2023 Man Camp
Speaker & Worship Bios
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John Ballinger
Friday Evening Main Session/Anger-Self Control Workshop John Ballinger, a risk and crisis management expert, has helped many organizations navigate troubled waters. He is dedicated to helping commercial and nonprofit organizations get back on course and continue moving toward the goal and mission to which they have been called. His extensive knowledge into leading people, risk management, and navigating complex legal matters has earned him the respect of his business colleagues as well as those in the legal profession. John is also a decorated veteran with over 20 years of service in the United States Army and holds more than a dozen awards and certifications in aviation safety and risk management. |
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Bernie Ritterbush
Saturday Afternoon Main Session/Generosity-Finances Workshop A native Nebraskan, Bernie graduated PBK from Northwestern University in 1967 and married his college sweetheart Ann Ossewaarde in 1968. They have three married children and six grandchildren. Bernie received Christ in 1972, and his wife Ann in 1974. After 13 years working as an actuary, he joined the staff of Christian Business Men’s Connection in 1980, which led to their moving to Chattanooga to serve on the National Ministry Executive Staff in 1992. To follow God in serving pastors and lay leaders in developing effective disciplemaking ministries to men, he left CBMC in 1996 and formed Men’s Ministry Network, where Bernie is still active, though “retired” since 2013, with the title of Founder and President Emeritus. Throughout Bernie’s career, he has been an initiator of helping men to grow spiritually, bringing to the Chattanooga area such resources as Men’s Fraternity (2002), Iron Sharpens Iron Conferences (2007), Every Man A Warrior (2015), and BetterMan (2020). Since 2011, as the culmination of his journey of following Jesus, Bernie has developed (re)THINK Disciplemaking, a seminar, and now video-series and workbook, that gives believers a paradigm by which to understand how to proactively cooperate with God and help others in growing spiritually. |
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Jim Suddath
Saturday Evening Main Session/Marriage-Family Workshop Jim received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics; cum laude from Duke University; Durham, NC in 1981. He married Jennifer Young on September 18, 1982 and they currently have four children along with ten grandchildren.He later received his Master of Divinity from Columbia Biblical Seminary in 1989. He has pastored several churches within Tennessee and North Georgia from 1989-2014. Since August 2016, He has served as Bible Teacher, Chaplain, Basketball & Golf Coach, and Dorm Parent at The McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN. He is an active board member of NACA (National Association of Christian Athletes), Men’s Ministry Network, and FCA in the greater Chattanooga area. Some of his favorite memories come from his several trips to Israel and playing four years of basketball at Duke from 1978-1981 and getting to play in a Final Four match in 1978. |
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Carl Willis
Intimacy with God/Sexual Purity Workshop Carl Willis began his journey in Every Man A Warrior (EMAW) in 2015 as part of a small group of men in Chattanooga. Since then, Carl has led dozens of groups and seen spiritual multiplication to the 4th and 5th generations (2 Timothy 2:2). Carl came on full time with EMAW in January 2022 as the Pastor and Church Relations Director. In November his role was changed to International Coach and Prayer Coordinator. He has been given the task of developing the prayer ministry for EMAW around the world. He will continue to work with pastors around the U.S. and the world to help them catch the vision of teaching men in their churches to be disciplemakers. Carl is married to Christine. They have two children and four grandchildren. |
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Daniel Troutman
Worship My name is Daniel Troutman. I was born into a life of fatherlessness, domestic abuse, and many struggles that no child should be exposed to. It was through these hardships though that God was able to show Himself faithful to me as a father of the fatherlessness, a healer to the broken, and a redeemer of all I had gone through. At 16, I vowed to use my voice and talents for Him and now I have been blessed to lead people in worship all over the country and in many third world countries. I will always point people to Jesus in life and through song because He is the only one worthy of such attention and adoration. |
