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Dr. Tim Keller - Senior Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Dr. Timothy J. Keller is senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, a church-plant of Presbyterian Church in America that Keller helped found in 1989. Today, Redeemer Presbyterian has a church attendance of approximately 4,500 members and regular attendees.
Keller grew up in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and attended Bucknell University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the Westminster Theological Seminary. During his seminary training, Keller met and married the former Kathy Louise Kristy. Today, they have three sons: David, Michael, and Jonathan.
Prior to serving at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, he served three years as an associate on staff with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship in Boston, Mass. Following his time at Inter-Varsity, Keller served as a pastor for nine years at Presbyterian Church in America in Boston. While fulfilling his pastoral duties during that time, Keller also served as director of church planting for his denomination in the Middle Atlantic region, supervising the development of some two dozen new congregations.
During the mid 1980s the Keller family moved to Philadelphia, where Keller served on the faculty of Westminster Seminary, teaching communication and leadership. While in Philadelphia, the Kellers became involved in Urban Ministry. In Philadelphia, while actively involved in an evangelistic outreach to Muslims, he also chaired an evangelical organization reaching out to the homosexual population.
Keller is the author of two books, "Resources for Deacons" and "Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road." Currently, he and his family reside on Roosevelt Island in New York. |
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Dr. David Ireland - Senior Pastor of Christ Church
Dr. David D. Ireland is the senior pastor of the 5,000 member Christ Church in Montclair, N.J., which he began in 1986 with six people. He holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a graduate degree in civil engineering from Stevens Institue of Technology, a graduate degree in theology from Alliance Theological Seminary and an earned Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University.
Ireland has written a number of books including "Journey to the Mountain of God," "Secrets of a Satisfying Life," "Perfecting Your Purpose," and "Why Drown When You Can Walk on Water?"
He also serves on several boards such as Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary. He and his wife Marlinda have been married for 20 years, and they are the parents of two teenage daughters, Danielle and Jessica. |
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Rev. Troy Gramling - Senior Pastor of Flamingo Road Church
Rev. Troy Gramling is the lead Pastor at Flamingo Road Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Over the last four years, Gramling has led Flamingo Road Church through a transition in leadership and into a new facility as the church has grown to a weekly attendance of 5,200. Gramling excels in leadership development and is well known for his extreme creativity in designing unexpected worship experiences.
Gramling's vision is fueled by his passion and his burden to partner with the South Florida Community so that they can reach their God potential and connect with God, become like Christ and influence the world.
He and his wife Stephanie live in Pembroke Pines, Fla. They have three children: Tyler, Carson and Baylee. |
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Rev. Mike Breaux - Willow Creek Teaching Pastor
Mike Breaux has been a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church since 2003. He also serves as a teaching pastor for Heartland Community Church, an innovative ministry in Rockford, Ill. Before moving to the Chicagoland area, Breaux spent eight years as the senior pastor at Southland Christian Church in his hometown of Lexington, Ky. Prior to that, he led a team to start Canyon Ridge Christian Church in Las Vegas, Nev. Breaux is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in Illinois.
Breaux has a passion for seeing people's hearts connect to the life-changing grace of God and his engaging style of teaching often makes room for that to happen. His teaching began with youth, and since 1988, he's been doing what he calls, "Youth ministry for big people." His philosophy of ministry is love God, love people."
Breaux and his wife Debbie have three children Jodi, Derrick and Drew and two grandchildren. His personal interests are his relationships with his family, basketball, golf and music. He is the author of "Making Ripples" and the soon to be released "Identity Theft". |
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