2024 SPEAKERS

Blane and his wife, Terry, worship with the church in Roland, OK. Blane is a retired United States Naval officer. He and Terry have four grown children and four grandchildren. They have been active in the World English Institute (WEI) ministry since 2015 and they serve as volunteer ambassadors to help recruit and train WEI teachers. Blane has taught the WEI material face to face in Brazil, Mexico, and Mongolia.  Blane and Terry love the people of Guatemala and have both taught the WEI material in Guatemala City as well.

Blane Anderson

Jacob Bautista

Jacob Bautista serves as Outreach Minister at South Walker Church of Christ (OKC).  Born in Texas to Mexican parents, Jacob understands what it is like to grow up speaking both Spanish and English and to live in a blend of two cultures. He studied at Harding, Tarleton State, and was recently awarded a Master of Divinity degree from ACU. Jacob is active in evangelizing, preaching, and teaching in both English and Spanish and has developed an app and video content for Spanish speaking churches. Jacob is married to Savanna, who serves South Walker as a secretary and media specialist. They have one daughter, Aspen (14mos) and one child on the way.

Taylor Cave

Taylor Cave serves as an elder and preacher with South Walker Church of Christ in Oklahoma City. Trained at Oklahoma Christian University, Taylor was part of a four-family mission team to Vitoria, Brazil from 1992-2002. Now switching from Portuguese to Spanish, Taylor preaches, teaches and has personal Bible studies in English and Spanish. Taylor is married to Connie, a kindergarten teacher at Oklahoma Christian Academy and they have two daughters and two minister sons-in-law, Carley & Kyle Keesee, their children Vincent and Rosemary, and Camille and Darion Dalton, and their son Judah. 

Matt Cook

Matt is a professor of Bible, Global Missions, and World Religions at FHU and preaches for the Stantonville congregation. He is married to Charla and has 2 kids, Gabbi (13) and Conner (11), and 2 crazy dogs. He and his family love to camp, play golf and disc golf, and visit National Parks. Matt is a native of West Virginia and loves to cheer for the West Virginia Mountaineers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Memphis Grizzlies. He completed a Ph.D. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Missions and World Religions.

Kent Hartman

Kent Hartman graduated from Oklahoma Christian in 1977 and from Harding Graduate School in 1980. He and his wife, Nancy, were part of a team of workers to Campbelltown, Australia from 1983-2000. He has been Missionary-in-residence at Oklahoma Christian from Jan. 2002 to the present. Kent and Nancy started and work with Third Culture Kids at Oklahoma Christian and  Global Reunion, a camp for returning cross cultural families. They have 3 children: Heidi, Hayli and Heath and 2 grandchildren: Chelsea and Davis.

Sheila Hartman

Sheila Dodgen Hartman grew up in Bethany Oklahoma. She met her husband, Dale at Oklahoma Christian and they celebrated 50 years of marriage on June 15, 2023. She and Dale have 3 children, and 8 grandchildren.  Sheila and Dale went to Australia in April 1979 and returned to Oklahoma in1990.  They shared a wonderful partnership with the Eastside church of Christ in Midwest City for forty one years.   They have been blessed to work with the North MacArthur congregation since January of 2020. In her spare time, Sheila likes to read, antique, collect flow blue china and spend time with her grandchildren.

Jared Hyatt

Jared is a college minister for the Durant church of Christ. He has worked in this position for 12 years. He works on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University and graduated in 2008.  He became a Christian and met his wife while attending the “Student Bible Center” during undergraduate studies. Campus ministry holds a special place in his heart. It is now his hope to offer college students the same opportunities that he received. It has been a blessing to see God at work through this ministry and he prays that God will continue to allow him to be a part of that work for years to come. 

Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins has been the youth minister at Mt. Juliet Church of Christ since 2010. He and his wife, Laura, have two kids named Lucas and Holley. He has written a few books that you probably haven't read (like "The Lunch Ladies: Cultivating an Actsmosphere"). He is a level 50 Pokémon Go Trainer. That is not a joke. He doesn't joke about things like that.

