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Chris Bubak
Chris is currently the State Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has been on staff with FCA for 16 years where he has had the opportunity to minister the gospel to coaches and athletes at the youth, high school, college and professional levels. He and his wife Natalie have been married for 17 years and are parents to Michaela, Jared, Sarah and Justin.

Josh Reynolds
Josh serves as Area Director for Central-Northeast Nebraska FCA. A graduate of Lexington High School, Josh attended Hastings College (1996-2000) and played on the football team. Josh has been involved with FCA all his life and credits much of his spiritual growth over the years to the influence of the FCA ministry. His primary passion, other than his own family, is to see God glorified in the sports world, to proclaim the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ to athletes and coaches, and to see them conformed into the image of Jesus Christ through sports. Josh lives in Hastings, NE with his wife Katie and three daughters, Hannah, Rebekah, and Sophia.  Josh loves to spend time with his family, his church family, and if he has any extra time you’ll usually find him with a book in his hands.

Brian Conklin
Brian Conklin is in his seventh year on staff with FCA and his third year as the Director for the Omaha Metro.  Brian and his wife Jenny have 3 kids (Jonah, Abby, and Levi).  Brian’s greatest passion in life is the Gospel message.  His desire is for every athlete and coach to be challenged with the message of the cross and then to be discipled by God’s Word applying it to the time spent doing sports.

Nate Lewis
Nate grew up in the town that all great FCA Area Director’s come from, Lexington, NE.  Growing up many thought Nate would be the next President of the United States but instead Nate pursued a glorious tennis career at the next place that all great FCA Area Director’s come from, Hastings College.  The class that this kind of quality institution instilled in Nate has rubbed off so deeply into the lives of every other FCA Staff in Nebraska that it has gracefully allowed people from places like Midland and even lower tier schools like Doane to be on staff as well.  Currently Nate enjoys long romantic walks along the Platte River, 360 dunks in his spare time, as well as completely re-vamping his new signature.  Please do not request the old signature any longer…the old is gone, the new has come…2 Cor 5:17.

Robbie Trent
Robbie is a Glendale, Arizona native and product of Doane College, where he played football. Currently, he is in his third year on staff with FCA in Lincoln and Southeast Nebraska. The Lord continues to refine Robbie in seeing the glory of God, how far short he falls of God’s standard of perfection, what Christ has done to satisfy God’s wrath sitting against our sin and credit his righteousness to our account, and what it is to daily repent and believe. This message is the foundation for God glorifying competition and coaching and Robbie gets fired up for any opportunity to encourage athletes and coaches to truly Max Out.

Gordon Thiessen
Gordon has served on staff with the Nebraska FCA since 1986. He played for the Nebraska football team during the 1970s and later attended Talbot Seminary. He has also founded Cross Training Publishing (www.crosstrainingpublishing.com) which supports FCA and other sports ministries with resources to evangelize and disciple athletes and coaches. Currently, he serves as the Director of Leadership Training and Resources for the Nebraska FCA. He is married to Terri and has four grown children.

Doyle Denney
Doyle is currently the Director of Coaches Ministry for Nebraska FCA. He has been in education as a coach, teacher and high school principal for 39 years. His experience as a coach includes 22 years as a high school coach, most of which were spent coaching boys basketball. During his tenure as a boys basketball coach his teams won over 200 games. While at Grant his teams were 69-6 over a three year period and yielded a state championship, runner-up and quarterfinalist. In addition to basketball coaching, Doyle has served as a head track, head cross country, and assistant football coach. Doyle and his wife Melanie reside in Grand Island and have three grown children.