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Voddie Baucham is a husband, father, pastor, author, professor, conference speaker and church planter. He currently serves as the pastor of preaching at Grace Family Baptist Church in Spring, Texas. Baucham’s area of emphasis is cultural apologetics, helping lay people understand the significance of thinking and living biblically in every area of life. He holds degrees from Houston Baptist University (B.A. in Sociology), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div. and D.Min.), an honorary degree from Southern California Seminary (D.D), and has completed additional post-graduate work at the University of Oxford, England (Regent’s Park College). For more information about Voddie Baucham, visit the Grace Family Baptist Church website. |
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Alistair Begg is the senior minister of Parkside Church in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, where he has served since 1983. Following graduation from the London School of Theology, he served for two years as assistant to the Rev. Derek J. Prime and in 1976 was ordained to the gospel ministry at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh. He has received honorary doctorates from Westminster Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and Cedarville University in Ohio. Begg enjoys the privilege of leading the Parkside pastoral team and seeing a succession of young men settled in pulpits throughout the country. His teaching is heard daily across the nation on over 1,000 radio stations that air the program, Truth for Life. He has written a number of books, including The Hand of God, Pathway to Freedom, On Being a Pastor (with Derek Prime) and a revision of Spurgeon’s devotional, Morning and Evening. For more information about Alistair Begg, visit the Parkside Church website. |
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Henry Cloud is a psychologist and leadership consultant, best-selling author and speaker whose books have sold over five million copies. He consults and speaks for companies and organizations in the areas of leadership and performance, and is highly regarded for his ability to connect personal and interpersonal development with the needs of business. Dr. Cloud is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, earning a B.S. in psychology with honors. He completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Biola University and his clinical internship at Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. His philanthropic interests lie in the area of homelessness and the inner city, as well as missions in the developing world. For more information about Henry Cloud, visit his website. |
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Michael Easley is the lead pastor at Fellowship Bible Church, a growing and vibrant community of faith located outside Nashville in Brentwood, Tenn. He came to Fellowship from Moody Bible Institute where he served as president. Prior to Fellowship Bible Church and Moody Bible Institute, Dr. Easley served as pastor of Grand Prairie Bible Church in Grand Prairie, Texas, for nine years and Immanuel Bible Church for eleven years. He and his wife, Cindy, have spoken at the Family Life Weekend to Remember conference for 15 years. Along with marriage and family conference and missions trips around the world, they lead a two-year marriage mentoring program held each week in their home. Easley received his B.S. in education in 1980, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1985, and his doctorate in ministry in 2003. He has written Interludes: Prayers and Reflections of a Servant’s Heart, and coauthored The Da Vinci Code Controversy with Dillon Burroughs and John Ankerberg. For more information about Michael Easley, visit the Fellowship Bible Church website.
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Daniel Henderson has been a senior pastor for more than two decades and has brought prayer-based revitalization to several megachurches. Today he is dedicating his full-time efforts to help congregations across the country experience renewal and turnaround as he speaks to thousands each year at conferences and prayer events. He is president of Strategic Renewal, which exists to ignite personal renewal, congregational revival and leadership restoration for Christ’s glory. Henderson is the author of seven books, including Defying Gravity with Moody Publishers. For more information on Daniel Henderson, visit the Strategic Renewal website.
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Abe Kuruvilla is Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries, and
teaches preaching at Dallas Theological Seminary. He centers his
ministry around the art and science of preaching: exploring
preaching through research and scholarship,
explaining preaching by training the next generation
of church leaders, and exemplifying preaching in
regular pulpit engagements and speaking at conferences nationally
and internationally. Dr. Kuruvilla has also been the President of
the Evangelical Homiletics Society, and is the author of several
books and articles; his most recent book, to be published by Moody
Publishers, is Privilege the Text! A Theological Hermeneutic
for Preaching. Dr. Kuruvilla is also a practicing
dermatologist, and he maintains an active clinical
schedule. Single by choice for the ministry, he has a special
interest in the theology of Christ-centered celibacy. For more information about Abe Kuruvilla, visit his blog. |
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Benjamin and Stephen Lynerd
Benjamin teaches political science at College of DuPage and is the music director at Holy Trinity Church's South Side congregation.
