Keynote Speaker

T. Dale Johnson, Jr., Ph.D.

T. Dale Johnson, Jr., is the Executive Director of The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and Professor of Biblical Counseling at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as an associate pastor in a local church before receiving his Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Johnson continues to seek the strengthening of the Church by training pastors and members to minister in their local churches. Johnson and his wife, Summer, have six children and live in Kansas City, MO. 

Meet Our Breakout Speakers

Randy Roberts

Director of Men's Counseling at Canyon Hills
ACBC Certified
Randy is the Director of Men's Counseling at Canyon Hills. He is ACBC certified and currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Faith Seminary. Randy is married to Diana, and together they have two children and one granddaughter. 

Pastor Jon Walker

Executive Family Ministry Pastor at Canyon Hills

Jon is the Executive Family Ministry Pastor at Canyon Hills and has been doing youth ministry for 20 years. He has been married to his wife for that long, and they have three kids whom they have successfully raised to be 49ers fans.

Steve Walker

Lay Counselor at Canyon Hills
ACBC Certified
Dr. Steve Walker served as the lead pastor of Canyon Hills Community Church for 29 years before his retirement in October 2024. He has been active in the biblical counseling movement since 2011 and currently remains active in residential addiction ministry as the Chair of the Damascus House Board at Canyon Hills.

Nancy Williams

Canyon Hills Staff Counselor
ACBC Certified
Nancy Williams serves as a Women’s Staff Counselor at Canyon Hills, Hope Group Coordinator, and leader of the Building Faithful Women discipleship program. She has been on staff for over 20 years. After coming to know the Lord in college, Nancy did ten years of Bible Study Fellowship to grow in her faith, and became ACBC Certified in 2016. She is thankful to be single and able to serve the Lord in many CHCC Ministries.

Kerry Heath

Director of Women's Counseling at Canyon Hills
MABC, ACBC Certified
Kerry is a PNW native, and she and her husband Kelly have been attending Canyon Hills for over 20 years. She currently serves on staff with our counseling team as the Director of Women's Counseling and has really enjoyed watching how the Word of God transforms the lives of His people right here in her church family. She has been ACBC certified since 2013 and completed her Masters in Biblical Counseling in 2020. She loves God’s Word and is constantly amazed by God’s good providence in our lives.

Rosa Wampler

Lay counselor at Canyon Hills
ACBC Certified
Rosa and her husband have been attending Canyon Hills for 18 years. She has been married for 22 years and has four children. She received her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Oregon State University. She currently serves as a lay counselor for Canyon Hills, as a preschool teacher, and leads a Life Group for married couples with her husband. Rosa enjoys reading and working on her family's Christmas lights display.

Pastor Aaron

Pastor at Canyon Hills
ACBC Certified
Aaron has served as a pastor at Canyon Hills for 6 years. He has been ACBC certified since 2023.  Before pastoral ministry, he and his family served in South Asia for five years. He has been married to his wife for 17 years, and they have four wonderful and energetic sons ranging in age from 15 down to 3 years old.  


Jeff Boyer

Lay Counselor at Canyon Hills
 ACBC Certified
Jeff Boyer has been a CHCC member since 2021 and an ACBC-certified counselor since 2024. He has his Master of Arts in Teaching from UW. He and his beautifully spirited wife of 15 years, Trish, collectively have four adult children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. They are both retired and enjoy serving the Lord and others. Jeff also enjoys reading, fishing, writing, fast cars/boats, and one-on-one conversations.  

Pastor Darryl Jacobsen

Kids' Pastor at Canyon Hills
ACBC Certified
Darryl Jacobsen has been married to his wife, Kelcy, since 2012. Together, they have been licensed foster parents for over 7 years and they have four children at home whom they homeschool. Darryl has been ACBC certified since July 2023, and served as the Director of Communication at Canyon Hills since August 2016 before becoming the Kids Pastor earlier this year. He is passionate about coaching, teaching, and taking on construction projects around the house.

Kaitlin Young

Lay Counselor at Canyon Hills
 ACBC Certified
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Oliver Underwood

Executive Director of Damascus House
 ACBC Certified
Oliver Underwood lives in the Seattle area with his wife, Lisa, and their three children. He serves at Canyon Hills as the Executive Director of Damascus House ministries, our biblical discipleship residential ministry. Oliver has been leading in addictions ministry for over a decade and holds the certifications from ACBC and TAC (The Addiction Connection). He is currently pursuing his Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Faith Seminary. 

Jonathan Smith

Speaker and Bookstore Director, Faith Ministries
Jonathan Smith is the Director of Technology at Faith Ministries in Lafayette, IN and the President of MBS, Inc.  He is an author and frequent conference speaker.  You can reach Jonathan at jsmith@faithlafayette.org and follow him on X @JonathanESmith.

Anna Miller

Conference Coordinator
Anna is the Counseling Office Manager at Canyon Hills. Anna was born and raised in the beautiful state of Michigan and obtained her Master of Arts in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in 2021.  Anna loves cats, hiking, reading, coffee, NYT Word Games, and the Green Bay Packers!