The 2010 conference in Orlando on April 29 – May 2 will feature well known speakers a who will focus on this year’s theme ‘Called for Such a Time as This’ and the challenges and opportunities we have in our rapidly changing world. Each year we identify a specific theme that represents the current problems of the day and provides the main focus for our conference. In a lost and dying world we are indeed “Called for Such a Time as This”.
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Bryan Crute began his public ministry in the 1980s by mentoring a small
group of men on the campus of Virginia State University (VSU.
After graduating from VSU, Bryan began traveling from state to state to
encourage college students to pursue excellence and holiness. He created
an organization by which he could exercise this gift nationally by founding
The Institute for Leadership Development (iLEAD) in 1993. Bryan was commissioned to start a church in Atlanta and a group of 20 believers met in the basement of the Crute's home during 1995. In 1996 the church began meeting at area hotels and In 1997 the church changed its name to Destiny Metropolitan Worship Church. With this new name and ministry strategy, Destiny continues to grow. Under Pastor Crute's servant leadership, the core of 20 believers has grown to a church of about 6000 members.
In December 2005, Bryan received a Doctoral degree in Strategic
Leadership from Regent University’s School of Leadership Studies in Virginia
Beach, Virginia.
Today, Pastor Crute continues to pastor Destiny Metropolitan Worship
Church while helping people maximize their God-given potential. He and
his wife, Lanette, have three arrows in their quiver… Kristen, Bryan and
Austin.
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As a cutting-edge entrepreneur, Eric is
the founding pastor of Eastside Foursquare Church, a
congregation with numerous ministries and church
services housed within a large hotel campus. Eastside
purchased the property with a vision for mission-based
entrepreneurism, which is the combining of solid
business practices with the mission of the church.
Eric is also the founder and president of NEO
International Christian Ministries, a national
non-profit organization created to network and empower
other ministries. Eric sits on several for-profit and
non-profit boards including My Father's House (MFH),
located in Gresham, Oregon, which is the largest family
shelter in America not subsidized by government support;
Nehemiah Project International Ministries in Washington,
D.C.; Genesis Hotel Partners; and Lincoln Asset
Management. Eric and Rita Bahme have a daughter,
Alyssa.Oregon, Genesis Hotel Partners, and Lincoln Asset
Management.
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Michael Pink, founder of
Selling Among Wolves, a Biblically based sales
training and development firm specializing in adapting
Biblical strategies and principles to the business
development process. He has written or co-authored
numerous books including The Bible Incorporated,
Selling Among Wolves, How to Manage a Million Dollars
or Less & Profiles of Success.
A contributing writer for numerous national magazines,
including Success and Business Reform, he is a
frequent guest on radio and television programs and
has recently launched The Rainforest Institute in the
Republic of Panama to distill and pass on amazing
business lessons from the most productive, fruitful
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Alan Ross, Founder & CEO of Kingdom
Companies.
Alan Ross leads, challenges, teaches and develops leaders.
As founder and CEO of Kingdom Companies and through his
leadership of ReNew Systems Group he has applied his unique,
God-given gifts to creating transformed companies through
transformed leaders.
Alan Ross has a great history in understanding
the issues facing Christian business owners and CEO’s as they
seek to grow their companies amidst a sea of intense
competition. While we are called to integrate our personal faith
into every aspect of our lives, often the tyranny of the
business gets in the way of the need for a Kingdom focus.
Alan has been a long-standing supporter of the
NACFC, providing personal leadership for the CFCA®
Designation program. Ross shares the principles that have
helped him succeed
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Mat Staver, ESQ., Founder
and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, has argued in numerous state
and federal courts across the country, including the United
States Supreme Court.
Mat serves as Dean of Liberty University
School of Law. He is a trustee for the Supreme Court Historical
Society. Mat is considered one of the premier
constitutional litigators in the country and conducts hundreds
of media interviews each year, including television appearances
on shows such as The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes,
Anderson Cooper 360, the Glenn Beck Show, Good Morning
America, the Today Show, Fox & Friends and many more.
Mat has authored hundreds of articles and
written 11 books, including Eternal Vigilance: Knowing and
Protection Your Religious Freedom, Take Back America, and
Same-Sex Marriage: Putting Every Household at Risk.
Mat is married to Liberty Counsel's
President, Anita Staver.
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