Wayne serves as the Dean of Students at the Bear Valley Bible Institute in Denver. He is a graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching. Wayne holds a B.A., M.S., and MDiv from Amridge University. He is the director of Focal Point, a ministry workshop, hosted in the April each year in San Marcos, TX. Wayne hosts a leadership podcast entitled Authentically Adam. He and his wife, Shana Kaye were married in 1996. They have four daughters, two sons-in-law, two grandsons, and another grandchild on the way.

Wayne Jones

Mike Lewis

Mike Lewis has been a minister at the Flower Mound Church of Christ in Flower Mound, Texas for ten years.  He graduated from Oklahoma Christian University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education and in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Bible.  He has been married to his wife, Jennifer, for 34 years.  They have three children. Their son, Joseph, and his wife, Courtney, their daughter, Alexa and their daughter, Jana, and her husband, Joshua. Their family continues to grow. In addition to their three children, they have two grandchildren, Bonnie and Moses.

Tim Lewis

Tim is a graduate of Oklahoma Christian University.  He graduated in 1993 with a degree in English Education and obtained his Master's Degree in Ministry in 1998.  He served as the Preacher / Youth Minister for the Mt. Vernon church of Christ in Mt. Vernon, Missouri for 8 years before moving to Oklahoma City to begin his work with the North MacArthur congregation in 2004.  He has written a book entitled, The Domino Effect: Changing Your Life One Decision at a Time. Tim and his wife, Tawni, have two daughters, Macy and Callie, and one son Ryder.  

Eric Lyons

Eric Lyons has served as a full-time member of the Bible Department at Apologetics Press since 2001. In August 2023, he was appointed Executive Director of AP. Eric and his wife, Jana, live and worship in Wetumpka, Alabama, where Eric also served as a minister from 2007-2021 and an elder from 2018-2022.

Chris McCurley

Chris McCurley is the preaching minister for the Walnut Street Church of Christ in Dickson, TN.  Prior to ministry, Chris was a teacher and head basketball and baseball coach. Chris is married to Libby. They have 3 wonderful children: Keely (26), Zoe (23) and Zane (22).  Chris is editor and co-author of the books Fit for the Pulpit: The Preacher & His Challenges and Preach Better: 10 Ways to Communicate the Gospel More Effectively. He has also edited the books Girl, We Need to Talk: The Minister’s Wife & Her Struggles and Rest in Green Pastures, a book on shepherds in the Lord’s Church. He hosts a podcast entitled Dear Church. In his spare time, Chris spends his time fishing and hunting and spending time with his family. 

Jimie-Wray Mead

Jimie-Wray is the minister for the Hinton Church of Christ in Hinton, Oklahoma. He graduated with a Bible degree from Oklahoma Christian University in 1991 and received a Master of Arts Degree in Bible with specialization in Family Life Ministry in 2000. Jimie-Wray has served as a pulpit minister in Hinton, Muskogee, and Stillwater Oklahoma and in Hutchinson, Kansas. Jimie-Wray and his wife Karla have two children. Piper, married to Travis Frost, lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, with a 3-year-old son and a new baby.   Jimie-Wray and Karla’s son, Noah works in Washington DC and was recently married.

Chris Miller

Chris is a fourth generation New Zealand national. He grew up on a farm in the central North Island of New Zealand.  It was while Chris was traveling around the world for three years that he became a Christian in Southern California.  He would later meet Melinda in Limerick Ireland and get married in west Texas. Chris has three children and three grandchildren. He went through the South Pacific Bible College.  He has been a missionary in New Zealand for over 40 years where he preaches and evangelises and encourages churches and leaders both in New Zealand and the South Pacific and beyond.

