James Strong
James Strong was an American Methodist biblical scholar and educator, and the creator of Strong’s Concordance.
David K. Bernard
David K. Bernard is the general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International, which has 4 million constituents in over 40,000 churches in 225 nations and territories. He founded New Life Church of Austin, Texas, out of which 16 additional churches were started under his leadership. He was also the founding president of Urshan College and Urshan Graduate School of Theology. He earned the master and doctor of theology in New Testament from the University of South Africa, doctor of jurisprudence with honors from the University of Texas, and bachelor of arts magna cum laude in mathematical sciences and managerial studies from Rice University. The author of 36 books with circulation of 900,000, he has been published in 39 languages and has ministered in 70 countries on six continents. He and his wife, Connie, have three children and several grandchildren.
Daniel L. Segraves
Dr. Segraves is an ordained minister with the United Pentecostal Church International. He enjoys studying, teaching, and writing about Holy Scripture. H received a call from God at the age of sixteen. Over the past fifty-four years since he graduated from two Bible colleges, earned the M.A. in Exegetical Theology with highest honors and the Th.M. with honors from Western Seminary and the Ph.D. in Renewal Studies with dual emphases in Christian Theology and Christian History from Regent University School of Divinity.
He has written more than fifteen books and he is a professor of biblical studies at Urshan Graduate School of Theology. Previously, he served at Christian Life College (Stockton, CA) as executive vice-president for nineteen and one-half years and as president for five and one-half years. During those twenty-five years, he served as chair of the department of theology.
Thom S. Rainer
Thom S. Rainer is the president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources. Prior to LifeWay, he served at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for twelve years where he was the founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Master of Divinity and Ph.D. degrees from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
In addition to speaking in hundreds of venues over the past 20 years, Rainer led Rainer Group, a church and denominational consulting firm, from 1990 to 2005. The firm provided church health insights to over 500 churches and other organizations over that period.
Rainer and his wife, Nellie Jo, have three grown sons: Sam, Art and Jess, who are married to Erin, Sarah and Rachel respectively. The Rainers have ten grandchildren: Canon, Maggie, Nathaniel, Will (with the Lord), Harper, Bren, Joshua, Collins, Joel, and James.