Ed Delph:

Ed Delph has been responding to God's call to the community and to the nations since 1979. He has ministered or been in over 150 countries as well as serving as a pastor in the United States. Previously, he was the President of Central Bindery, a large book bindery in Phoenix, Arizona. He was the founding pastor of Hosanna Christian Fellowship in 1987. Hosanna started with 36 people a quickly grew to 800 attendees in the early 1990s. Hosanna was instrumental in many city reaching and community transformation initiatives in the Phoenix area as well as the world. Several churches were planted out of Hosanna both locally and internationally.

Ed received his Doctorate of Ministry in February 2003 from the Phoenix University of Theology along with Bishop Wellington Boone, Pastor/Author Terry Crist and others. Ed graduated in 1971 with a BS in Personnel Management from the Arizona State University School of Business.

A noted speaker, pastor, author and apostolic figure to many churches locally and internationally, Ed serves "the church" and well as "a church." He is the President of Nationstrategy, an organization that unleashes the potential of communities through the strategic alliance of church, business, government, education and media for the benefit of the community. Nationstrategy was started in 2001 with the strategy of envisioning and empowering today's leaders in church to be some of tomorrow's leaders in the community.

He is the Senior Pastor of Rising Community Church in Peoria, Arizona, built on the principles of his second book, Church @ Community. He is also the Dean of Faith In Culture at Phoenix University of Theology and serves on the National Association of Ecclesiology at the request of Dr. C. Peter Wagner. Ed is on the faculty of The Graduate School for Ministry and Marketplace lecturing in three courses.

Other interesting points about Ed are:

* He has written three books. The first is Making Sense of Apostolic Ministry, published by the International Resource Network in 2002. The second book, Church @ Community was published by Creation House and was released in 2005. His third book is called Learning How To Trust Again, published by Destiny Image in 2007.
     Making Sense of Apostolic Ministry is in a second printing and will be enlarged and enhanced. The second edition is being published by Storm Harvest/Kingsway Publishers and due out in late 2007.

*Ed has written four articles for Ministry Today magazine. His last article called Favor With Man was published in the September/October 2006 issue. He was also one of five influential apostolic figures interviewed in a Ministry Today article written by Dr. C. Peter Wagner.

*Ed writes a weekly article called The Church-Community Connection which is published weekly in 20-30 newspapers all over the world. Most of these newspapers are local paid subscription newspapers. The goal of these 450 word articles is to build a bridge to the community through humor, wisdom and changing mental perceptions that the community has of the church. He is currently writing a book on this subject called The Redefiners....Utilizing Your Local Media To Redefine God, Church and Christians In the Eyes of the Community.
     For example, just in the Phoenix area alone, Ed ministers to over 100,000 citizens each week through The Glendale Star and The Peoria Times newspapers.

*Ed is on the Board of Beth Yachad Messianic Congregation, a mission to unreached Jewish people. The congregation is 200+ strong and has planted two other congregations in just four years in the Phoenix area.

*From September 1980 to May 1987, Ed served in two large churches in the Phoenix area as a Singles Pastor. The first of these two singles ministries had 550 singles and the second grew from 16 to 250+ in just over 4 years. Ed has conducted singles seminars and conferences all over the world.

*Ed is a member of the International Coalition of Apostles convened by Dr. C. Peter Wagner.

*Ed is still involved in business, buying and selling undeveloped land in the state of Arizona from time to time.

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Alan and Pauly Heller:

Alan has been helping people connect with God and each other through the ministry of Walk & Talk since 1990. In 1974, he and his wife, Pauly, joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ’s Athletes in Action Gymnastics Team. Alan became a biblical counselor in 1981, and was an associate pastor at Living Streams Church in Phoenix, Arizona from 1993 to 2000. He received his Master of Arts in Counseling and Family from Phoenix Seminary.

Alan passionately desires to be part of the healing process that restores people to mental, emotional, and spiritual health. He teaches them to walk their talk through application of God’s Word in their life situations. He and Pauly, a writer and speaker, facilitate lifechanging communication workshops and marriage enrichment seminars. Alan’s specialties include: