Speakers

Stephen Gaukroger

   

Stephen is the Director of Clarion Trust International. He is a senior church leader in the UK, having pastored two large churches and served as President of the Baptist Union. Over the last 10 years he has spoken to leaders and been involved in evangelistic events in over 25 countries around the world. He is a prolific author (over 20 books) whose writing has been widely translated. He is married to Janet & they have 3 adult children.

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Carl Beech

    

Carl became a follower of Jesus at the age of 18. After studying a degree in engineering he has worked as a  church planter, youth worker, and senior pastor of a large multi-congregational church, and now heads up Christian Vision for Men, a national movement focused on introducing men to Jesus and equipping the church for the task. Carl enjoys sporting challenges and has in the last few years cycled from Lands End to John o’Groats, Calais to Nice and the length of Italy - all in under 9 days.

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Gerald Bray

    

Gerald is the Anglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School and teaches church history, historical theology, and Latin. Before coming to Beeson in 1993, he lectured in theology and philosophy at Oak Hill College in London. A prolific author, Dr. Bray has published many scholarly articles and books, and his book, ‘Biblical Interpretation: Past and Present’ (IVP), was voted as one of the ten books every pastor should read.

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Graham Daniels

   

Graham joined Christians in Sport in 1989 and took over the role of General Director from the organisation’s founder Andrew Wingfield Digby in 2002. Graham currently plays football for Cambridge Veterans and manages his village football team, Hardwick, in the Cambridgeshire League.

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Andy Hawthorne

  

Andy is the Chief Executive and Founder of the Message Trust. Since leaving his clothing business to work full time in schools in 1992, Andy has built a formidable reputation as a champion for young people and a pioneer of initiatives that help the hardest-to-reach young people in schools, prisons and disadvantaged local communities. The Message Trust now reaches over 100,000 young people a year in Greater Manchester and beyond.

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David Jackman

   

David is a renowned evangelical Christian speaker, and former president of The Proclamation Trust.He founded the Cornhill Training Course in 1991 and was previously Minister of the Above Bar Church, Southampton from 1976 - 1991.

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Alec Motyer

   

Alec was born and brought up in Ireland. He is a well-known Bible expositor and from an early age has had a love for studying God’s Word. He was formerly principal of Trinity College, Bristol and has written many books on the Old Testament.

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Rico Tice

   

Rico was ordained in 1994 and was appointed soon after to the staff team at All Souls, Langham Place. Born in Chile in 1966, Rico grew up in Uganda and Zaire. At All Souls, his main role is to help the hundreds of enquirers about the Christian faith who come through the doors of the church each year. He has spent the last few years developing ‘Christianity Explored’ which he co-wrote.

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