Dr. David A. Busic was elected as general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene at the 28th General Assembly held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in June 2013. At the time of his election, he had been president of Nazarene Theological Seminary since 2011.  Dr. Busic received a bachelor of arts degree from Southern Nazarene University in 1988 and the master of divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1993. Southern Nazarene University conferred a doctor of divinity degree upon him in 2010.  He served as senior pastor for three Churches of the Nazarene: Vineyard Community Church (Livermore, California), Central Church (Lenexa, Kansas), and First Church (Bethany, Oklahoma). During his tenure at Bethany First, Dr. Busic helped initiate and establish the Swaziland Partnership in 2007 to help reduce the HIV/AIDS rate and assist vulnerable children in Swaziland, Africa. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.  Busic was coeditor for the Preacher’s Magazine from 2000–2007. He has also published numerous articles and co-authored two books (A Pastor’s Guide to Effective Preaching and Sharing My Faith). He most recently authored Perfectly Imperfect: Character Sketches from the Old Testament.

As a child, we sang a song titled “Deep and Wide”. My life has been graced in both directions – roots that go deep into God, grace that expands widely to others. I was reared in a home that gave me an appreciation for God’s expansive grace. My mother was on the lost side of the equation. She grew up in Nashville in a poor, unchurched, and broken family. The people of God found her and changed the trajectory of her life. They were wide.

My father was on the deep side of the equation. He grew up in a Methodist family that eventually became Nazarene. This family embraced belief that humans could be made saintly, Christ-like. My parents mentored me in a depth of Christian character with a calling to serve humankind widely.

God found me as a boy in McComb, MS. At age 12, I was called to preach with a certainty that I have never questioned. One year later I began preaching. During my junior and senior years of high school, I pastored the New Salem Church of the Nazarene. This dying church was close to being closed, but a gracious leader allowed me to test my call. For two years, I drove 30 miles each weekend, held Friday night youth programs, visited people on Saturday, and preached on Sunday. The congregation grew from 3 to 50.

The choice of college was never a question for me. A generation of Boones had attended Trevecca Nazarene University before me, and I was proud to follow in their footsteps. The Trevecca experience changed my life. I was shaped by a rigorous education, chapel services, great mentors, student government leadership, and the beginning of lifelong friendships. During my sophomore, I heard E. Stanley Jones describe a life completely surrendered to God. Following chapel that day, I knelt beside the metal frame bed in my dorm room and experienced what he had described. I am indebted to Mildred Wynkoop and Ray Dunning as the primary theological mentors of my faith. I served as Dr. Wynkoop’s student assistant during my junior and senior year. I met my wife, Denise, at Trevecca, and we established friendships that are the core of our relational wealth today.

Following our years at Trevecca, I attended Nazarene Theological Seminary and completed a Master of Divinity degree. We moved to Raleigh, NC to serve the people of North Raleigh Church of the Nazarene. Dr. William Greathouse ordained me on Sept. 1, 1978. We relished raising our two daughters, Amy and Ashley, in Raleigh and would have gladly spent our entire life there if God had not further defined my calling. After eight years in Raleigh, I was invited to consider the pastorate of the College Hill Church of the Nazarene on Trevecca’s campus (now Trevecca Community Church). I came to understand that my calling was to work with college students.

It was my joy, for 20 years, to be a pastor to college administrators, faculty, and students. Our children grew up on Christian college campuses.  For the past nine years, I have been privileged to serve as President of Trevecca Nazarene University. The passion of my heart is to think clearly and to live vibrantly the kind of life that empowers future generations to champion Christ-likeness as a way of life.

All three of our daughters and their husbands have graduated from Christian universities. Our oldest daughter, Amy, and her family live in Nashville, where her husband, Brent, is the Director of Spiritual Life at Trevecca. Amy teaches speech in the Communication degree program. Ashley is married to Erik Gernand and they serve as pastor/worship leader of Real Life Community Church of the Nazarene in Murfreesboro, TN. My youngest daughter, Abby, graduated from Trevecca, and is married to Aaron Crum. They reside in Franklin, TN where Abby is a hair stylist and Aaron is an accountant with Hospital Corporation of America. Our six grandchildren, Eleanor, Anna, Clara, Grey, Boone, and Rowan bring great joy to this grandfather’s heart.

One of God’s greatest gifts is my wife Denise. She is an unapologetic extrovert with a relational capacity that dwarfs most small villages. As a stay-at-home mom, she invested her life in our three daughters. Their maturity, poise, faith, and beauty is a credit to her choice to make family a top priority. She has made our house a home for 17 students who have lived with us during their college years. Her vibrant faith, humor, and spunk have made her a mentor and friend of university students.

At age 61, I find myself reflecting on the intersection of Christian faith and the world we live in. I have a deep peace about the person God has called me to be and about the work God has given me to do. My deepest desire at this stage of life is to give enduring gifts to the next generation through acts of leadership, devotion, vision, and compassion.

Scott is the Dean of the School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University as well as the Senior Pastor at Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene (PazNaz). He is a frequent guest speaker at churches, camp meetings, lecture series and college campuses. Before moving to California, Dr. Daniels was a professor of theology for seven years at Southern Nazarene University and senior pastor at the Church of the Nazarene in Richardson, TX for four years. Scott and Debbie have four children: Caleb, Noah, Jonah and Sophie. They love to vacation as a family and they participate in many sports and music activities. Scott has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Theology and Ethics and has contributed to several books, journals and magazines. He is the author of Seven Deadly Spirits: The Message of Revelation’s Letters for Today’s Church, and The First 100 Days: A Pastor’s Guide. His most recent book, Cycle of Victorious Living: Commit, Trust, Delight, and Rest in Jesus Christ, has just been released by Beacon Hill Press.

Dr. Ted Roberts, who came to the Lord as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, founded Pure Desire Ministries after years of processing his own journey that included trauma and abuse, and discovering biblical truths and effective, practical recovery tools through counseling hundreds of men and couples seeking freedom from sexual addictions and other life trauma.

Dr. Roberts is a clinical Sexual Addiction Therapist, trained under renowned speaker, teacher, and clinician Dr. Patrick Carnes. He continues to study the human brain, and translate that knowledge into practical tools so that people can partner with God for transformation and renewing of the mind. His pastoral education includes a doctorate from Western Theological Seminary and Masters Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.

He resigned his pastorate in 2007 to devote more time to training Christian leaders worldwide in Pure Desire principles and helping them start Pure Desire groups. He also spends time counseling pastors and other Christian leaders struggling with sexual bondage.

In addition to authoring Pure Desire, first published in 1999, and co-writing Sexy Christians with his wife Diane, Ted wrote the Pure Desire for Men Seven Pillars of Freedom workbook. Ted recently partnered with his son Bryan to write Top Gun: Flight Manual for Young Men Living in a Pornified World.  Other books written by Dr. Roberts include Failing Forward, Living Life Boldly, and Going Deeper: Experiencing New Depths in the Holy Spirit, which he co-authored with Pam Vredevelt,

Ted and his wife Diane live in Gresham, Oregon, and have two grown children, Nichole and Bryan, and four grandchildren.

Francis Chan is the best-selling author of books, Crazy Love, Forgotten God,  Erasing Hell and the host of the BASIC.series (Who is God & We Are Church). He has also written the children’s books Halfway Herbert, The Big Red Tractor and the Little Village and Ronnie Wilson’s gift. Francis is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California, and is the founder of Eternity Bible College. Currently, Francis is working to start a church planting movement in the inner city of San Francisco and has recently launched a countrywide discipleship movement along with David Platt called Multiply. Francis now lives in Northern California with his wife, Lisa, and their five children.