Seminar and Workshop Speakers
The following speakers are confirmed to speak at Creation Fest 2010 - view the Morning Bible Teaching Sessions. Click on the speakers name to visit their website.
Brian has been involved in pastoral ministry for almost 30 years. He has served as Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Vista, in Southern California, and also as Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Westminster, London, England. Brian has been extensively involved in missionary work throughout various parts of Europe. He now serves as Associate Pastor to Chuck Smith, at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California. Brian is the featured speaker on the Bible teaching program 'Back to Basics'. He is known for his clear and challenging exposition of the Scriptures. Brian and his wife Cheryl have four children and three grandchildren.
Pastor John has been involved in church planting, discipleship and pastoral ministry in England and Wales for over 30 years. His vision of world mission and his Bible Teaching Ministry has taken him to many parts of the world. He pastored churches in the Lake District, Yorkshire and Buckinghamshire before returning to the land of his fathers to plant the first Calvary Chapel in Wales.
Grew up in Florida with an interesting mix - my dad was a baptist (from Florida) and my mom was a buddhist (from Thailand). I graduated in 1994 earning a degree in biology and became a Christian. I met my wife Kristyn in London and moved to California where I worked as the youth pastor at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. In 2005, God opened a door in Santa Rosa where I took over pastoring a 4 month old church. Now, after almost 4 years of serving in Sonoma County, God has made it clear that I am to begin a new work in southern California where I'll be teaching zoology at Vanguard University and teaching the saturday night study at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa.
Steve is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Cardiff, where he has served in ministry for the last 10 years. He is a graduate of Manchester University and Calvary Chapel Bible College, and believes passionately in the teaching and proclaiming of the truth of God's Word. Steve married his wife, Amber, in June 2009.
Efrem is one of the Pastors at Calvary Chapel South London and frontman for the hip-hop group Ministry.Of.Defence (MOD). He is also involved in the outreach ministry Urban Mission.
Cheryl grew up at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa during what has come to be known as the Jesus Movement. She witnessed first hand how the Lord used her parents, Chuck and Kay Smith, to capture the hearts and minds of the hippies in the late 1960s and 1970s. Cheryl married the love of her life, Brian Brodersen, at the age of 20. Together they ministered in Costa Mesa, Calvary Chapel Vista and London. Cheryl enjoys teaching at Women’s studies, retreats, and the weekly Joyful Life Bible study at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Cheryl has four children and two adorable grandsons.
Joey Buran is the Senior Pastor and founder of Worship Generation. Before Worship Generation became a church in Orange County, it was a young adult outreach at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. In the autumn of 2008, Worship Generation, in conjunction with Walking on Water ministries, finished the surf movie Beyond the Dream, a one hour documentary of Joey’s life story. This movie will be a major part of Worship Generation outreach in the United States and internationally over the next few years. * You can see Beyond the Dream at Creation Fest 2010 *
Scott has been involved in various aspects of ministry from a young age. He attended Calvary Chapel Bible College and later became a youth pastor/assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Vista with Pastor Brian Brodersen. Scott currently serves as an assistant pastor and is one of the worship leaders at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Scott also serves as director of the School of Worship. He released his debut worship album in November 2005 and his followup album, "Til The Whole World Hears", in August 2008. He is married and has 5 beautiful daughters.
Laurie is the Pastor of Calvary Chapel Torbay, and professional land-based scientist with over 20 years experience. His gripping exposure of fantasy science is presented in his book "Evolution, Fact or Fairy Tale" for the non-technical reader.
Rob is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Twickenham and can be heard daily on Calvary Chapel Radio. Originally from Seattle, Rob began traveling with a Christian rock band in the '80s and has been a missionary for 20 years in Japan, Germany and England. He is married with two children and lives in London.
In addition to serving as the director of Creation Fest, Phil speaks at churches and conferences encouraging Christians to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Phil's background in surf and skate also opens doors for ministry to young people in extreme sports.
Nigel served as a helicopter pilot in the British Army for 25 years before being called by God to leave and work fulltime for Precept Ministries UK. His passion is to introduce people to a way to study God’s word so that it comes alive, transforms their walk with the Lord and enables them to fulfil God’s purpose in their lives. He and his wife Molly were appointed National Director of Precept Ministries UK in 2006. They live in Salisbury and have 3 teenage boys.
Molly trained as an Orthoptist before taking up a job in a British Military Hospital in Germany in the mid 1980s. There she met Nigel and they married in 1988. God answered her prayers about wanting to know Him better by introducing her to the work of Precept Ministries in the mid 1990s. Since that time she has worked exclusively for Precept, following the Lord’s call on her life to help establish people in God’s Word here in the UK. Molly trains people of all ages in the Inductive Bible study method. She is Co-National Director of Precept Ministries UK.
Joey came to know the Lord in his youth and immediately developed a passion for the Word of God and people. He served as a youth pastor at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa and then taught Evangelism and Apologetics, serving under Chuck Smith and Brian Broderson, until the Lord called him to Calvary Chapel Old Bridge in New Jersey. There, Joey oversaw all the youth and young adult ministries, where his influence spread to hundreds of teens and young adults in the NJ/NY area as a Bible teacher/conference speaker, evangelist and host of the live radio programme called "Live Wire". After leading many teams on missions trips throughout Europe, Joey answered the call to move to Cambridge, England in 2007, where he now serves as the pastor of Calvary Chapel Cambridge with his wife and three children.
Robert is the other half of the hip-hop group Ministry.Of.Defence (MOD). With a passion for Christ, MOD has an intense commitment to grassroots ministry. This commitment has lead them to plant the church Calvary Chapel South London and it’s outreach ministry Urban Mission, where he Pastors.
Tony is the music editor for the Cross Rhythms Christian media organisation. In the ‘70s he worked in Fleet Street editing a music magazine, went to live in Hollywood, California and on his return had a dramatic Christian conversion. He has written books and music and spirituality and has spoken at a wide range of events including Soul Survivor, Greenbelt and Spring Harvest. He has been married to Maxine for almost 29 years, has two grown up children and one grandchild.
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