Carl has been involved with the entertainment industry for almost 20 years. A native Bostonian, he has spent his time teaching, performing and making dances in the Greater Boston area for The Boston Ballet, Jeanette Neill Dance Studio, The Bank North Garden and other venues. As a performer, he has performed in front of thousands of people, sharing the stage with artists such as Gladys Knight, the late Ray Charles, the O-jays, Fabolous, SPEECH of Arrested Development, Sir Elton John, Neill Young and others. He did a West Coast tour with his 3 time Boston Music Award Winning R&B Band Eye2Eye.

Dave Eastman was baptized in the late 1970’s as a college student at the Crossroads Church in Gainesville, Florida. After graduating with a B.A. in English from the University of Florida, he entered the full-time ministry, beginning as a campus and singles minister in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was there he met and married his wife Kathy in 1983. For the past 26 years, Dave and Kathy have served in ministries all over the US and Canada, and joined the Chicago team in July of 2006. In addition to leading the Central Ministry Center in the Chicago Church of Christ, Dave also serves as the congregational Worship Leader.

Malcolm Turner is the product of a 1960’s “Chi-Town” upbringing, growing up as the oldest of five children in a family whose musical diversity includes Jazz, R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Jazz Fusion and others. Malcolm knew in the core of his soul he wanted to perform and, more specifically, play bass guitar. After receiving his first bass guitar and rig at the age of 14, he immersed himself into the influences of bass guitar extraordinaire Stanley Clarke, Anthony Jackson, Ron Carter and Jaco Patorious, to name a few.

Ralph Beerhorst serves in Chicago as the congregational Band Leader, and will be a featured Worship Leader at this year's conference.

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Composer, Arranger, Producer, Keyboardist

• Composed,arranged, performed (keyboards and or ocals) on  over a hundred local, national and nternational T.V. and radio spots over the past ten years for clients such as Disney, Sony, the NFL, Nintendo, Budweiser, Miller, Kraft, Keebler and McDonald's.

Shaun McNicholas is Chief Technology Officer with Cook Associates, Inc., and is based in the firm’s Chicago headquarters. He has oversight of all software, hardware, database, and telecommunications investments, in addition to managing day-to-day IT operations including the help desk.

When Tina Jenkins Crawley is not hanging out in Chicago with the coolest family on the planet (Mark, Andrew and Alyssa) she keeps busy singing with several orchestras and bands, including The Larry King Orchestra, and the Reely Dan Band, just to name a few. She has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with the likes of Paul Rodgers of Bad Company, Cheap Trick and Mavis Staples.