Part speaker, author and visionary, Acton Bowen’s greatest passion is to connect people with the living God. Once recognized as one of the nation’s leading student pastors, God has blessed Acton with the ability to reach this high tech, attention-lacking culture of Generation Next. In addition to leading x|roads, a city-wide student Bible study 60 miles north of Birmingham, he also hosts x|roads TV, a worldwide broadcast viewed weekly by millions of teens and adults in every city in America and over 170 countries around the world on network television and is also a regular guest on Fox News where he serves as a correspondent on Faith and Religion. Acton also speaks up to 25 times a month at disciple-now weekends, city-wide crusades, camps, conferences and school assemblies- giving him a live platform before almost 200,000 people every year. Acton uses these opportunities and his unique blend of boldness and humor to communicate the life-giving message of the gospel to students and young adults. Acton lives near Gadsden, Alabama where he daily leans into the vision of ABO.