Chris Leader is the Founder and Executive Director of Ignite Student Outreach. Chris's passion is to see students become fully devoted followers of Christ and spread the Great News of Jesus Christ across the world. Chris, unlike many youth speakers, is a youth minister who is in the trenches fighting side by side with youth pastors to see student's lives changed by the power and presence of Christ.

Alvin L. Reid (born 1959) serves as Associate Dean for Proclamation Studies and Professor of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is also the founding Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism.  Alvin holds the Ph.D with a major in evangelism from Southwestern Seminary, where he also received the M.Div. He graduated from Samford University with the B.A. in 1981. He has spoken at a variety of conferences in over forty states and several nations, and in hundreds of churches across the United States.

 

Reid has written over two hundred publications including books and articles on evangelism, spiritual awakening, and church growth. Forthcoming books include Youth in the Bible (Kregel); Join the Movement (Kregel, 2007), and Convergent Christianity (with colleague Mark Liederbach, Kregel). His most recent book is Raising the Bar: Ministry to Youth in the New Millennium (Kregel, 2004).

 

Reid is a member of the Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education, the American Society for Church Growth, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Evangelical Missiological Society. He recently received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Southeastern Seminary and was recently selected to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers. He was formerly a trustee of the Stewardship Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. His hobbies include a collection of pet snakes and playing the bass guitar.  Ignite Student Outreach is privileged and honored to have such a distinguished speaker as part of our Summer Ministry Team.

 

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Matt Setliffe is driven by a passion to advance the movement of Jesus. Matt has been involved with ministry to students for almost 10 years, serving as a student pastor at both First Baptist Sugar Land, TX and most recently Sagemont Church in Houston, TX.  Matt has also traveled throughout America speaking at different student events, retreats, conferences  and camps.  Matt Currently works with Innovative Mission Opportunities (www.imoi.org) where he mobilizes short term mission teams of students to the “10/40” window.  Matt is a passionate communicator that understands the relevance of scripture alone for this generation.  He believes that this generation of students has the potential to advance the movement of Jesus in all nations. His aim in ministry is to equip and mobilize students to do just that!

 

Matt is a graduate of Houston Baptist University (B.A. Christian Studies and Speech Comm.) and currently working on his thesis through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He resides in Tampa, FL with his wife Rachel and has a 2 year old daughter named Ava.  Matt and his family are also currently pursuing an international adoption from El Salvador and cannot wait to get baby Bella home!

Jeff Capps is a Worship Leader originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, and currently based in Dallas, Texas.  He has released 2 Full-Length Albums, a conglomeration of Singles and EPS and a scattering of Tracks on Compilations. Jeff believes in this philosophy and it shines through on his new record, "You can't hear unless you listen (Keep Quiet)." He claims that his core, his philosophy, his greatest desire is that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. While most would perhaps count that as easier said than done, most would also say after meeting Jeff for the first time that he truly exemplifies this on a daily basis. He exudes greatness not only in music but also in his relationships to people of all walks of life. He strives to make music for the Lord and for people who are in search of something deeper that will bring them to their knees and come to the realization that glorifying God and enjoying Him forever, is in fact, "The Chief End of Man."  Ignite Student Outreach is incredibly privileged to have the Jeff Capps Band as part of our summer team!