools, conferences, churches, camps, and professional gatherings. Her primary audience is teen girls and women, but she also speaks to groups of all ages.

Ryan Edberg

Ryan Edberg's goal in life is to provoke others on to righteousness.  No matter where you are at, he wants to push you closer to God.  His desire is to get lukewarm people to make a decision about becoming a disiple of Jesus Christ.  He grew up on a youth ranch, led by his parents, for troubled teens in foster care. He married his high school sweetheart, Jenny, in 2006 and they have since been blessed with two children.

Dan Schilling

Dan Schilling is the executive director of Compass Ministries for Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and most of Ohio. Dan has a passion for discipleship and preparing believers to hear "Well done, good & faithful servant." His desire is to free people, rich or poor, from the bondage that money issues cause.

Shane Adams

Shane Adams says his greatest achievement up to this point on earth is the Christ-centered relationship he has with his wife. He coached basketball at the high school and college levels for eight years. When people hear what the Holy Spirit has to say through Shane, they are very motivated to not only make Jesus their Savior but to make Him their Lord in all they do. We need to be hearers and doers of the Word.

Eric Cook

Eric Cook has a Bachelor's degree in psychology from the Ohio State University. He is a current board member of Worldview Warriors and has been in youth ministry since 1998. He is the associate pastor at Vineyard Christian Fellowship Bellefontaine, OH. He is passionate about helping students to know God and make Him known in their culture through action, word, and their lives lived out amongst their peers.

Adam Poe

Adam Poe is currently the Director of Youth Ministry at Zion Lutheran Church in St. Mary's, OH. He has a degree in Molecular Biology from Otterbein College and a genetic weakness that predisposes him to a constant craving for peanut butter M&M's.

Tim Benjamin

Tim Benjamin graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1997 and United Theological Seminary in 2000. Since December of 2003, he has been the pastor of the Wesley Chapel, Salem and Marseilles United Methodist Churches. He was married to Chanidi in January of 1998 and has a daughter, Melissa. He knows the Lord as a transforming, life altering God and wants to help others realize that God wants to do that for them as well.

Bonnie Laabs

Bonnie is an energetic speaker who inspires people to move beyond their limitations. In sharing her personal experiences, she captures audiences by her sincerity, expression, and passion offering inspirational wisdom. Her goal is to reach out to and empower youth, young adults and the people who nurture them with her stories, humor, and love for even the toughest kids.


Jason DeZurik - Getting Rid of Moral Filth (31:00)


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