Speakers
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Tommy NelsonTom Nelson has been pastoring at Denton Bible Church thirty-two years and is presently Senior Pastor. Tommy currently serves on the Dallas Theological Seminary Board of Incorporate Members. He has authored six books: The Story of God (previously published as The Big Picture), The Book of Romance, A Life Well Lived: A Study on the Book of Ecclesiastes. : (previously published as The Problem of Life With God), Better Love Now, The Twelve Essentials of Godly Success, and his book of poetry The Musings of an Evangelical Mind. Tommy is speaker emeritus for the Song of Solomon Bible conferences held around the country each year, and his taped messages travel throughout the world. He has also been a featured speaker for Focus on the Family, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and FamilyLife Today. Tom married his best friend, Teresa Newman, in August, 1974. They have two sons, Benjamin who, with his wife Amanda have three children and John Clark who is expecting his first child with his wife Jenni. |
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Dr. Voddie Baucham, Jr.Voddie Baucham is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as Pastor of Preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, TX. He has served as an adjunct professor at the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, TX, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He has also lectured at Southern Seminary. Voddie and his wife, Bridget have been married since 1989. They have five children, Jasmine, Trey, Elijah, Asher and Judah. They are committed home educators. He is the author of “Family Driven Faith” and “What He Must Be…If He Wants to Marry my Daughter”. |
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Robert E. ColemanRobert E. Coleman ministers around the world as an evangelist and teacher of church leaders. He is a distinguished Professor of Evangelism and Discipleship at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. Before coming to Gordon-Conwell, he directed the School of World Mission and Evangelism at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and also served as Dean of Billy Graham International Schools of Evangelism, as well as director of Billy Graham Institute of Evangelism at Wheaton College. Hundreds of articles and twenty-one books have come from his pen, including The Master Plan of Evangelism, The Coming World Revival and Singing with the Angels. Translations of one or more of his books are published in 100 languages, with English editions alone surpassing 6 million copies in print. He is a graduate of Southwestern University, Asbury Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and received the Ph. D. from University of Iowa. An honorary doctorate was awarded to him by Trinity International University. |
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Bryan LorittsBryan is the Lead Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church Memphis, in Tennessee- a multicultural church ministering to the evolving community of urban Memphis. Bryan has also served as an adjunct professor at Crichton College. In addition to serving the community of Memphis, Bryan’s ministry takes him across the country as he speaks to thousands annually at churches, conferences and retreats. He is also the author of the book God on Paper; as well as a contributing author for the book entitled Great Preaching. Bryan and his wife Korie also serve together on the Family Life speaker team. This ministry takes them across the country as they speak at Weekend to Remember conferences, joining in the fight for healthy godly marriages. Yet as passionate as he is about communicating God’s truths both locally and abroad, spoken and written, his greater passion is his wife Korie, and their three sons Quentin, Myles and Jaden. |
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Sandy WillsonSanders L. (Sandy) Willson has been the senior minister of Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee since 1995. During these years, Second Church has continued to grow and to expand its mission to urban Memphis and the world. In Memphis, Sandy is a co-founder of Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies; a co-founder and chair of NEXUS (leadership mentoring program for emerging adult professional leaders); a founder of Reformed Ministries Network (a regional church planting ministry); and a co-founder and board member of the Second Presbyterian Church Foundation for missions. Internationally, Sandy ministers with partners in Africa, Asia, South America, and the Middle East and speaks regularly in North American churches on the topic of world missions. He is on the Board of Directors for World Relief. Sandy and Allison were married in 1972 and are grateful for five children, two daughters-in-law, and one granddaughter. |
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Roy “Soup” CampbellWhile attending The University of Memphis on an athletic scholarship, Soup was invited to a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) event, and December 5, 1981, he surrendered his heart and life to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That day, his life was radically changed. Upon completing his eligibility at Memphis State, Soup began to work with FCA and worked with the inner city schools of Memphis, TN. After working for several years with different ministries, including FCA, Youth for Christ, Neighborhood Housing Opportunity, and pastoring a church for 7 years, he felt the need to start a leadership and discipling ministry for kids in the inner city. In 1997, Eikon Ministries was established. Soup currently serves as Executive Director with Eikon Ministries, and has 11 staff members. Soup met the beautiful Linda in 1982 at Memphis State, and 2 years later they were married and currently reside in the Binghampton community. They have been married for 24 years now. Soup and Linda have four children: Antonio, LaSaundra, Jonathan, and Tabitha, as well as their daughter-in-law Janis, and 3 grandkids, Kezia, Keundra, and CaMaih. |
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Kennon VaughanKennon Vaughan is the Executive Director and Founder of Downline Ministries, where he has redefined the modern day paradigm of para-church as he truly seeks to work along side the church and not autonomously in the area of discipleship training. In addition to discipleship training and Bible teaching in the DownLine Institute, he has served as the keynote speaker for events across the country, such as the 2005-06 city-wide “Fresh Vibe” in Houston, Texas, the Young Presidents Organization’s Vision and Values Conference in Key Biscayne, FL in 2009, Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ regional leadership camps in 2006-9, various high school and college campus outreach events, as well as numerous church and para-church retreats, conferences, and Disciple-now’s. Kennon welcomes and values opportunities to challenge, equip, and mobilize every generation toward serving passionately as ambassadors for Christ, while his heartbeat remains to actively pursue the restoration of discipleship in the local church through various avenues which DownLine facilitates. Kennon, his wife Kathryn, and sons Caleb and Luke reside in Memphis, TN. |