Matthew Morine

Matthew is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada. He has a beautiful wife named Charity and two precious children Gabrielle and Noah. Matthew graduated from the Brown Trail School of Preaching, Heritage Christian University with his Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, Lipscomb University with his Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, and Freed-Hardeman University with his Master of Divinity degree, and Harding School of Theology with a Doctorate in Ministry. His articles have appeared in the World Evangelist, the Highway to Holiness, The West Virginia Christian, The Christian Echo, The Firm Foundation, Church Growth, the Gospel Advocate, and the Rocky Mountain Christian. Matthew presently serves as pulpit minister for the Castle Rock Church of Christ in Castle Rock, Colorado. He is the author of “Mountain Moving Faith” and “Natural Evangelism” which are both published by the Gospel Advocate.

        

           

Mani Pagidipalli

Mani is originally from India but did his school work in the US in medicine and in ministry. He is involved in many great works in India, including free medical clinics, helping orphans and widows, training local preachers and soul winning.

Keith Parker

Keith Parker has been married to Sandra Daniel Parker for 47 years and has three children: Jeremy (Pete), Ashley and Jessica. He also has six beautiful grandchildren. Keith is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, where he began preaching at 17. He attended Freed-Hardeman University where he received a B.A. in Bible and Lipscomb University where he received a Masters in Religion. Keith served as the pulpit minister for the Hendersonville Church of Christ in Hendersonville, Tennessee for 16 ½ years. He still makes his home in Hendersonville and for the last 14 years has been in full-time meeting work, preaching for about 40 different congregations each year.

Marisa Parker

Marisa Parker grew up in Illinois and is a graduate of Freed-Hardeman University. She and her husband Nick met as camp counselors at Ganderbrook Christian Youth Camp in Raymond, Maine, and after marrying in 2012 served as missionaries in Dunedin, New Zealand from 2013 to 2018. She is the mother of four little boys. She and Nick are currently members of Westside Church of Christ in Norman, OK where they have been blessed with the opportunity to teach as well as serve in the Gospel Outreach ministry.

Nick Parker

Nick Parker grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from Harding University with a degree in Youth and Family Ministry. He and his wife Marisa have been married since 2012. Beginning in 2013, Nick and Marisa were blessed to serve the Dunedin Church of Christ in New Zealand for five years as missionaries.  Since then, Nick has made a radical change to vocational ministry, taking over the local pawn shop in Noble, OK and striving daily to seek, serve, and share his faith. He is the proud father of four sons. Nick currently attends Westside Church of Christ in Norman, OK where he has been blessed with the opportunity to teach as well as serve in the Gospel Outreach ministry.

Tim Pyles

Tim Pyles received his education in ministry and theology at Lipscomb University: B.A. (1985), M.A. (2000).  He has served in congregational ministry with churches in Australia, Hawaii, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, and Oklahoma.  He has been involved in short-term mission efforts in Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Nigeria, Estonia, Ukraine, Honduras, and Mexico.  Since 2009, Tim has served as the preaching minister for the Broken Arrow (Oklahoma) Church of Christ. Tim and his wife Kim have been married for 35 years and have two children: daughter Hannah Kingcade and husband Reece, and son Coleman.  

Troy Rogers

Troy is married to Meagan. They have two children, Jacy & Jagger. He has been in ministry since 2008. He currently serves as the preaching minister for the Northwest church of Christ in Lawton, Oklahoma. He has been with that congregation for 11 years. In his spare time, he enjoys competing in Ironman triathlons. 

Randy Roper

Randy Roper began serving the Edmond Church in 1994 as the youth minister, and in 2000 transitioned into the role of family minister. In 2011, Randy moved again--this time to preaching minister. In his current role, he preaches regularly, plans the preaching calendar, and is involved in staff leadership and strategic planning for the congregation. Randy has a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Oklahoma Christian University. Randy enjoys playing golf, watching OU sports and spending time with his wife, Kerianne, and their family.

Steven Yeakley

Steven Yeakley is currently the Church Growth Specialist for Truth for Today. He has been in ministry for over 40 years. In that time, he developed various ministries, directed mission trips, and conducted teacher training and seminars. He has been married to his wife, Shelley, for 42 years. They have three children.