After 19 years of ministry at North Shore Bible Church in Essex, MA, as an elder and an ordained pastor, Dana stepped down from his position of Lead Pastor at the end of 2019. His desire is to continue to preach the transformative Word of God in Bible-believing churches, especially those which might be struggling or in transition. Dana’s preaching style is expositional, verse-by-verse. Samples of his sermons can be found at northshorebiblechurch.com (“Sermon Archive”). […]
• Master of Divinity from Southern Seminary (Louisville, KY), 2005• Ordained in the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), with additional vocational experience in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and Bible Baptist Fellowship International (BBFI)• Twelve years in vocational ministry, with six of those years as a Lead Pastor and primary weekend speaker• Experience preaching in church settings ranging from very traditional to exceptionally modern• Experience preaching in churches ranging from as few as 20’s to […]
Walt has served as a Pastor and preached the word of God for more than 20 years in Connecticut. He holds an MDiv degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in Deerfield, IL He has a passion to see lives transformed by the word of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, whether that’s seeing God use his preaching to bring people into His kingdom or to help God’s people better live their lives for […]
Chris Raker is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. For almost 40 years he has been teaching and equipping Christians and church leaders to understand the Bible and apply it to their lives and their service in the church. As a retired church planter and pastor he is currently teaching at the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies in Lenox, MA (where he has taught courses on Romans, Worldview Apologetics, Ethics, and Old Testament Survey), directs […]
A native of New England, Skip grew up between homes in Essex, CT and Cuttyhunk Island, MA. During high school, Skip studied at a vocational technical school to become an electrician. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the US Navy and served as a Sonar Technician on board a nuclear submarine. While in the Navy, however, his whole life changed. He became a Christian. After serving six years in the Navy, Skip was honorably discharged and […]
Bill Stevenson was a missionary to Japan with an independent Baptist Mission for 16 years. He then pastored independent Baptist Churches, in Brockport, NY for 18 years and Lewiston, ME for 9 years. He recently retired from full-time ministry but is available for pulpit supply and interim pastorates. Bill has a BA from Eastern University, an MDiv from Palmer Seminary [Philadelphia] and a DMin from Clarks Summit Baptist Seminary [PA]. A complete Doctrinal Statement and […]
Name: David A. Reed Home church: Church in the Pines, Wareham, Massachusetts Pastor: Joel Knudsen Denomination: Independent Statement of Faith/Theology: Conservative Baptist Education/Experience: Majored in political science at Harvard on a National Merit Scholarship. Served a decade as a contributing editor with Dr. Walter Martin’s Christian Research Journal. Author of Jehovah’s Witnesses Answered Verse by Verse (Baker Books) and 20 other Christian books, with a circulation of nearly 1/2-million in a dozen languages, including How […]
Creation speaker Joel Tay became a Christian at the age of seven after his father, a pastor, shared the Gospel with him. Ever since, he has been interested in apologetics and the defense of the faith, and in particular how evolution affects Christian theology. In 2001, He graduated with a Diploma in Biotechnology (equivalent to a 3 year Associate Degree) from Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) with an emphasis on the commercial viability of rooftop hydroponics […]
Although creation speaker Keaton Halley was converted to Christ as a young boy, for years he had unanswered questions about why evolution and the evidence he learned in science classes was not consistent with the Bible stories he heard in church. It wasn’t until his senior year of high school that he first heard a creation speaker explain how the geological evidence, dinosaurs, and biological complexity were completely consistent with the Bible’s historical account. To […]
Creation Speaker Dr Robert Carter was converted to Christ at an early age, but did not know what to do with the theory of evolution. He always knew what he wanted to believe, but had no way to express what he was thinking and no evidence to support his views. In his freshman year of college, he was exposed to the information for creation for the first time and soon after adopted it as his […]
