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Conversations with Fathers of the FaithLeadership Series BenefitsDesigned to serve Pastors and Leaders
Combined 3+ Centuries of Experience
Watch at your convenience
Great for Team Building with Leadership .
Use with Elders, Staff and Church Leaders
Audio CDs of the sessions included
Focus on Six Key Areas
Challenging and Thought Provoking Insight
Journal and Leaders Guide Included
Pricing Points for all Sized Groups
Contact Information
General Information:
615-377-4688
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Fathers of the Faith - The Fathers~ Henry Blackaby ~ Loren Cunningham ~ Jack Hayford ~ Lloyd Ogilvie ~ John Perkins ~ Winkie Pratney ~
Henry BlackabyPlease note: Although Dr. Blackaby agreed to participate with us at the original taping there has been a known scheduling conflict since the beginning that made it unable for him to be present at The Cove. However, we were able to add his unique perspective and wisdom to the mix during a private DVD shoot.
Born in British Columbia, Dr. Blackaby has devoted his lifetime to ministry. He has served as a music director, education director, and pastor in churches in California and Canada, as well as president of Canadian Baptist Theological College for seven years and president of the Canadian Southern Baptist Conference. He has provided leadership to thousands of pastors and laymen across North America and has spoken to missionaries and other groups in over ninety countries of the world. Dr. Blackaby studied English and history at the University of British Columbia as an undergraduate and earned his B.D. and Th.M. from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds four honorary doctorate degrees. In 1970, Dr. Blackaby followed God’s call to pastor a tiny church in Saskatoon, Canada. Not only did Faith Baptist Church grow to many times its original membership, but it led to the founding of thirty-eight new churches and became a center for pastoral training. Dr. Blackaby went on to serve on staff at the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through the Home Mission Board, he led revival and spiritual awakening in the life of the convention. He also served as special assistant to the presidents of the International Mission Board and LifeWay Christian Resources. Although he is now officially retired, Dr. Blackaby continues to provide consultative leadership in the life of the Christian community as well as among CEO’s throughout North America. Dr. Blackaby has published an array of spiritually influential messages in his lifetime, most notably Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God (1990), which has sold 7 million copies and has been translated into over 45 languages. His books, Experiencing God Together and Experiencing God Day by Day Devotional, both won the Gold Medallion Award. Henry lives with his wife, Marilynn, in Rex, Georgia. He has five children all of whom are serving in Christian ministry, and fourteen grandchildren. His long-range goal is to encourage revival and spiritual awakening in the United States, Canada, and across the world through speaking, praying, enlisting, writing and mentoring. His hobbies are reading and traveling.
Website: www.blackaby.org
Loren Cunningham
Loren is also one of three founders and the President of the University of the Nations (UofN), YWAM's global university, and the leader of the Kona Campus in Hawaii. Since the university’s inception in 1978, the UofN has grown to offer more than 800 different kinds of courses and seminars (some of which are offered in 60+ languages), held at more than 500 locations/campuses in more than 140 countries. There are currently approximately 150,000 students registered within the global UofN system who have taken at least a Discipleship Training School (the entry course and prerequisite for all other UofN courses, for pursuing a UofN degree, and/or for becoming YWAM staff). Loren has personally gone to every sovereign nation on earth, all dependent countries, and more than 150 territories and islands, for the sake of the Gospel. This has given him valuable insights into global trends and uniquely prepares him to share God's strategies for world evangelism. His wisdom, experience, leadership understanding and call to build bridges of unity within the body of Christ have caused him to be sought out by leaders of nations and organizations worldwide. He speaks publicly in 30 to 40 nations a year, and has spoken to live audiences from a few to more than a million people gathered in one location. Born in Taft, California, Loren’s family heritage is rich with generations of Christian ministers. His educational background includes three Bachelor degrees, a Master of Science in Administration of Education, and three Honorary Doctorates. Loren is the author of five books: Is That Really You, God? (translated into more than 100 languages) Making Jesus Lord, Daring to Live on the Edge, Why Not Women? and The Book that Transforms Nations—the Power of the Bible to Change any Country. Website: www.ywam.com
Jack Hayford
As the founding pastor of The Church On The Way, a pastorate that began as a “temporary” assignment to shepherd 18 people in 1969 and continued fruitfully for more than three decades as the congregation grew to more than 10,000 members. A nationally and internationally recognized scholar and teacher, Dr. Hayford draws on a wealth of experience to mentor other leaders and today is recognized as a “pastor to pastors.” His travels and ministry to denominational and interdenominational gatherings have caused Pastor Hayford to become an acknowledged bridge-builder—helping forge healthy bonds among all sectors of the Church. The current focus of Dr. Hayford’s ministry is to equip pastors of many church affiliations, serving diverse communities around the world. This is accomplished through the following venues:
