Speaker: Dr. Steve Lawson
Bio: Dr. Steven J. Lawson is the Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, having served as a pastor in Arkansas and Alabama for 28 years. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University (B.B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Reformed Theological Seminary (D.Min.) He is the author of fifteen books, including The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards, The Expository Genius of John Calvin, and Foundations of Grace.
Dr. Lawson's pulpit ministry takes him around the world, most recently to Russia, Ukraine, Wales, England, Ireland, Germany, and many conferences in the United States, including The Shepherd's Conference in Sun Valley, California and the National Ligonier Conference in Orlando Florida.
He is president of New Reformation, a ministry designed to bring about biblical reformation in the church today. He serves on the Executive Board of The Master's Seminary and College, teaches expository preaching at The Master's Seminary in the doctor of ministry program, and teaches in The Expositor's Institute at Grace Community Church. Dr. Lawson has participated in the Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series at The Master's Seminary, lecturing in 2004 on "Expository Preaching of the Psalms." He also serves on the Advisory Council for Samara Preachers' Institute & Theological Seminary in Samara, Russia.
We are privileged to have Dr. Lawson with us for the Preaching for a Change Expositors Conference 2010 at Mission Peak Baptist Church. We are confident that you will be strengthened in your teaching and preaching ministry as a result of Dr. Lawson’s biblical instruction.

Special Music: Thomas Pryde
Tom Pryde has a great way to make Scripture more memorable, he has set it to music. Tom, accompanied by his wife Martha and five children, travels across the country to local churches teaching, preaching, and singing in his ministry called Sermons in Song. Tom is a graduate of International Baptist College, with additional graduate work at International Baptist College and Cornerstone Theological Seminary. He has worked in ministry as a missionary, a pastor, a youth leader, a worship leader, and song writer. He is also teaching online classes in Hermeneutics and Biblical Counseling and serves as the vice president at Veritas School of Theology which is a ministry designed to equip pastors and then to help pastors equip their people in their understanding of God and in their Christian service. We will be blessed by Tom leading us in worship and singing some of his sermons in song during this conference.