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J. Brown

Brown is an eighth degree black belt who started studying the martial arts over forty years ago with Tae Bo® founder, Billy Blanks. He is the founder of USA Martial Arts and has taught students all across the nation. He represented our country on the US karate team and won a gold medal at the world championship games in Italy.

J is an alumnus of Concordia University Texas and attended Concordia Theological Seminary before being called to serve the church as a pastor for 8 years in Fort Wayne. He is currently the Director of Church Relations at CTX and heads their Pre-Seminary program. He has authored and co-authored multiple books, including, “Street Smarts from Christian Martial Arts,” and “Breaking Barriers,” as well as starring in a DVD made about this presentation. J currently teaches karate though a Christian martial arts ministry at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Cedar Park and continues to explore new and creative ways of sharing his faith.

Jacob Youmans

Dr. Jacob Youmans has served as a Youth and Family Minister in Hawaii and California, and in July 2009, he started as the Director of the DCE (Director of Christian Education) program at Concordia University Texas.

Jake has led and served on mission teams to every continent except Antarctica, authored four books: Talking Pictures: How to Turn a Trip to the Movies into a Mission Trip, Abba Daddy Do: Adventures in Child-Like Faith, Missional U: Life as a Mission Trip and Missional Too: The Trip of a Lifetime and has spoken to groups of students and adults all over the world. Most importantly, he's married to Christy, a teacher, artist and musician, and has two princesses, Maile who is 15 and Leilani who is 13.

Rev. John Reinke

World Lutheran Deaf Outreach
RevReinke@gmail.com

Rev. Dr. Reinke works across the U.S. and around the world training people for Deaf Outreach. Pastor Reinke’s passion is helping people share their faith in Jesus with other people in a unique way – using American Sign Language. We want to equip people to reach the 98% of deaf people do not know that Jesus loves them and died to forgive their sins. World Lutheran Deaf Outreach provides workshops and resources to share Jesus with everyone, but especially with deaf people.

Michael Newman

Michael Newman has been a pastor since 1987 and currently serves as the President of the Texas District of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.

Prior to his current ministry, he was a Mission and Ministry Facilitator in the Texas District and served congregations in Texas, Minnesota, and the Chicago area. His latest books are: “Gospel DNA: Five Markers of a Flourishing Church,” and “Hope When Your Heart Breaks: Navigating Grief and Loss.”

In 1983 Pastor Newman received his B.A. degree from Concordia University, Ann Arbor, Michigan, majoring in Philosophy and Biblical Languages. He received his Masters of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri in 1987. He has been married to Cindy since 1983. They have been blessed with two wonderful daughters and their families. In his spare time you might catch him hanging out with his family, running a few miles on the Texas roads, or enjoying a good book.