Speakers

Dr. Ralph Winter
Ralph served as a missionary for ten years with a Mayan tribal group in Guatemala. For another ten years, Dr. Winter was on the faculty of the School of World Mission at Fuller Seminary where he came alongside 1,000 missionaries to study their field situations in depth. Dr. Winter began assembling facts and statistics about where the Gospel had penetrated—and where it had not. In 1976 the Winters founded the U.S. Center for World Mission to emphasize the unfinished missionary task to reach the unreached peoples of the world. Dr. Winter holds a M.A. in teaching English as a Second Language from Columbia University as well as a Ph.D. in Structural Linguistics from Cornell University. He has four married daughters, all missionaries, and 13 grandchildren growing up in three countries. Roberta Winter died in 2001 from complications related to multiple myeloma, the same form of cancer which Ralph now has. Ralph and Barbara Scotchmer were married in 2002. 

Floyd McClung
Floyd is the director of All Nations, an international leadership training and church-planting network located in Cape Town, South Africa. All Nations provides specialized leadership and discipleship schools under the umbrella of All Nations Training Center. Floyd has spoken on more than 100 university campuses, has traveled to 187 countries, and has a BA in New Testament Studies from Vanguard University. He is the author of fourteen books, which include the best selling The Father Heart of God and Living on the Devil’s Doorstep. He graduated from Vanguard University in 1967 with a BA in New Testament studies. He and His wife Sally have two children and two grandchildren. They live in Cape Town, South Africa where they lead an outreach and training community that equips volunteers to work among the poor and unreached in Africa and Asia. 

Carol Davis
As co-founder and Executive Director of Global Spectrum and strategist for LeafLine Initiatives, Carol pioneers pathways to the future. God’s heart for the cities of the U.S. and nations of the world has captured her heart, and her passion is to see the church be life-giving ambassadors of Christ in the context of the 21st century distinctive. She studied at Washington State University, taught in universities and seminars, and has served on church staffs for more than 25 years. Now as a consultant she mobilizes professionals and consults and mentors pastors, organizations, global strategists, and the next generation. Carol is the conceptualizer and founder of The Spare and Intersection conferences. Her strategic insights and contributions come out of 47 plus years of ministry experience. Starting new initiatives is what keeps her on the ‘grow’ and usually in hot water. Her four grandsons, who have been on many adventures with her, affectionately call her “Mommers.” 

Steve Shadrach
Steve has a passion for raising up laborers for Christ from the university campuses of the world. He serves as the Director of Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Mission. He is also president of The BodyBuilders, a ministry committed to building up the body of Christ through the development of ministry tools, seminars, and publications. After graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1983, Steve became Pastor of Students and Missions at University Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He also founded Student Mobilization, a campus ministry which focuses on evangelizing and discipling college students. He holds a Doctorate of Ministry in Church and Para church Executive Leadership at Denver Seminary, and is an adjunct professor for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Steve and his wife Carol, along with their five children, live in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  

Todd Ahrend
Todd is and a former campus minister at Tulsa University and the founder of The Traveling Team, a collegiate mobilization ministry. A graduate of Northeastern State University, he has a masters degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and is pursuing a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Todd and his wife Jessica have traveled the United States speaking to college students about missions with the Traveling Team. For one year they also lived and traveled in the Arab World gaining insight into the status of Christian witness there. Todd recently transitioned to the International Director of The Traveling Team, which seeks to use The Traveling Team's resources in countries such as Phillipines, Singapore, and Indonesia. Todd and Jessica have been married for 8 years. They have one daughter, Camden. 

David Bryant
Over the past 35 years, many have defined David Bryant as a "messenger of hope" and a "Christ-proclaimer" to the Church. Currently, Bryant is helping to facilitate a "National Campaign of Hope,” uniting a coalition of leaders committed to a spiritual awakening to Christ throughout America. Bryant holds graduate degrees in Biblical Studies and Missiology, and in 1988 Bryant founded Concerts of Prayer International. He guided it for 15 years before launching PROCLAIM HOPE! in 2003. His writings include In the Gap: What It Means to Be a World Christian, With Concerts of Prayer: Christians United for Spiritual Awakening and World Evangelization, The Hope at Hand: National and World Revival for the 21st Century, and Messengers of Hope: Becoming Agents of Revival for the 21st Century. David and his wife Robyne call New York City their home. Their three grown children, Adam, Bethany and Benjamin, were adopted as infants from India. 

Steve Hawthorne
Steve speaks with living passion for the greater glory of Jesus among the nations. He says of his ministry, “I like to commit arson of the heart.” Steve helped design and revise the Perspectives course and initiated a series of research expeditions known as the “Joshua Project,” which helps teams to explore unreached peoples in several countries. He holds a Masters degree in Cross-Cultural Studies from the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary, and has co-authored with Graham Kendrick the book Prayerwalking: Praying On-Site with Insight. He also edited the widely used handbook to short-term mission service called Stepping Out: A guide to Short Term Missions. Steve currently leads WayMakers, a ministry dedicated to helping Christians extend life-giving prayer to every person thus preparing the way for God’s glory by prayer. Steve also serves as teaching elder of Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas where He lives with his wife, Barbara. They have three daughters, Sarah, Emily and Sophia. 

Dr. Mark Bailey
Dr. Bailey currently serves as President of Dallas Theological Seminary after years of service as both a professor and the vice president for Academic Affairs as well as his role as pastor of a local church. He was a seminar instructor for Walk Thru the Bible Ministries for 20 years and is in demand for Bible conferences and other preaching engagements. His overseas ministries have included Venezuela, Argentina, and Hungary. He is also a regular tour leader in the lands of the Bible, including Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and Rome. His studies and degrees include an A.A.
from Maricopa Technical College, a B.A. from Southwestern College, an M.Div.
from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Bailey will be sharing with us on Sunday morning of the Conference.