Richie Halversen struggled with drug addiction for years until surrendering to new life in Christ. He now spends his time sharing the hope and healing he found in Christ with others. He currently serves as the Director of Church Growth & Revitalization for the Southern Union where he coaches churches, pastors, and lay leaders to maximize their impact in evangelism, church planting, and revitalization. He has been married to his wife Brittney for 27 years. They have four children: Kaleb, Hayley, Tristen, and Taylor.

Currently serving as president of the Wisconsin Conference, Titus Naftanaila joined the Wisconsin Conference as a pastor in 2007. During his time in Wisconsin, he has pastored several districts along with serving as Religious Liberty Coordinator, Stewardship Ministries Coordinator, and Personal Ministries/Lay Pastors Training Program Coordinator.

Elder Naftanaila loves to preach God’s word with the desire to encourage others to give their hearts to the Lord. 

Eric Flickinger currently serves as the associate speaker for It Is Written and hosts the weekly Sabbath School program. The son of an Army officer, Eric traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe as a child, developing an appreciation and love for the many and varied cultures of the world. He finally settled in Florida, where his study of the Bible during his years at the University of Florida inspired him to attend an evangelism training school for lay members. Eric is now a veteran of over 100 evangelistic campaigns across the United States, Canada, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia, and has served as an evangelist and evangelism school administrator for over 20 years. A popular television speaker and author, Eric is often described as having a gift for making even difficult biblical topics easy to understand.  He is joined in ministry by his wife, Hildelisa, and their two children, Noelani and Justin.

Shane Anderson is the Lead Pastor at Pioneer Memorial Church, the campus church for Andrews University.  Prior to that, he was the senior pastor for 19 years of the campus church for Shenandoah Valley Academy in New Market, Virginia.  Pastor Shane is pleased to be back at his alma mater, where he received both his Master of Divinity (1999) and his Doctor of Ministry with a concentration in Leadership (2017).  He is currently a monthly columnist for the Adventist Review, the flagship journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and is the author of the best-selling book, “How to Kill Adventist Education (And How to Give It a Fighting Chance!).”  He has written for a variety of publications both foreign and domestic, both popular and peer reviewed. He has been a regular speaker at conference, union, and division conventions for pastors and teachers in North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean, speaking on the topics of Adventist Education, young adult ministry, and the Three Angels Messages.  He is thrilled to be married to his wife, Darlene, and has two beautiful daughters, Sierra and Ellie.  Pastor Shane enjoys traveling with his family, studying history, and mountain biking. His driving passion is to know Jesus and to make Him known through the unique prophetic message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.