Stephen completed a M.M. in Music Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. During a pursuit of Doctoral work in New York, Stephen picked up and moved to Dallas, TX where he worked in the music ministry of a large church and founded The Jazz Package, a versatile collection of musicians who still work together today. Following some time in California, Stephen settled in Chicago, where he continues to work as a church music director, and freelance musician and recording artist. Stephen and his wife Deborah live in Downers Grove, IL. Stephen toured and recorded for 9 years as solo percussionist with Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass, and is featured on more than 6 albums with them. He has also toured with The Dallas Brass.
Together with his brother Benjamin, Stephen has been featured on Moody's Founders Week and Pastors Conferences, and has been a featured artist on Insight For Living's Alaskan Cruise. |
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Tommy Nelson spent his childhood playing football and baseball. In college, he chose North Texas State University (now the University of Texas) in Denton, where he played quarterback for the Eagles and graduated in 1973 with a B.S. in physical education/biology. One day, a Navigator came to talk to Nelson’s roommate, and he heard the gospel. As he listened over his roommate’s shoulder, he believed and trusted in Christ. Nelson went on to attend Dallas Theological Seminary while serving as associate pastor of Denton Bible Church. He has been pastoring Denton Bible Church for 32 years. He has authored six books and is teacher for six DVD series. Nelson is speaker emeritus for the Song of Solomon Bible conferences. He has also been a featured speaker for Focus on the Family, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Family Life Today. For more information about Tommy Nelson, visit the Denton Bible Church website. |
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Paul Nyquist is the ninth president of Moody Bible Institute. Nyquist came to Moody from Avant Ministries, where he also served as president. Before joining Avant, Nyquist served as senior pastor at First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, and Evangelical Bible Church in Omaha, Neb. Nyquist received a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1981 and a Ph.D. in systematic theology in 1984. He and his wife, Cheryl, have been married for more than 30 years and have four children and two grandchildren. For more information about Paul Nyquist, visit Moody's website. |
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Willie Pickens earned a teacher’s certificate from the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee and went on to the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee in 1985 to receive his B.S. in Music Education. Over the years, his sterling academic credentials have enabled him to share his gifts with many young musicians, both as a performer and teacher. Upon graduating, he moved to Chicago and began his career on a national hit record, Eddie Harris’ 1961 Exodus. From 1966 to 1986, he appeared on recordings headlined by Bunky Green, E. Parker McDougal, Vernel Fournier and also performed with Sammy Davis Jr. at Orchestra Hall. Today, Pickens continues to be one of Chicago’s in-demand pianists for visiting artists. He has performed several times at the famed Chicago Jazz Festival and has been a featured pianist on impresario Joe Segal’s Jazz Cruises, where he has shared the stage with Clark Terry, Louie Bellson and Red Holloway. Lately, he’s matured as both a soloist and bandleader, letting the space between the notes speak. |
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Ray Pritchard serves as president of Keep Believing Ministries, an Internet-based community serving Christians in 225 countries. Keep Believing Ministries exists to equip and encourage people to keep believing in Jesus. For 27 years he pastored churches in Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago. Dr. Pritchard has authored more than 25 books, including An Anchor for the Soul, Stealth Attack, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, Credo: Believing in Something to Die For, In the Shadow of the Cross, and Why Did This Happen to Me? For more information about Ray Pritchard, visit Keep Believing Ministries website. |
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This Hope has recorded ten projects over the last 15 years, writing most of the songs they record. Currently located in Woodstock, Ga., the group met and began their ministry in the Alaskan frontier, where they discovered a unifying bond in music and ministry that has spanned well over a decade. Their passion to convey the grace of God has led them around the Unites States and the world. For more information, visit The Hope's website. |
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