Confirmed Speakers

Week 2 Speakers


Bible Reading Speaker

Paul Mallard is now Director of Training and Development of the Midlands Gospel Partnership, having served as senior Pastor at Woodgreen since 1995. He is zealous for teaching the Bible so that it is readily understood and applicable to life today. He believes training a new generation of Christian leaders is very important. Paul also served as the President of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) from April 2004 to August 2007.

Paul is married to Edrie and they have four children: 2 boys - Caleb and Amos, and 2 girls - Keziah and Emmaus. He still feels a great affection for Birmingham where he was born and brought up and is a keen West Bromwich Albion supporter.

 

 

Joe Stowell is the President of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. An internationally recognized conference speaker, Joe has also written numerous books including The Trouble with Jesus, Following Christ, Simply Jesus and You, and Radical Reliance.
Joe also works with RBC Ministries in Grand Rapids,and has his own web ministry, Strength for the Journey, featuring daily devotionals, weekly messages and commentary, downloadable Bible study curriculum, and an audio library of his most requested messages.


Joe serves on the Board of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Wheaton College, and has a distinguished career in higher education and church leadership.


Joe and his wife Martie are the parents of three adult children and ten grandchildren.
Derek Tidball was Principal of the London School of Theology from 1995-2007. He has served as pastor of two Baptist churches and began teaching at LBC in 1972. He was President of the Baptist Union 1990-1991 and became a Vice-President of the Evangelical Alliance in 1995. For four years he was the Head of the Mission Department of the Baptist Union.

Derek is the author of over 20 books. Among his recent publications are Signposts: A devotional Map of the Psalms (IVP) and The Message of Holiness in IVP’s Bible Speaks Today Series. He edits the Bible Themes Series of BST.

Derek lives in Leicester and divides his time between theological education, writing and preaching. He is married to Dianne who is Regional Minister for the East Midlands Baptist Association

 

 Iain Murray, is a minister emeritus of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, who currently lives in Scotland. Co-founder of the Banner of Truth Trust (1957), he was assistant to Martyn Lloyd-Jones before serving pastorates in London and Sydney. The author of several books on Christian leaders and evangelical history, he believes that preaching is the foremost means by which Christ’s kingdom has always been advanced. Born in England, of Scots parents, and with an Australian passport, he describes his nationality as ‘mongrel’. Now in his 55th year of marriage, he first came to Keswick with his future wife, Jean Ann, in 1953.

 

 

 

 

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