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Ben is one of those long haul youth pastors - he's in it for a long time and knows that, perhaps, the fruit of his labor isn't going to be realized for 10-15 years down the road. Some catalytic reactions move slow and deep.

We chatted last night about indigenous student leadership, his family's cultural transition from Florida to Ohio, and what might be some good ideas to help prep a student team in the works to tornado ravaged Alabama.

Ben is the kind of leader Ember exists to connect and resource. Globally minded, passionate about the emerging generation, willing to lead his students into crossing another culture to make Jesus known.