In 1965, upon his father's death, John Beckett became the President and CEO of a small-family owned manufacturing business, RW Beckett Corporation. He is now the chairman of the company and has helped guide the business to worldwide leadership in the manufacturing and sale of engineered components for residential and commercial heating. In 1999, Christian Broadcasting Network named him "Christian Businessman of the Year" and was named manufacturing Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2003. He has also authored two books on how to practically integrate faith in the workplace, Loving Monday and Mastering Monday. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics and mechanical engineering from M.I.T. He and his wife, Wendy, have six children and 11 grandchildren.
Distinguished Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Robert Coleman has been at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School since 1983, and is currently the director of the Billy Graham Institute on Evangelism at Wheaton College and Dean of the International Schools of Evangelism. Prior to this he served as faculty at Asbury Theological Seminary teaching evangelism for 27 years. He holds a Master's degree in biblical literature and a Doctorate degree of Philosophy in religion. He has authored several books, including The Master Plan of Evangelism, which has sold over two million copies. Robert and his wife, Marietta, have three grown children and seven grandchildren.
After completing a Bachelor's degree in hotel administration and serving two years as a naval officer, Howard Dayton went on to become a successful commercial real estate developer in Florida. In 1974, a business partner challenged him to study the Scriptures to discover what God teaches about handling money, and his life was profoundly changed. Howard founded Crown Ministries in 1985 and in 2000 merged with Larry Burkett's organization, Christian Financial Concepts to form Crown Financial Ministries, the world's largest financial ministry. He has authored several books, including Your Money: Frustration or Freedom, Your Money Counts and Your Money Map. He and his wife, Bev, have two married children.
Hugh Maclellan serves as President of the Maclellan Foundation, a Tennessee-based leader in Christian grant making for over 50 years. He received a Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master's degree in business from Wharton School of Finance. Locally he has helped organize and run entrepreneurial efforts, such as First Things First, which resulted in a significant drop in divorces, illegitimate births and a significant increase in responsible fatherhood. He served as Chairman of The Jesus Film Development Board for 12 years and serves on numerous corporate and civic Boards. He and his wife, Nancy, have four children and fourteen grandchildren.
After years spent in local church ministry as a pastor and visiting with Christian leaders around the world, John Maxwell had a desire to help leaders develop their leadership skills. In 1996, John launched EQUIP, a non-profit global mission ministry. He is also the founder of INJOY Stewardship Services, an organization that assists local churches with capital stewardship campaigns. He has authored many best-selling books, such as The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, The 360 Leader and Winning With People, and is a popular conference speaker.
For decades Patrick Morley has been regarded as one of America's most respected teachers on leading men effectively to lead lives that honor God. In 1989, during a successful career in Real Estate Development, he authored the book, The Man in the Mirror, which sold over three million copies and has reached thousands of men worldwide with the purpose of encouraging men to go deeper in their relationship with God. It was selected as one of the 100 most influential Christian books of the twentieth century. In 1991, Patrick founded Man in the Mirror, which trains and resources church leaders to reach men more effectively. He has earned a Doctorate Degree in management from Harvard Business School and also graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Patsy, have two grown children and one granddaughter.
Luis Palau has preached the Good News to over 1 billion people around the world. Raised in an affluent home in Argentina, Luis trusted Christ as a child. He became a successful executive before he felt God calling him to seminary in the United States where his passion for evangelism grew. He and his wife began building an evangelistic team and aiding other evangelists, including interpreting for Billy Graham, a primary influence on Luis' own ministry, Luis Palau Ministries. Eventually his team received invitations to evangelize throughout the world, and not until the 1990's did Luis focus on the United States. He, with a multitude of other faithful staff, now lead evangelistic crusades all over the world that have attracted over 4.5 million people since 1999. He credits his sons for helping him realize how much evangelism needs a fresh, modern approach if it is to communicate the claims of Christ in contemporary society. He and his wife, Patricia, have three sons.
Warren Wiersbe has authored more than 150 books, including commentary on the both the Old and New Testaments, popularly known as the Be Series. His books have been translated into numerous languages. He served as a leader in the early days of Youth For Christ, as well as Senior Pastor of Moody Bible Church in Chicago and President of Back to the Bible. He and his wife, Betty, have three grown children.
Bruce Wilkinson authored the only book in history, The Prayer of Jabez, to win "Book of the Year" two years in a row. He is also the New York Times best-selling author for children and teen books, the Publisher and Executive Editor of ten monthly magazines with over 120 million distributed. He has served on the Overview Committee of the New King James Version of the Bible, as well as author of many adult best-selling books. He has led numerous humanitarian movements in Africa through Beat the Drum for AIDS and Heart for Africa, as well as conducted thousands of leadership seminars around the world. He and his wife, Darlene, have three children and six grandchildren.
Ravi Zacharias was born in India and immigrated to Canada with his family when he was 20 years old and began pursuing a career in business management. His interest in theology grew during his undergraduate education, as he went on to earn a Masters of Divinity from Trinity International University, as well as many honorary degrees from Houghton College, Tyndale College and Seminary and Asbury College. For over 30 years he has been speaking all over the world on the disciplines of comparative religions, cults, and philosophy. He has been privileged to bring the main address at the National Day of Prayer in Washington DC, the Annual Prayer Breakfast at the United Nations in New York, as well as numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University. He has authored a number of books, including, Jesus Among Other Gods, Light in the Shadow of Jihad, and Walking From East to West: God in the Shadows. He currently serves as President of Ravi Zacharias Ministries, whose mission is to reach and challenge those who shape the ideas of culture with the credibility of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife, Margie, have three grown children.
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