A prolific and best-selling author, Pastor Hayford has penned more than four-dozen books and 600 hymns and choruses, including the internationally known and widely recorded Majesty. In addition, Pastor Hayford is a frequent contributor to Christian periodicals and is the general editor of the Spirit-Filled Life publications produced by Thomas Nelson that have sold more than two million volumes. Hayford’s Electronic Spirit-Filled Life Library is a cutting-edge resourcefor today’s leaders. Soon to be released is the Spirit-Filled Life Commentary, a several volume exposition and study guide of the Bible. Nationally and internationally, Dr. Hayford addresses a broad range of gatherings and audiences annually. He has traveled and ministered in more than 40 nations. He is Chairman of the Board of Living Way Ministries, which is responsible for developing and distributing the media and print resources from his teaching ministry. Over the past three decades, Living Way has distributed millions of his teaching cassettes worldwide. In addition, Pastor Hayford reaches an international audience through daily radio and weekly television programs. With keen insight into God’s Word and a commitment to practical application, he has become recognized for balance in preaching the truth. He avoids extremes, while not diluting or compromising the demands of truth, graciously revealing the heart of a holy and merciful God for each situation or issue. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Oakland, Calif., Dr. Hayford has been married since 1954 to Anna (Smith) Hayford. The couple has four children and eleven grandchildren.
Lloyd Ogilvie
As a pastor of a large congregation in the communications capitol, his guiding conviction was that all Christians are called into ministry and that the role of the local church is to equip them to be a bold, articulate apostolate of hope in the structures of society. Along with a team of pastors and staff people, Dr. Ogilvie sought to lead the church as a laboratory of experimentation with new forms of church life and innovative methods of meeting the needs of the members so that they could be contagious communicators of their faith and courageous witnesses in social issues. In February 1996, Dr. Ogilvie was recognized by Baylor University in a worldwide survey as one of the ‘12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world’. Included on the list, in which seven denominations are represented, are Rev. Billy Graham and Dr. John Stott. Dr. Ogilvie has begun a new phase in his life-long commitment to be an inspirational speaker. Working as President of Leadership Unlimited, he is consistently on call as a speaker, writer – he has authored 52 books plus served as General Editor of Communicators Word Books Commentary Series of the Bible – and resource consultant. He often preaches at business and professional gatherings, retreats and churches, and leads clergy conferences on the theme Preaching With Passion. The basic intention of these activities is to impact the nation by enabling present and emerging leaders to press on with wisdom, vision, charisma, and courage. He believes that the great need of our time is for spiritually empowered, morally rooted, ethically focused, men and women who through creative introspection are able to lead with a integrity, intentionality, imagination and impelling inspiration. Dr. Ogilvie is married to Doris Kaiser Ogilvie, has three children and four grandchildren.
Website: www.drlloydjohnogilvie.com
John Perkins
In Mendenhall, Perkins and his wife, Vera Mae, founded Voice of Calvary Ministries. This Christian community development ministry started a church, health center, leadership development program, thrift store, low-income housing development, and training center. In 1982, the Perkins family returned to California and lived in the city of Pasadena where he and his wife founded Harambee Christian Family Center in Northwest Pasadena, a neighborhood that had one of the highest daytime crime rates in California. Harambee is yet standing, running numerous programs including after school tutoring, Good News Bible Clubs, an award-winning technology center, summer day camp, youth internship programs, and a college scholarship program. In 1983, while yet in California, Perkins and his wife, along with a few friends and other major supporters, established the John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation & Development, Inc for the sole purpose of supporting their mission of advancing the principles of Christian community development and racial reconciliation throughout the world. The Foundation is now headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. At the end of that same decade Dr. Perkins called together a group of Christian leaders from across America that was bonded by one significant commitment – expressing the love of Christ in America’s poor communities, not at arms length, but at the grass-roots level. An association was formed and the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) held its first annual conference in Chicago in 1989. CCDA has grown from 37 founding members to 6,800 individuals and 600 churches, ministries, institutions and businesses in more than 100 cities and townships across the country. Today, Dr. Perkins is president of John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development. He is one of the leading evangelical voices to come out of the American civil rights movement. He is also an internationally known author, speaker, and teacher on issues of racial reconciliation and Christian community development. Despite dropping out of school in the third grade, Dr. Perkins has been recognized for his work with eight honorary doctorates from colleges and universities across the country. For his tireless work, he received honorary doctorates from Wheaton College, Gordon College, Huntington College, Geneva College, Spring Arbor University, North Park College, and Belhaven College. He is the author of nine books including A Quiet Revolution, Let Justice Roll Down, With Justice For All, Beyond Charity, He’s My Brother, Resurrecting Hope, and A Time to Heal. He has also written numerous chapters in other books. Dr. Perkins has formally served on the board of directors of World Vision, Prison Fellowship, National Association of Evangelicals, Spring Arbor University, and on fifteen other boards.
