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CLARK BOSHER
Since 2006, Clark Bosher has served as pastor of the Fort Worth-area Willow Park Baptist Church in Aledo. For 15 years prior, Bosher traveled the country as a full-time evangelist.
During that time he preached in over 400 revivals and crusades, 1,300 public school assemblies, scores of youth rallies, over 200 camps and many special one-day events. The theme of his life is Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth.”
He is a graduate of Arlington Baptist College. His sermons emphasize the desperate need of a Savior and end with a call to repentance.
J. KIE BOWMAN
J. Kie Bowman has served as pastor of Hyde Park Baptist Church since 1997. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1956, Bowman accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior at the age of 14, recommitting his life at the age of 19.
He has preached internationally in Switzerland, Ireland, Paraguay, and England, and has presented an essay on American evangelicalism at the Oxford Roundtable at the University of Oxford, England. He is the author of two devotional books published by Thomas Nelson.
Bowman holds a doctor of ministry degree in New Testament interpretation from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also earned an M.Div. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Ky.
SAM CATHEY
An Arkansas native, Cathey was converted at the age 10, called to preach at 16, and has preached across the nation in revivals, Bible conferences, and evangelistic meetings. He is president of Morningside Ministries, and past-president of the National Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists.
After serving as a pastor in Arkansas, Michigan and Oklahoma, he re-entered full-time evangelistic ministry in 1996.
While a pastor in Michigan, his church started or co-sponsored nine other congregations, consistently leading the state convention in baptisms and overall growth.
He is the author of five books and a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Immanuel Baptist Seminary.
TODD COOK
Cook is the founding pastor of Sagebrush Community Church in Albuquerque, N.M. He came to Albuquerque from Kansas City, Mo., 15 years ago and ministered at Hoffmantown Baptist Church in Albuquerque, where he served as student pastor, before being commissioned to start Sagebrush in 1999.
Sagebrush is one of the fastest-growing churches in American with more than 7,500 attendees each weekend across four campuses in New Mexico.
KEN ELLIS
Ellis serves as team leader for People Group/Interfaith Evangelism at the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board. His responsibilities include the planning, leading, managing, and evaluating his team’s work with SBC state conventions, associations, and the local church.
Ellis is a former chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve and in federal and state prisons. His previous roles at NAMB have been black church evangelism director and on the chaplaincy staff. He has also served as president of the Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network.
DANNY FORSHEE
Danny Forshee is pastor of Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin and the president of the Danny Forshee Evangelistic Association. He previously served as pastor of Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Keller and the Liberty Baptist Church in Hampton, Va., as well as professor of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
Forshee holds a Ph.D. degree from Southwestern Seminary and has published articles in the areas of evangelism and church growth, co-authored the mentor handbook for the NET evangelism training, and has written two books, “Jesus and the Church,” and “Bless Your Pastor’s Heart.”
JACK GRAHAM
Graham has been the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano since 1989 as the church has grown from 8,000 members to more than 28,000 members.
He is a noted author of numerous books, including “You Can Make a Difference,” “Lessons from the Heart,” and “Courageous Parenting,” co-authored with his wife Deb. His most recent book, “Powering Up,” was released in spring 2009.
Graham was ordained to the gospel ministry in 1970, and has a master of divinity degree with honors and a doctor of ministry degree in church and proclamation from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention and as president of the SBC Pastor’s Conference.
CHET HANEY
Charles (Chet) Haney has served as pastor of Parkside Baptist Church in Denison since 1996, previously serving churches in Woodville and Big Spring and youth ministries in Mesquite and Dallas.
A 1981 graduate of Baylor, where he played football, Haney holds an M.Div. and a D.Min. from Southwestern Seminary. He has served as a state conference speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, an advisor to the Grayson County Pro-Life Association, and a member of the SBC’s Committee on Nominations. He also has been a visiting pastor and school instructor in Central Asia for East-West Ministries.
JOHNNY HUNT
Hunt is pastor of First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Ga., and immediate past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Since he arrived as pastor in 1986, the church has seen Sunday School attendance grow from an average of 275 to 4,700 and from 1,000 members to nearly 11,000.
A graduate of Gardner-Webb College and Southeastern Seminary, he received an honorary doctorate from Immanuel Baptist Theological Seminary and a doctor of sacred laws and letters from Covington Theological Seminary.
A chair of church growth bears his name at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Hunt pastored three churches in North Carolina before coming to First Baptist Woodstock. The church has helped launch 78 other congregations since 1987.
DARRELL ROBINSON
Robinson is president of Total Church Life Ministries Inc. Through Total Church Life Ministries he assists churches, states, associations, national, and international missions in evangelism, pastoral ministries, and training and equipping leaders and other believers to reach people for Christ.
He leads churches, associations, states, and international mission ministries in the implementation of the Total Church Life evangelism strategy and People Sharing Jesus witness training process.
Robinson, a former vice president for evangelism at the North American Mission Board, preaches revivals, crusades, and evangelism rallies and he serves as Distinguished Professor of Evangelism at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves as an evangelism consultant for Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.
LEE STROBEL
Strobel, former award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune, was an atheist until a two-year investigation into the claims of Christianity led him to surrender in faith to Jesus Christ. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a master of legal studies degree from Yale Law School.
His latest books include “The Unexpected Adventure” (written with Mark Mittelberg), “The Case for the Real Jesus,” and “The Case for the Resurrection.” His first novel, “The Ambition,” is due out this spring.
A noted apologist, Strobel’s website, leestrobel.com, has numerous multimedia resources equipping Christians to defend the faith. In 2007, Southern Evangelical Seminary awarded him a doctor of divinity degree for his extensive apologetics research and writing.
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