Matt Chandler

I was born near Seattle and, due to growing up with a father in the military, moved several times before settling in the Houston area. Though I attended church during my childhood and adolescence, I did not truly know and follow Jesus until I turned 17. Before going to college, I served as a youth pastor of a small church near Houston. From there I went to Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas where I received a bachelor's degree in Bible.

While at Hardin-Simmons, I became the teacher of an inter-denominational Bible study for college students called Grace. I was also on staff at Beltway Park Church. After several years in Abilene, I continued my itinerant speaking ministry with a home base in Dallas. Then in 2002, I became pastor of First Baptist Church of Highland Village, now known as The Village Church. In 1999, I married my wife, Lauren. We have two children.

 

Roy "Soup" Campbell

I was born in Shelbyville, TN, home of the Tennessee Walking Horse Championship. I have been married to Linda F. Campbell for 24 years. We have four children: Antonio, La Saundra, Jonathan, and Tabitha. I am a graduate of Columbia State Community College, where I received an Associate’s Degree in General Studies, and I am also a graduate of the University of Memphis, where I received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. I have been involved in urban ministry in the city of Memphis for 25 years and I am now the Director of Eikon Ministries, which is an urban ministry in the Binghampton community of Memphis, Tennessee. Our mission is to train young urban leaders according to the Biblical standard to impact the inner cities of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ...“to build urban leaders who will change their community from the inside out.”