2026 Conference Speakers
October 14-15, 2025
Larry Osborne
Founding Leader | North Coast Training
Larry Osborne
Larry Osborne is a pastor, author, mentor, and leadership consultant who has trained and coached thousands of top-level leaders in both the non-profit and profit sectors. Recognized as one of America's most influential pastors due to his pioneering work with concepts like sermon-based small groups, pastoral teaching teams, video venues, and multisite churches, his fingerprints are found on ministries and churches throughout the world.
Chris Brown
Senior Pastor | North Coast Church
Chris Brown
Chris Brown has served as a Senior Pastor and Teaching Pastor at North Coast Church since 2004. Prior to that, he was the Campus Pastor at Azusa Pacific University, and then a Youth Pastor in the LA area.
As a gifted storyteller and Bible teacher he loves to use his sense of humor and motivational style to help people truly experience all the grace and mercy that they have been given in order to fall more in love with Jesus. His life work and ambition is to use his unique gifts and personality to equip people to follow Jesus while building healthy and highly productive teams that serve the local church.
Chris lives in Oceanside with his wife Amy and their three children, and tries to fish as much as his schedule will allow.
Kadi Cole
Author & Leadership Coach | Kadi Cole & Co
Kadi Cole
Kadi Cole is a leadership consultant, organizational strategist, and author with a mission to empower leaders to unlock their potential and drive meaningful change. With a strong educational background, extensive professional experience, and a heart for developing others, she has become a trusted advisor to leaders across various industries, from fast-growing tech companies to global nonprofits.
Kadi's extensive experience and commitment to leadership development makes her a valuable resource for anyone looking to grow as a leader or transform their organization. As a prolific author, Kadi has written several influential books and curricula that address key aspects of leadership and personal development.
Steve Cuss
Author & Speaker | Steve Cuss
Steve Cuss
Cuss grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and came to the United States to study theology. He and his wife Lisa have two sons and a daughter. Steve holds a Master of Divinity from Emmanuel Christian Seminary and is a spiritual care professional in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Since 2005, Steve has served as Lead Pastor of Discovery Christian Church in Broomfield, Colorado. DCC is an innovative and entrepreneurial church that intentionally welcomes spiritual seekers and skeptics and is passionate about partnerships that break the local and global poverty cycle.
Steve previously served at a megachurch in Las Vegas, as a chaplain at a level-one trauma hospital, on a ranch for struggling teens, and as a youth minister in the Appalachian region. His passion is to help leaders notice, name, and move through the pressures and anxieties inside them and around them to encounter the grace of God in deeper ways and build healthy team cultures. When Steve is not working, you can find him laughing with his family, knee-deep in a trout stream, or trying a guitar he cannot afford at a local music store.
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Located in Vista, California and home to North Coast Church, North Coast Leadership Conference and North Coast Training. We currently host weekend services at 10 campuses in San Diego County and Sacramento.
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