Anthony Raffa
Leadership Ministries Worldwide | President & CEO
Anthony leads Leadership Ministries Worldwide (LMW), a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to equipping pastors globally with Gospel-centered resources. LMW Resources help pastors effectively study and teach God’s Word by providing detailed outlines and verse-by-verse commentary for every passage of Scripture. With a background in advertising and marketing, Anthony combines ministry vision with business excellence to address the needs of pastors and leaders, particularly those lacking adequate training and resources. LMW’s vision is to see pastors and leaders made confident in God’s Word, leaving a lasting impact on congregations and surrounding communities for generations. Anthony and his wife, Katherine, live in Chattanooga, TN, and are excited to welcome their first child, a baby girl, in March 2025.
DMC Session: Saturate - 8:10am
Facebook | Instagram: @leadershipministriesworldwide | LMW Inquiries reach out to: [email protected]
Kristin Sukraw
StoryFind Films | Chief Storytelling Officer
Kristin Sukraw is an award-winning storyteller, licensed professional counselor, and national speaker. She is author of the ground-breaking book StoryFind: the Handbook for Finding and Telling Your Nonprofit’s Most Impactful Stories and a companion workbook coming in the Spring of 2025.
Kristin’s client roster includes World Vision, Jesus Film Project and International Rescue Committee. She has pioneered work in trauma-informed storytelling and spends most of her time teaching and training best practices for mission-driven organizations. Her favorite thing is to help organizations find and tell their best stories in a way that helps them accomplish their goals.
When not on the road interviewing or speaking, Kristin lives in the great state of Nebraska with her husband, young daughter and black fluffy cat, Lily.
DMC Session: Using Data to Tell Your Story Workshop - 8:30am
kristinsukraw.com | Instagram | @kristinsukraw | @storyfindbook
Daniel Jenkins
I’m Daniel Jenkins, the President of StoryFind, and I bring over 20 years of experience in non-profit and organizational leadership to this incredible company. My background is rich in strategic planning, direct mail fundraising, grant writing, major gifts, and comprehensive campaign management, as well as my public speaking and storytelling skills which captivate and engage audiences. My dedication to storytelling and nonprofit development highlights my commitment to serving others and helping organizations make a greater impact on the world around them.
DMC Session: Using Data to Tell Your Story Workshop - 8:30am
Chris Martin
Moody Global | Director of Content
Chris Martin is director of content at Moody Radio. He is the author of two books about social media: The Wolf in Their Pockets (Moody, 2023) and Terms of Service: The Real Cost of Social Media (B&H, 2022). Chris and his wife, Susie, live with their family outside Nashville, Tennessee.
DMC Session: Using Data to Drive Your Social Media Strategy - 9:30am
John Dyer
VP for Enrollment Services and Educational Technology | Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary
John Charles Dickey Dyer is the Vice President for Enrollment and Educational Technology and an assistant professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He had the privilege of studying theology at DTS, where he earned his Master of Theology (ThM) degree in 2008. He completed his PhD in sociology of religion at Durham University in 2019. (Fun fact: he studied biochemistry and genetics at Texas A&M and once held a patent on a molecule!)
Dyer has made his living as a coder since around the year 2000, and over time, he has taken on more responsibilities in reflecting carefully on the technology he creates and uses. This includes teaching seminary students, speaking at conferences, and creating tools like BestCommentaries.com, BibleWebApp.com, YallVersion.com, Worship.ai, and other open-source tools used by companies including Apple, WordPress, Microsoft, and the Department of Defense.
He lives in the Dallas area with his amazing wife, who is a literature and philosophy professor, and his two beautiful children, a boy and a girl.
DMC Session: Biblical Framework for Understanding and Using Artificial Intelligence - 1:00pm
Chase Cappo
Gloo | Enterprise AI Director
Chase recently assumed the position of Enterprise AI Director at Gloo after merging his start-up FaithAssistant.com with Gloo AI. Now Gloo AI Assistant, is a platform for creating smart Assistants for churches, schools, ministries and Christian Media outlets based on their content and resources. Chase also co-founded BibleChat.Ai, a Bible-based chatbot available in the App Store and Playstore, (with downloads in 200+ countries and 10M+ messages exchanged). A West Point Military Academy graduate, Chase completed Airborne Ranger training and served as a US Army Officer in the South Pacific. After leaving the service, he joined Goldman Sachs and left as a Vice President in the Sales and Trading Division. Chase also holds an MA in Economics from Oklahoma University and currently attends Reunion Church in Dallas, and lives in Grapevine, TX, where he leads a life group and a local Bible study with his wife, Samantha, and two young boys, Cato and Pax.
DMC Session: Using AI Chat for Ministry - 1:45pm
Ministries with AI Faith Assistant: KCBI.org (media), Hope with God, (Luis Palau ministry), Concordia (church), Richard Ellis Talks (influencer) | Podcast: Dr. Jeff Show - Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Bible Chat, & the Way of Jesus | Podcast: Pastor Wayne & Digital Discipleship - Navigating the AI frontier
Kenny Jahng
AI for Church Leaders.com | Founder
Kenny Jahng is editor-in-chief of ChurchTechToday.com and founder of AiForChurchLeaders.com. Kenny is a fully Certified StoryBrand copywriting consultant to nonprofits and churches and leads ARTofEngagement.org, a strategic marketing agency for ministries. Kenny’s team has work with world-class brands such as the American Bible Society, Exponential, California Baptist University, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, the United Methodist Church, and World Impact. He has served as church online pastor at one of Outreach Magazine’s Fastest Growing Churches in America. Kenny is a certified StoryBrand marketing coach. He earned his MBA from Columbia Business School, M.Div from Princeton Seminary, and BA from Duke University.
DMC Session: 5 Ways to Repurpose Your Content with AI - 2:25pm
Liza-Bart Carroll
Meta | Public Policy
Liza-Bart Carroll is on Meta’s Public Policy team with a focus on Innovation Programs and Partnerships. In this capacity, she shows state and federal policymakers the value of the metaverse in an ever-changing digital world. She has been with Meta for six years and is based in Washington, DC. Prior to joining Meta, she worked on Capitol Hill for Rep. Scott Taylor (VA-02) and the Mercatus Center during her time in the Koch Associate Program.
DMC Session: How to use Meta's Llama LLM to Improve Efficiency- 3:30pm
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Our roundtable sessions provide a unique opportunity for participants to connect, share, and learn from one another. These discussions focus on the challenges ministries face in specific areas, offering a chance to uncover key challenges and explore how others have successfully addressed them. It’s a collaborative and enriching experience designed to inspire and strengthen ministry efforts. Don’t miss out!
DMC Session: Role-based Roundtables - 10:45-11:45am
DMC Session: How Colleagues are Using AI - 4:00-5:00pm