Ruth Padilla DeBorst

 Ruth Padilla DeBorst has been involved in leadership development and theological education for integral mission across her homeland of Latin America for several decades. She coordinates the Networking Team of INFEMIT (International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation). Ruth co-leads the Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios (CETI, or Community of Interdisciplinary Theological Studies) with her husband, James. She collaborates with Resonate Global Mission, and serves on the board of Arocha, and the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Ruth lives in Costa Rica with the Casa Adobe intentional Christian community. She has a PhD in Theology from Boston University, an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from Wheaton College, and a BA in Education earned in Argentina.

MaryKate Morse

Dr. MaryKate Morse is the Executive Dean of Portland Seminary at George Fox University, the Lead Mentor for the Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation track, and is a Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation at Portland Seminary as well. She is the author of Lifelong Leadership: Woven Together through Mentoring Communities (2020), A Guidebook to Prayer (2013), and Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influencing (2008)\. 

MaryKate serves as a consultant to churches and organizations in transitional leadership challenges. She has planted two churches in the Portland, Oregon area, is recorded as an Evangelical Friends pastor and trained spiritual director, and is a trainer for Lausanne Young Leaders and Leighton Ford Ministries. She is a founding board member and Leading Voice in the Writing Collective of Missio Alliance. MaryKate is married to Randy, and has several children and grandchildren.

Deb Hirsch

Deb Hirsch is a speaker, church leader, and writer. She has led churches in both Australia and Los Angeles. She is one of the founders of Forge National Mission Training Network. She also serves as a board member for Missio Alliance. She co-authored Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship (2010) with her husband, Alan Hirsch, and is the author of  Redeeming Sex: Naked Conversations about Sexuality and Spirituality (2015). Deb has been involved in social work and community development for decades, and is also a trained counsellor in the field of sexuality. She and her husband live in intentional community in Los Angeles.