Briggs, Dean: - Dean Briggs (www.deanbriggs.com) serves on the executive leadership team at IHOPKC. He travels and teaches on sonship, righteousness and ekklesia, bringing a 30,000 foot view of God's redemptive plan. His books include manifestos on prayer, fasting and discipleship, including Ekklesia Rising and Consumed. His fiction includes the critically praised, epic YA fantasy series The Legends of Karac Tor. He and his wife, Jeanie, have eight grown children. They reside in Kansas City, MO.