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Worship and Plenary Speakers
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Kelvin Redmond
Pastor | Body of Christ Church | Raleigh, NC
Kelvin Redmond has a passion for communication from a biblical and social platform. For the past two decades in the US, Canada, Africa, and Asia, he has ministered and spoken to audiences at churches, conferences, colleges and universities, as well as to athletic teams and several other social/service arenas. His heart for missions has lead to the development of church plants, schools, and orphanages in developing countries worldwide.
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Dr. Robert Smith Jr.
Professor | Beeson Divinity School | Birmingham, AL
Robert Smith serves as professor of Christian preaching at Beeson Divinity School. A popular teacher and preacher, he received Southern’s 1996 Findley B. Edge Award for Teaching Excellence. He is a contributing editor of a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. At Beeson, Smith teaches Christian Preaching and other electives in homiletics. He received Beeson Divinity School’s "Teacher of the Year Award" in 2005.
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Dr. Joel Cliff Gregory
President and Founder | Joel Gregory Ministries | Fort Worth, TX
Joel Cliff Gregory is Professor of Preaching at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University and was appointed Distinguished Fellow by Georgetown College, Kentucky, in 2004. He is also the founder and president of Joel Gregory Ministries, a non-profit organization supporting a preaching, teaching, counseling, and writing ministry.
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Dr. Maurice Watson
Pastor | Beulahland Bible Church | Macon, GA
In addition to his pastoral calling, Pastor Watson also has a dynamic itinerant preaching ministry that extends across the continent and globe. He has been described as one of the premier preachers of our generation and is well-known and sought after for his anointed, sound and understandable proclamation of God's Word. In 2002, he served as the morning worship preacher at the Annual Hampton Ministers’ Association Conference where he later served as the conference preacher in 2005.
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Dr. R. Logan Carson
Pastor | Olive Branch Baptist Church | Wake Forest, NC
Carson currently is Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, where he has been teaching since 1994. He is also pastor of Olive Branch Baptist Church, Wake Forest, where he has served since August 1997. He refers to himself as “a servant of the Lord Christ”. |
Workshop Speakers
Dr. Charles Arn
Author & President
Church Growth, Inc
Monrovia, CA
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Dr. Dorothea Gaulden
Raleigh, NC
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Dr. Allen R. McFarland
Pastor
Calvary Evangelical Baptist
Portsmouth, VA
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Wanda Taylor Smith
Birmingham, AL
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Michael Davis
Charlotte, NC
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Doris McFarland
Portsmouth, VA
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Edward Davis
Raleigh, NC
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Thurman H. West
Pastor
Southeast Community Church
Houston, Texas
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Michael R. Smith
Founder
Cross of Christ
Discipleship Ministries
Raleigh, NC
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Haman Cross Jr
Pastor
Rosedale Park Baptist Church
Detroit, MI
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Dr. Pamela R. Smith
Equipping Ministries
Goldsboro, NC
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