Website: www.jmpf.org
Winkie Pratney
Besides annual leadership training seminars he has for three decades helped challenge and inspire young people to holy and happy living. Winkie is involved with helping and training young people of all ages and works with many leading international youth movements including Campus Life, Champions For Christ, Operation Mobilization, Masters Commission, Youth With A Mission, Young Life, Youth Alive, and Teen Challenge. He conducts yearly leadership training for youth workers in Europe, North America and the Pacific, and has been involved as an advisory and consultant to church, civic, educational, government and social welfare leaders on the needs and problems of modern teenagers. He occasionally speaks in churches, but his primary call is to students. A frequent featured speaker and guest on national television talk shows, his audio and video-tape lectures are carried by many effective outreach ministries as part of their training. Winkie has authored more than twelve books including youth manuals like the best-selling Youth Aflame!, Handbook For Followers Of Jesus, books on contemporary and historical issues like Devil Take The Youngest, Revival - Twenty Centuries Of Vision and Visitation, Dealing With Doubt and evangelistic and apologetic works like the contemporary devotional theology The Nature And Character Of God. He and his son Bills' newest training work for GenXers The Daniel Files and other training materials are available free on-line via the Internet.* His "scholarship on fire" approach has resulted in the conversion of multiplied thousands of teenagers, the creation of powerful new ministries and the continual encouragement of multitudes of young believers and their leadership. Winkie is a New Zealander and maintains a low organizational profile; no staff or mailing-list. He does not stock his own books, videos or tapes so as to encourage Christian bookstores and other ministries that do carry his materials. He is sometimes known to reply to mail, (especially from teenagers) but his frequent travels discourage lengthy correspondence and he leaves personal counseling to pastors and churches. He with his gracious wife Faeona and awesome son Billy live sometimes in New Zealand and visit often Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA.
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Henry T. Blackaby is the founder and president emeritus of Blackaby Ministries International, an organization built to help people experience God.
Loren Cunningham is the Founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), an ever-expanding global "family of ministries" born in 1960 which has reached into every nation. The work of YWAM encompasses evangelism, training and mercy ministries and is manned by nearly 20,000 full-time staff from more than 150 nationalities and a wide variety of denominations who serve at more than 1,200 YWAM locations in 173 nations. More than four million students, short-term volunteers and staff have served with YWAM since its inception. 
Jack Hayford is the President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He is also a nationally and internationally recognized scholar, teacher and the chancellor of the King's College and Seminary. He is probably best known as "Pastor Jack," the founding pastor of the Church on the Way, the First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California. He is a prolific author, having written dozens of books and 600 hymns and choruses, and has served on various interdenominational committees and councils. 
The consistent focus of the ministry of Lloyd Ogilvie through the years has been on the care, encouragement and support of business, political and community leaders. Beginning his ministry in Winnetka, Illinois, working with the business leaders of Chicago, he developed a deep appreciation for the impact of leaders on society and their need to receive sensitive pastoral care to live out their faith in the pressures, stresses and immense challenges of their work. This emphasis continued in his ministry as Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, then for twenty-three years as Pastor of the historic First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood where he sought to enable leaders in the greater Los Angeles basin. 
John M. Perkins is a sharecropper’s son who grew up in New Hebron, Mississippi amidst dire poverty. Fleeing to California at age 17 after his older brother’s murder at the hands of a town marshal, he vowed never to return. However after converting to Christianity in 1960 he returned to Mendenhall, Mississippi to share the gospel of Christ. While in Mississippi, his outspoken nature and support and leadership in civil rights demonstrations resulted in repeated harassment, beatings and imprisonment. 
Logging some 150,000+ miles a year and often speaking with over half-a-million young people annually, Winkie has wide experience in youth work. His technical background in both science and the popular music culture has given him a unique insight to the particular needs of a media-dominated technological society, and his constant monitoring of youth trends combined with continual feedback from young people themselves has helped him interpret these for those with a vital interest in the welfare of the young.