About the Authors
Janice Becca watched her parents join the Adventist church at the young age of 5. She attended Jefferson Adventist Academy and truly enjoys meeting and working with dedicated SDA young adults actively engaged in church life. Janice is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of Houston, and attends the Houston International SDA Church. In her spare time, Janice enjoys writing, traveling, and spending time with close friends and family. She blogs at AdventistYouth.
Elisa Brown is a young professional passionate about seeing her peers become disciples for God. She currently lives in the suburbs of Chicago and is a leader in Oasis, a network of young adult in the greater Chicago-land area. Her passion is serving in any way needed and for hobbies she loves to read, can’t get enough traveling in, making home-made food, and hanging out with friends.
Christopher Bullock is planting a new church in Atlanta, GA, called FUSION. He’s been a pastor for 10 years in Colorado, Tennessee and Georgia and has worked in youth and young adult ministries, as well as lead pastor. His passion is for secular postmodern society to experience a revelation of Jesus Christ. He is married to Sonya, and has two children.
Bill Cork is associate pastor of the Houston International Seventh-day Adventist Church, and Houston area coordinator for young adult ministry. He’s been a military chaplain and a campus minister, and teaches world religions at a community college. He and his wife, Joy, have two teenagers.
Matthew Gamble is the Teaching Pastor at 24-Seven Ministry Center in Seattle, WA. 24-Seven has created a culture that is empowering young adults to make their God-given vision a reality. He has a passion for solid biblical preaching. You can find him regularly blogging @ www.matthewgamble.com.
Carolyn Macomber is a Ph.D. candidate at Andrews University where she currently works in Human Resources. She has been a youth/young adult pastor and elementary ed. teacher. Her passion is to witness the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of young people.
A. Allan Martin teaches at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, and is the young adult ministry coordinator for the North American Division. He and his wife, Deirdre, are cofounders of dreamVISION ministries.
Javits Rajendran is another young adult caught up in between life and God. After changing his major from Medicine, he is currently pursuing an undergrad degree in Journalism in Houston, Texas. Javits is currently a member of the Houston International SDA church. He served as a young Pathfinder Director for a local church in Armenia. His family remains in his home country of India, where both of his parents are educators in the Adventist school system. He blogs at AdventistYouth.
Zane Yi is a Ph.D. student in philosophy at Fordham University. He was a campus minister at Advent House at the University of Tennessee, and youth and young adult pastor at the Van Nuys SDA Church in Southern California.