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At Connected Conference '18, Team Illinois was blessed to have Dr. Ed Stetzer speak to us about "The State of the Church". . . . See the video from this talk and more on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PigwVWN-mqs . . . Ed Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents, holds two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written dozens of articles and books. Ed is a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly, serves on the advisory council of Sermon Central and Christianity Today’s Building Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. Ed is Visiting Professor of Research and Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Visiting Research Professor at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and has taught at fifteen other colleges and seminaries. He also serves on the Church Services Team of the International Mission Board. Now at Wheaton College, Ed holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism and serves as the Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism and the Chair of the Evangelism and Leadership Program in the Graduate School.