WACMM Conference Speakers
Saturday April 18, 2015 - 8:30 am - 4:55 pm
Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg MD
KEYNOTERS (our keynoters will also be doing breakout sessions)
Dr. Owen Strachan, President of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW), a nationally renowned advocate and spokesman for biblical manhood. Owen also teaches at Southern Seminary in Louisville KY and is the author of Risky Gospel. Owen and his wife Bethany have three children. Keynote Topic: Where Are the Mighty Men of God? Breakout Topic: Christianity Is About Risk, Not Safety - Room: Auditorium
Rev. Tony Carter, Lead Pastor, East Point Church in East Point GA. Tony is a prominent presenter of the gospel and living in light of its power, truth and freedom. He's a author of Blood Work and What is the Gospel: Life's Most Important Question. Tony and his wife Adriane have five children. Keynote Topic: What Manner of Man? Breakout Topic: Manhood Reflecting Christ; Room: Auditorium
BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS (eight in AM and seven different in PM)
Each breakout speaker will present a 75-minute session on a topic relevant to men.There will also be panel discussions, stage interviews and audience participation.
Carlos Duran, Founder, Hombres de la Palabra, Germantown MD; For 12 years he served as Promise Keepers national coordinator of Hispanic Outreach; Germantown MD: Topic: Leave Your Legacy by Building a Dynasty; Room: 154-156
George Lawson, Senior Pastor, Baltimore Bible Church; he is a graduate of Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley CA; Baltimore MD; Topic: Are You Really Pro-Marriage? Confronting the Counterfeits; Room: Edwards
Curtis Allen - rapper, pastor, Solid Rock Church, Riverdale MD and author of Does God Listen to Rap?: Christians and the World's Most Controversial Music
Topic: Real Men Show Real Weakness; Room: Library
George "Chip" Grange, co-founder of Gammon & Grange, P.C In McLean VA. For nearly four decades he has provided counsel to entrepreneurial ventures, businesses, nonprofit organizations, religious ministries, and churches; Topic: Perspiration, Panoramas and Prayer: Lessons From a Climb to “Angels Landing” Room: 153-155
Tim Goeglein, Vice President, Focus on the Family; Washington DC; former assistant to the President of US; author of The Man in the Middle: An Inside Account of Faith and Politics Topic: Faith in the Halls of Power; Room: Events Center
Sebastian Traeger, Executive Vice President, International Missions Board (IMB), Richmond VA and author of The Gospel at Work: How Working for King Jesus Gives Purpose and Meaning to Our Jobs; Topic: How to Choose a Job: A Christian’s Guide To Career Planning; Room: Edwards
Mark Stephens, Maryland State Director, Fellowship of Christian Athletes; former Executive Pastor, Seneca Creek Community Church; Frederick MD; Topic: Dads and Daughters; Room: 226
Jose Mercado, Senior Pastor, Iglesia Gracia Soberana de Gaithersburg MD, which he has led for the past six years; M. Div. from the Master’s Seminary; Topic: Are You Really Pro-Marriage? Confronting the Counterfeits; Room: 228
Wes Yoder, Founder, Ambassador Agency, a Christian-based speakers & literary bureau; author of Bond of Brothers: Connecting with Other Men Beyond Work, Weather and Sports; Nashville TN; Topic: Bond of Brothers; Room: Spurgeon
Bobby Manning, Sr. Pastor, First Baptist Church of District Heights MD; author of Saving Our Boys, Effectively Engaging Young Men of Color
Topic: Inside the minds of Next Generation Men Leaders; Room: Spurgeon
John Freeman, President, Harvest USA, Philadelphia PA; author of Hide or Seek: When Men Get Real with God About Sex Topic: Keep Yourself from Idols in a Sex-Saturated World; Room: Library
Gary Yagel, Founder, Forging Bonds of Brothers; men's consultant PCA; author of Intimacy: God's Design for Marriage; Olney, MD; Solving the Intimacy Misconnect in Marriage; Room: 228
Kevin Rogers, pastor, Covenant Life Church, Gaithersburg MD; he’s a Liberty University grad & has served at Covenant Life for seven years; Topic: Ministering to Men with Same Sex Attraction; Room: 154-156
Greg Somerville, pastor Covenant Life Church staff since 1997 overseeing the church’s day school and home school programs, caring for parents and teens, and leading the Middle School ministry; Topic: Perspiration, Panoramas and Prayer: Lessons From a Climb to “Angels Landing” ; Room: 153-155
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