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Jason and Courtney Cook

Jason Cook is a seasoned pastor, speaker, and former collegiate athlete with a deep passion for discipleship, hospitality, and multi-ethnic ministry. Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Jason later moved to Suwanee, Georgia, where he graduated from North Gwinnett High School. He went on to attend the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) on a football scholarship, becoming a four-year starter and letter winner at fullback.


Though Jason came to faith in Christ at a young age, it was during his sophomore year at Ole Miss that he began walking faithfully with Jesus. After a brief pre-season stint with the Baltimore Ravens in 2009, Jason embraced his call to full-time ministry.


Jason has played a vital role in planting and nurturing multi-ethnic churches throughout the South. He was instrumental in the founding of Iron City Church in Birmingham, AL, and spent five years serving at Fellowship Memphis in Tennessee. His ministry experience spans four major Southern cities central to the Civil Rights movement, and in each, he has contributed to advancing multi-ethnic church movements.



He holds a Master of Divinity from Beeson Divinity School, where he also serves on the Advisory Board. It was during his time at Beeson that he met and married his wife, Courtney. Together, they have four children: Charlie, Cager, Boss, and Bishop.

Today, Jason serves as the Senior Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, Georgia, where he and his family continue to live out their calling to discipleship, hospitality, and service.

Chris Harper

Chris Harper [aka Harp] is a speaker, writer, and disciple-maker who has helped equip 7000+ churches and 1,000,000+ men.

 

Chris is passionate about biblical manhood, and often speaks on topics such as a man’s identity in Christ and the importance of being a gospel-centered husband and father. Chris desires to see generations of men grasp who they are in Christ and come alive! Chris received his Masters degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and his Doctorate from the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

 

Chris and his wife, Ally, live with their four children - Scarlett, Malachi, Calvin, and Oliver - in Arlington, Texas. In addition to his family, Chris loves a pick-up basketball game, a good cheeseburger, and firmly believes Jordan is better than Lebron.

Jessica Hart

Chick-fil-A is a wonderful company to be a part of. Much of which, is due to our culture & values. As our founder once said, “We should be about more than just selling chicken. We should be a part of our customers’ lives, and the communities in which we serve” (S. Truett Cathy) We provide the place where care comes to life. I truly feel this sentiment every day I get to work with the wonderful people of Chick-fil-A throughout the United States. As a leader in Facilities and Equipment, we are allowed to help design, fix, and contribute to the customer’s in store experiences, and support our Owners/Operators as they strive to run an incredibly successful business. As an employee with Chick-fil-A, feeling our Caring Culture, Compelling Attitude, and Challenging Work & Growth appear daily. Personally, I have been blessed with increasing opportunities and responsibilities since starting with Chick-fil-A in 2003.

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Jeff McCarter

Brigadier General Jeff McCarter assumed the duties of Assistant Surgeon General for Mobilization Readiness and Army Reserve Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General and Deputy Commanding General Army Reserve Medical Command September 1, 2020.


Born in Washington, D.C., Jeff was raised in Oklahoma and spent three of his high school years attending Rift Valley Academy boarding school in Kijabe, Kenya while his parents served as missionaries in Northeastern Kenya. He graduated from Hilldale High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma and went on to earn a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from Northeastern State University of Oklahoma.


Commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Medical Service Corps in March of 1995, his first active duty assignment was with the 47th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Lewis, Washington. After serving as the DENTAC Troop Commander at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, he transitioned to the Army Reserve in March of 2000.

Jeff McCarter earned a Masters of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College and is the recipient of numerous U.S. Military awards and decorations, to include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, , the Army Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge and the Air Assault Badge.



In his civilian career, Jeff serves with his local church and is the Chairman of the Board for the non-profit organization Each One Feed One, International.

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Paul Wertz

Paul retired from AT&T in 2020 after 27 years and along the way he helped develop some of the first voice products, micro-payments, and integrated cellular, wi-fi and internet solutions for large corporate customers. He is the current President of the Atlanta Chapter of AFCEA and an active member of NIST’s Global City Teams Challenge program focused on Cybersecurity. With this technical experience, and sixteen years of Public Safety experience (Paramedic, Firefighter, Crisis Response and Naval Reserves), he is an avid Smart Cities fan, and led AT&T to create the first “Smart Base” for United States Air Force at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.

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