Todd Ahrend is a graduate of Northeastern State University and a former campus minister at Tulsa University. He has a master's degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife Jessica have been married for 10 years. Todd is the founder of The Traveling Team, a collegiate mobilization ministry and for seven years, Todd and Jessica traveled the United States speaking to college students about missions with this ministry. They have been on over 450 college campuses and have spoken to thousands of students trying to help them understand their role in world evangelization. For one year, they lived and traveled in the Arab World, gaining insight into the status of Christian witness there. Todd has recently transitioned to the International Director of The Traveling Team, which seeks to use The Traveling Team's resources in countries outside of the U.S. They have two children, Camden and Brody.
Claude Hickman is the executive director for The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He and his wife Rebecca live in Oklahoma, and have experience in China, Ukraine, Philippines, and the Middle East. Over the last decade, Claude and Rebecca have traveled full time, speaking to more than two-hundred thousand students at college campuses, conferences, and churches in the U.S., casting vision for the evangelization of the world. Claude is the author of Live Life On Purpose, and speaks nationally at Perspectives classes and NVision seminars. In 2007, he was the keynote speaker for the World Evangelization Conference at Dallas Theological Seminary, where he has earned a Masters in Biblical Studies.
D.J. Rong has a tremendous background in grass roots campus ministry, in cross-cultural church planting (in China for twelve years), in BAM--Business As Mission, strategy, training, and leadership. He has a Masters of Theology with an emphasis in church planting from Dallas Theological Seminary. From 1984-1990, he served on staff with Student Mobilization at the University of Arkansas and University of Central Arkansas in Conway. He has also served as a Youth Pastor and co-Senior Pastor for various churches. He is now the International Director for all of Asia for ReachGlobal agency. He is married with three children and recently moved from Chengdu, China to Hong Kong. He hopes to bring glory to God by using the talents and opportunities He has entrusted to him to strategically multiply healthy leaders and churches among all people!
Dr. Steve Shadrach has a passion for developing laborers for Christ to reach the world. During his college years, he worked with Campus Crusade and The Navigators and spent his summers as head counselor at Kanakuk Kamps. In 1979 Steve started his seminary training at Southwestern Baptist Theological, then completed a masters in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary before becoming Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. After receiving training at the U.S. Center for World Missions in 1985, he began starting and teaching Perspectives on the World Christian Movement courses. In 1986, Steve founded the campus ministry, Student Mobilization, which focuses on evangelizing and discipling college students in the U.S. and abroad. After he and his family spent a year in Ukraine, helping to establish a campus ministry, Steve launched the NVision seminars and the nationwide missions mobilization effort called The Traveling Team. In 2001, Steve started The BodyBuilders, which aims to "build up the body of Christ," through the development of seminars and publications. He completed a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Parachurch Executive Leadership from Denver Seminary, and has written a book: The Fuel and the Flame: "Ten Keys to Ignite Your Campus for Jesus Christ". He also serves as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission, where he oversees the Perspectives course movement and their nationwide strategy to recruit, train, and connect believers to finish the Great Commission. Steve and his family live in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Brian Zunigha graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Business Administration, but the most important thing he learned there was how to share the gospel and disciple people. After working for a short time as a systems analyst/database designer, he pursued full-time ministry and joined the staff of Max Barnett, Director of the Baptist Campus Ministries at the University of Oklahoma. After completing his Masters of Divinity degree, Brian and his wife, Jennifer, went on staff and traveled for several years with The Traveling Team whose purpose is to “ignite vision and passion for the world” among college students all across the United States. During that time, Brian was a team leader and primary speaker on hundreds of campuses, conferences, and church services. Their last semester of traveling was in California where they currently reside, and Brian now serves as Director of Campus Ministries for California Baptist University where he continues to win, build, and send laborers for Christ.
