Jim Beckman serves as the director of Youth Ministry at Church of the Risen Christ in Denver and executive director for ImpactCenter, a support ministry for Catholic youth ministers. A graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Jim has served as a host for Franciscan’s Summer Youth Conferences for many years and has built thriving youth ministry programs in several parishes. He is also the author of In the Zone, a Catholic teen prayer book, and The ROC, Life Teen's confirmation series. His new book for young adults, Real Prayer, will be coming out soon. Jim and his wife, Meg, live in Colorado with their five children.

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APeX Ministries (aka Gene and Brad) crisscross the country as North America’s only Christian vaudeville evangelists. After all, who else would use death-defying juggling, humor, sketch comedy, storytelling, audience participation, and personal testimony to share the Gospel message? Even though they love to play, Gene and Brad say, “We take very seriously our faith and the truths we have learned from our relationship with God.” Their performance contract requires a bag of candy for Gene (ideally Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups) and a chair for Brad to stand on.

Father Jim Crisman's road to the priesthood is proof that God molds us over time. A graduate of Franciscan University, he worked in the financial services industry but his restless heart led him to become a missionary in Europe. He then taught at a public school in Colorado. The Lord continued to work on Fr. Jim until he was finally ready to respond to the call to the priesthood. He was ordained in June 2001 and today serves as the director of priestly vocations for the Archdiocese of Denver and as chaplain at Bishop Machebeuf High School. He tells young people, "Listen to the Lord and follow his will!"

Fr. Dominic Foster, TOR graduated from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1996, then entered the Third Order Regular Franciscans. He has done parish work, African American and young adult ministry, as well as campus ministry at St. Francis University. Father Dominic’s passion is preaching conversion to Jesus Christ and teaching the Catholic faith to youth and young adults. He currently serves as the Director of Evangelization for Franciscan University of Steubenville. This is his third season with the conference office.

Tammy Evevard lives by her favorite saintly quote: “If we are who we should be, we will set the world ablaze" (St. Catherine of Siena). Tammy works as a consultant and presenter for non-profit organizations and assists the Archdiocese of Denver’s Catholic Youth Missions, whose purpose is to train teens in leadership and to conduct rallies in the diocese. Tammy is honored to share the amazing truth of how much our God loves us. Tammy lives in Colorado with her husband, Mark, and their three children where she spends most of her time at football games or shopping for shoes.

Jason and Crystalina Evert were brought together by their common career and passion of chastity speaking. After speaking together for years, they married in June 2003 and continue to share their inspirational testimonies with 100,000 teens each year in high schools and colleges internationally. In their highly popular chastity seminar, "Romance without Regret," the duo provides compelling and uplifting reasons for embracing the virtue of chastity. Jason and Crystalina have authored ten books, and are frequent guests on radio programs throughout the country. Their television appearances include MSNBC, BBC, WGN, and EWTN. Currently, Jason and Crystalina are full-time apologists with Catholic Answers, the nation's largest Catholic lay-run apostolate for apologetics and evangelization. Ten years ago, Jason founded Pure Love Club (www.chastity.com), which is an international alliance of young people who promote chastity in over 30 countries.

Christopher Stefanick shares the love of the Father with tens-of-thousands of teens around the country every year at retreats, rallies, and chastity assemblies...but he is most proud that he gets to share that love with his wife and five kids. This 10-year Youth Ministry veteran served at a parish in the East LA area and is currently Director of Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Archdiocese of Denver. He recently authored his first book, "Do I Have to Go? - 101 questions about the Mass, the Eucharist, and Your Spiritual Life.” You can learn more about him at www.chris-stefanick.com