Equipped & Engaged

Greg Koukl
Founder and President, Stand to Reason

Greg's teaching has been featured on Focus on the Family radio, he’s been interviewed for CBN and the BBC, and did a one-hour national television debate with Deepak Chopra on Lee Strobel's “Faith Under Fire.” Greg has been quoted in U.S. News & World Report and the L.A. Times. An award-winning writer, Greg is author of Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air with Francis J. Beckwith, and Precious Unborn Human Persons. Greg has published more than 145 articles and has spoken on more than 40 university and college campuses both in the U.S. and abroad.

Whitworth maintains a very positive trajectory under Robinson's leadership. Over the past five years, freshman applications have increased from roughly 1,200 to more than 5,000, undergraduate enrollment has reached capacity, and, through steadily rising retention, the total student body has grown to 2,600. During Robinson's tenure, Whitworth has completed a number of capital projects, including its beautiful campus center, an athletics complex for soccer, softball and field events, expanded and renovated classroom/ faculty-office buildings, and two academic buildings. Also, in both of the first two years of Christianity Today's national survey on the attitudes of employees at Christian organizations, Whitworth was named the best workplace in its category (colleges/universities/ seminaries).

A communications scholar who has distinguished himself as a teacher, speaker and community leader, Robinson received his bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa, his master's degree from Wheaton College, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He also studied at Princeton Theological Seminary and the Moody Bible Institute. Most of his scholarly work has focused on organizational, cross-cultural and interpersonal communication. He has also done informal research in undergraduate majors of religion and philosophy. In 2002, Robinson published a book, Leading People from the Middle: The Universal Mission of Mind and Heart, with Executive Excellence Publishing; his second book, Incarnate Leadership, was released by Zondervan in February 2009.
 

Dr. David Ferguson
Intimate Life Ministries

David Ferguson and his wife, Teresa, are directors of Intimate Life Ministries, serving thousands of churches and ministry leaders worldwide. Early in his church ministry, David, like so many in Christian ministries, tried unsuccessfully to achieve balance between ministry and family demands. Out of an intense desire to honor God and minister to the needs of his family, he rediscovered a biblical principle that transformed his life, his family, and his ministry to others. For more than twenty years the Fergusons have helped people discover how to deepen intimacy with God and strengthen relationships in marriage, family, and the church.

David has a M.Ed. from SouthwestTexasStateUniversity and two doctoral degrees from OxfordGraduateSchool. He is a member of the Oxford Society of Scholars.David and Teresa have been married more than thirty-five years and have co-authored several books and numerous articles. They reside in Austin, Texas, and have three adult children—Terri, Robin, and Eric—and four grandchildren.

Kevin Perry

Kevin is a graduate of MiddleTennesseeStateUniversity. While in college he served for 3 years with the North Carolina Baptist State Convention's youth evangelism division in the area of music. After college Kevin traveled playing guitar and singing with Christian artists Jeni Varnadeau and Erin O'Donnell while also serving 2 years on the Integrity Music worship team for Familylife's "I Still Do" one-day marriage events. For the past several years Kevin has worked in music production with Integrity Music, Brentwood-Benson Music and Lifeway Christian Resources. He has produced cd's for churches and independent worship leaders nationwide as well as working with Travis Cottrell, FFH, Mandisa, Paul Wilbur, Geoff Moore, Jennifer Rothschild and others. For the past 10 years Kevin has served alongside author Beth Moore as a member of the worship team with Travis Cottrell for her "Living Proof Live" events. During that time he also helped produce some of Beth's musical accompaniment cd's such as "Voices of the Faithful," "The Patriarchs" and "Living Proof Live 3."  Kevin and his wife Alicia were married in 2000 and have one child, Karleigh.

Thomas Parker

Thomas is the music minister at Garner Advent Christian Church in Garner, North Carolina, where he and his wife, Karen, have served since 2003. They have three children — Kyler (15), Klaiborne (10) and Kreston (7). Thomas attended Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tenn. Prior to his ministry at Garner, Thomas served as Music and Youth Pastor in North Carolina within the Church of God and the Assembly of God denominations.

David L Van Huisen

David has been active in Christian ministry for the better part of 40 years. He was called to the ministry through Youth For Christ in Grand Rapids, MI in 1969 and he has been blessed to serve Christ’s church in several different capacities.

Currently, David and Sherry attend Water of Life Community Church in Jenison, MI. They have been blessed by God to share w/ other ministries as worship leaders, speakers, disciplers and servants. They use their gifts and talents on a regular basis at the Guiding Light Mission, the Stockbridge Boiler Room, Railside Living Center and the Buist Community Assistance Center. David also directs a youth worship band at Fellowship Reformed Church in Hudsonville, MI. Both David and Sherry are actively mentoring young men and women in their community.

Scott Erikson

Scott is a working studio artist who is also the founder of the Transpire Project, a network of artists who desire to bring the making of art into public spaces. Scott has collaborated with a number of non-profits, such as WorldVision and International Justice Mission, using his art skills for advocacy and fund-raising.  He has also worked with a number of musicians and has been on two nation-wide tours making art in live concert settings. Scotts work has been exhibited throughout the Seattle area, and in galleries in Atlanta and Central California. He currently lives with his wife Holly in Houston, TX where Scott is the artist in residence at Ecclesia Church.