Dr. Bruce Moyer

Evangelist

Dr. Bruce Moyer currently serves as President of Vennard College were he has previously served as Professor and Academic Dean.  He has also served as a Youth Minister and Pastor in The Evangelical Church and spent 4 years as a missionary in Bolivia.

Dr. Moyer serves as the Denominational Secretary, on the Commission on the Discipline and on the Ministerial Training Committee for The Evangelical Church.  He is on the Boards of Directors for World Gospel Mission and The Association for Biblical Higher Education.  He is also a frequent Bible Teacher and Evangelist for camps, churches, and retreats.

Dr. Moyer has received a BA in Bible/Theology from Vennard College, a Mdiv from Wesley Biblical Seminary, a ThM in Systematic Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a PhD in Historical Theology from Marquette University.

Since August 3, 1973, Dr. Moyer has been married to Ruth.  They have two cats: Jaspurr and Ann E.  He loves to golf and write devotional literature.

Dr. Daniel L Tipton

Evangelist

Dr. Daniel Tipton is a 1969 graduate of Circleville Bible College with a Bachelor of Theology Degree.  He earned a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1972, and the Doctor of Ministry from the same seminary in 1980.  He served as the pastor at the Winchester, Ohio, Church of Christ in Christian Union from 1972 until 1980, when he was elected to serve as the District Superintendent with his denomination.  In 1986, he was also elected to serve as the Assistant General Superintendent of the Churches of Christ in Christian Union.   In 1990, he was elected to serve as the General Superintendent of the denomination, and served in that capacity until 2006.

His denominational services have carried his ministries across a significant portion of the United States and into ministry in the Caribbean region, Canada, Mexico, South America, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.  He serves on various Boards, such as the Board of Trustees of Wesley Biblical Seminary and World Gospel Mission.  He and his wife, Dixie, have two sons which reside near Circleville, Ohio.

Dr. Philip Granger 

- Cancelled due to illiness - Dr. Bruce Moyer and Dr. Daniel Tipton will be speaking in his place. 

Evangelist 

Phil is the President and CEO of the Mission Society.  He began his career as a certified public accountant and was elected Vice President and Controller of First Federal Savings and Loan of Chicago, the tenth largest savings and loan in the country.  Later in response to God’s call, Phil earned a master’s degree in Divinity from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and then a doctor of Ministry degree from Oral Roberts University.  Phil has served for many years on the board of Hope for Today ministries in India and the Good News board.  His daughter also served as a missionary to Russia with the Mission Society.  He has been a delegate to four consecutive general conferences.  Phil and wife, Sue, live in Sugar Hill, Georgia and have two grown children, Randy and Candace.

Rev. Todd Eckhart

Evangelist 

Todd Eckhart serves as the director of World Connection for World Gospel Mission, and is based in Marion, Indiana.  In this ministry, he is responsible for coordinating the efforts of a team of people who recruit, train, and mobilize people to serve with World Gospel Mission in many ways:  from career missionaries to Men with Vision work teams, to student ministries, to short term trips for college youth.

Dr. John Oswalt

Bible Teacher

John Oswalt, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, is Research Professor of Old Testament at Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He began his term of service at Wesley in July, 1999. Prior to that he was Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky from 1989-1999. This was his second term on that faculty, having first served from 1970 through 1982. In the interim he was President of Asbury College (1983-1986) and a member of the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois (1986-1989). He is married to the former Karen Kennedy, and they have three children.

Dr. Oswalt holds degrees from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana; Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky; and Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. From Brandeis he received the Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies. His particular interest is in Old Testament studies with special attention to the Hebrew language and to the formation of Hebrew religion against the background of the ancient Near East.

Dr. Oswalt’s writings have appeared in Bible encyclopedias, scholarly journals, and popular religious periodicals. Many of these articles have dealt with the application of Biblical teachings to modern ethical questions. He has written five books, the most noteworthy of these being a two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. This work was completed in 1998. His most recent book is Called to Be Holy: A Biblical Perspective on Christian Holiness (Evangel Press: 1999). He was the Old Testament editor of the Wesley Bible, a study Bible from the Wesleyan perspective published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 1990, and also served as consulting editor for the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (Zondervan, 1997). He was a member of the New International Version translation team, and is currently one of a six-member editorial team which has revised the Living Bible (New Living Translation, 1996) and is continuing the revision process with Tyndale House Publishers.

Dr. Oswalt is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, with membership in the Kentucky Annual Conference of that denomination. He has served as part-time pastor to congregations in New England and Kentucky, and is a frequent speaker in conferences, camps and local churches.

 Rev. Bert Kettinger

Song Leader

Burt Kettinger's rich bass/baritone voice has been a source of much comfort and encouragement to many over the years. Having grown up at the piano, his keyboard stylings add to the versatility and beauty of his concerts. Burt often hears how his music relaxes people, but most importantly, people frequently tell him how God has spoken to them through his ministry and how they sense the presence of Christ in his life. This is Burt's main goal, in order that Jesus Christ may be glorified.

Burt is committed to giving people insight into the Word of God. He loves to sing songs that either have a biblical text, or are at least based in the Scriptures. He firmly believes that those are the only words which can bring life, hope, and guaranteed results.

In addition to having a master's degree in voice from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Burt is also an ordained minister with the Evangelical Free Church of America. As such, he does a good deal of preaching in addition to his singing as he journeys wherever the Lord opens a door for ministry.

Burt has been traveling full-time since June 1974. Much of his work in earlier years was in affiliation with The Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Burt was the solo voice on Moody Presents from 1974 - 1987, and can now be heard each week as one of the soloists on Songs in the Night from historic Moody Memorial Church. Thanks to Moody Radio, as well as many other radio networks, his musical ministry has traveled much farther than he has personally gone.

Burt's ministry has reached into 49 of the United States and more than 20 other countries. Sound Servant Ministries (SSM), located in Wheaton, Illinois, is the corporation under which Burt travels in his concert/preaching ministry. SSM's vision - as well as Burt's heartcry - is to encourage all who are in pilgrimage with Jesus Christ, as well as to bring new followers into His Kingdom.