Conference Speakers

Mark Harper

Since 1978, Mark has served as Children’s Pastor at three churches and as a Senior Pastor at one. Mark is currently Children’s Pastor at Living Word Christian Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he oversees ministry to 1500 chil- dren weekly. Hundreds of thousands of children world wide have been blessed through the Super Church Curriculum which was first published by Mark Harper Ministries in 1988 and is currently being used in over 4,000 churches. Mark’s approach is fresh, humorous and very practical.

John Tasch

John Tasch has over 35 years of experience in ministry to children and the family. Having been a Children’s Pastor of over 1,200 children, he has a wealth of experience in many areas including training church leaders, ministry consulting, mentoring teen-age interns, and leading short- term missions. His ministry has taken over 4,000 children, youth and adults on short-term mission trips. He has a wealth of energetic and wonderfully conceived ideas on how to pres- ent the Word of God through exciting, high impact teaching techniques and time-tested methods that will keep you on the edge of your seats.

Jim Wideman

Having served in 5 dynamic churches Jim Wideman under- stands what it takes to grow exciting, relevant ministries to people of all ages. For 17 years Jim led one of America’s largest local church children’s ministries in Tulsa, OK. Jim has also held various other positions in addition to children ministry throughout his career giving him a background in almost every area of the local church and Christian school. Jim currently serves as Associate Pastor at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, TN, where he oversees the next generation and family ministries.

Jerry Moyer

Jerry Moyer founded the Jubilee Gang in 1991 in his hometown of Portsmouth, Ohio. It was because of his desire to reach the children in the local housing projects and public schools that this internationally known ministry was founded. The same desires to reach the lost and to equip the church are the motivating factors of this ministry today. Since 1998 Jerry has ministered in 39 States, Puerto Rico, Russia and Canada in over 21 different denominations and a host of non denominational churches and have seen over 15,000 people born again during our events.