Rod Thompson

Dr Rod Thompson is the Head of Theology at Laidlaw College (formerly BCNZ) in Auckland. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, he is married with four children, and has worked as a teacher in Christian and State schools, as a Presbyterian Minister for 15 years, as programme leader of the Worldview Department at MASTERS Institute in Auckland and as the Executive Officer for Vision Development at Christian Parent Controlled Schools Australia.

John Stonestreet

John is the Executive Director of Summit Ministries in Colorado. John holds a M.A. in Christian Thought from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is on the Biblical Studies faculty at Bryan College. He, his wife Sarah, and three daughters live in Colorado Springs.

Dr Mark Strom

Mark Strom is principal of Laidlaw College. For the past 17 years he has worked as an adviser to corporate, government, educational and community leaders. Mark's PhD research brought together in dialogue Paul, the ancient Graeco-Roman world, and the issues of leadership in contemporary evangelicalism and society, and he is the author of Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace and Community, The Symphony of Scripture, and Arts of the Wise Leader.

Greg Fleming

Greg is the Chairman of the Compass Foundation. He started his career in finance before spending four years as General Manager of Parenting with Confidence. In partnership with Bruce Logan, Greg founded the Maxim Institute (an independent New Zealand policy think tank) in November 2001, which he leads as CEO. Greg hails from the Wairarapa and is married with five children.