MAN CONFERENCE

Lee Rouson

Lee graduated from the University of Colorado where he played for Coach Bill McCartney. Lee was the 4th all-time leading rusher at Colorado from 1980 - 84. Lee was a key factor in turning the Colorado program around to become a National Champion. Lee was drafted by the New York Giants and played under Bill Parcells for six years and won two Super Bowl rings while he played for the Giants. Lee's Professional football career was brought to an end as a result of ankle injury. His final year in the NFL was as a starting Full Back and Tight End with the Cleveland Browns under Coach Bill Belichick. Lee serves as Northern Jersey State Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Pro Speaker for Sports World Ministries, and Associate Pastor for New Horizon Community Church in Harlem, New York. Lee works tirelessly throughout the community encouraging everyone from the youth to the elderly with the message of Hope. Lee and his wife, Lisa, have 4 children.

 

Bill Paige

For twenty years, Paige was a policeman and detective in and around New York City. He served fourteen years as the associate chaplain at Children's Village, where he worked with emotionally disturbed boys in the city. He has also served 10 years in senior leadership of Young Life. He is a certified trainer for "Therapeutic Crisis Intervention" involved in areas of emotional and behavioral issues among young people. Paige now serves as Special Assistant to the President in Young Life. An ordained minister, Paige speaks frequently at chapel services for both National Football League (NFL) and Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, including two opportunities to speak at the NFL Pro Bowl.

 

 

Peter Bruno

Peter began in ministry with a tenacious hunger to see teenagers raised up for Christ. As a youth pastor he experienced a revival seeing teens & twenty-somethings making decisions for Christ. Peter [later] founded Generation Holy Youth Coalition (GenHoly), which is a regional endeavor, gathering teens from local churches from all over the North Jersey area. GenHoly is dedicated to raising up this present generation to fulfill their destiny & purposes in God. In 1988, Peter with his wife Pam, accepted the task of founding & establishing MetroChurch. From its inception it was designed to be a multiracial, multicultural, & multiethnic congregation, empowered to build bridges to different people groups in this region and around the world.  Peter has been married to his best friend, Pam for over 30 years. They have three children and attest to the family as being the number one ministry in their lives.

 

Dr. David Ireland

Founder and senior pastor of Christ Church, is the author of some 20 books including his latest, The Kneeling Warrior. Diversity consultant to the NBA, Dr. Ireland leads chapel services for the New York Giants & Jets. He has an earned Ph.D in organizational leadership (Regent University) and has completed post- doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Marlinda, have been married for 30 years.