Dennis plays an active role independently in the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Organization making appearances. He has been gifted with a simplistic style of
communicating which has enabled him to go from playing to speaking, to teaching
as a Professional Instructor. Dennis also uses life experiences as a husband and
father to spread inspiration to the Community. Dennis credits God for giving him
the strength to stand.
Dennis just finished a book about his life entitled Standing Over Home which is
available now. This new endeavor has repositioned Dennis’ attention onto father
and son relationships. Regardless of their past, Dennis hopes his story of
redemption will help men stand up and be the leaders God has created them to be
in the family.
Denise Shick is the founder and executive director of Help 4 Families and Living Stones Ministries. She's authored seven children’s books and several nonfiction books, including My Daddy’s Secret, Understanding Gender Confusion—A Faith-Based Perspective, and Transgender Confusion—Moving Forward in Faith-A Devotional for Families with LGBTQ+ Loved Ones, and Moving Forward in Community biblical study with videos.
She is also a conference speaker and presents workshops on transgenderism and its impact on families. Denise has been interviewed on many faith-based radio and television programs. She has published articles in The Federalist, LifeSite News and American Thinker. Denise has been interviewed on many faith-based radio and television programs and appeared in Tranzformed, In His Image and the Fearless Women Series. Denise serves as an instructor of Summit Bible College teaching the course she developed Intro into the Trans World.
Pastor Phillip Lee currently serves as Executive Director of HIS WAY OUT MINISTRIES, a ministry he founded in 1994 for individuals, families, and the
Church, dealing with the issue of homosexuality.
In July of 1994, he resigned his
position on the pastoral team of Chester Avenue Baptist Church, Bakersfield, California, (an American Baptist Church) having served in several positions: most recently as Pastor with Adults and Senior Adults, and extensively as Director of Outreach, Missions and Evangelism. In 1998, while on the pastoral staff of Brimhall Road Assembly of God, Bakersfield, California, as Associate Pastor of Missions and Evangelism, he developed an outreach and missions program for local and overseas evangelism. A teacher of adult
Sunday School classes and Bible studies for many years, he enjoys speaking to various groups and denominations on a frequent basis.
Gwen Gibson serves as the executive pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Southern California.
Ministry was a second career after serving in performing arts management. While Gwen’s background is in the theater management, her passion is to help men and women experience a
vibrant life with Jesus through the Holy Spirit and the Word.
Gwen earned her Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Regent University. In addition to ministry, Gwen serves as a board member for local nonprofits and encourages women to grow in their leadership skills. Gwen’s written work includes More Glory! God’s healing voice for shame and self-hatred, Leadership for Small Group Healing Ministry, Lion/Lamb – two 21-day devotionals and God’s Original Design – finding the freedom to lead.
Rev. Brian Barlow has invested over 20 years in ministry working as a missionary with several para-church ministries. He met at married his wife in 2012 and shortly after that they started their family. Having founded a market place ministry in Southern California, bringing Christ to the broken through the arts has been Pastor Brians call for many years. In 2017 Brian was called to enroll in seminary. He was accepted at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO in collaboration with the Cross-Culture Ministry Center at Concordia University, Irvine, CA. Rev. Barlow and Nichole have four boys ages 11, 10, 6 & 1 year. They currently serve at Grace Lutheran Church in Banning, California. In addition, Pastor Brian serves with many local and national ministry partners including the Lutherans for Life, Y4Life, and serves on the LCMS National Taskforce Created Male and Female. He is a frequent presenter at Best Practices in Ministry, Phoenix, AZ and the LCMS National Youth Gatherings. Having been called out of a gender broken identity, Brian offers a fresh and needed voice to those called to minister in a gender confused culture.
Founder Jonathan Hunter is the Founder and Director of Embracing Life Ministries which began in 1985 and was formerly an outreach of Desert Stream Ministries where Jonathan served for 20 years. He has authored the 14-week Embracing Life Series Guidebook; the booklets, Breaking Free from the spirit of death and More Life!
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Code of Conduct: Living Stones Ministries and Help 4 Families requires all conference attendees to adhere to certain standards of conduct. While open discussion and questions are valuable, disruption is not acceptable. Personal recording of the speakers is prohibited. Disruptions in or perceived disruption as reported by staff will not be tolerated and you will be removed from the seminar. Distribution of non-conference literature, campaigning for philosophical or political views, use of alcohol or narcotics, or harassment of any type is grounds for dismissal from the conference. Persons who are asked to leave will not receive a refund. Help 4 Families and Living Stones Ministries reserves the right to remove anyone from the conference, if there is reasonable cause to believe that he or she might cause harm to themselves or others or refuses to adhere to the Code of Conduct.
Minors under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. No counseling will be provided for minors.
