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Doug Fields is currently the Youth/Parent/Marriage Pastor at Mariners Church in So. CA. He’s most well known for his longevity and influence in youth ministry (35+ years as a youth pastor) and for writing the award-winning book Purpose Driven Youth Ministry—which is a youth ministry textbook translated into over 30 languages. He’s the author of 60+ Marriage/Family/Youth books including Your First 2 Years in Youth Ministry, Speaking To Teenagers, and Intentional Parenting. He’s the co-founder of DownloadYouthMinistry.com where he currently helps lead a team of resource providers (Coleader.co) and youth ministry training events (DYMtraining.com). In addition to youth ministry, he speaks at Marriage Events through HomeWord.com, where he shares stories of his 40 years of marriage to Cathy and displays too many photos of his children and grandchildren.
Josh Griffin is another trusted leader at Download Youth Ministry. He is one of the leading voices in youth ministry with over 25 years of experience in the trenches. He is currently the junior high pastor at Mariners Church in So CA. Prior to co-founding DYM, Josh was the High School Pastor at Saddleback Church and the leader of the PDYM global movement. He has created more than 100 youth ministry resources and authored several books. In addition to training thousands of youth workers yearly, he is in demand as an emcee and all-around-great-guy. He’s been married to his college sweetheart (Angela) for 25 years, has 4 children, and has more dogs than most kennels.