Micah Fries (pronounced Freeze) is the Vice President of LifeWay Research in Nashville, TN and is a frequent speaker in churches and conferences. He served as a pastor in Missouri and an international church planter. He holds a Master of Divinity and the Bachelor of Arts in Theology. While in college, Micah met Tracy, and they married in May of [...] college graduation Micah and Tracy moved to Burkina Faso, West Africa where they worked as church planters among the Dagara people of Burkina Faso and Ghana. Micah has served as a Senior Pastor at two churches. Micah, Tracy and their daughters, Sarah Grace and Kessed Noel, live in Hermitage, TN and are a part of the faith family of Fairview Church in Lebanon, TN, where Micah serves as the Associate Pastor for Teaching and Mission. Stephen Rummage is the Senior Pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Florida, a multi-campus church with over 9,000 members in the Tampa Bay area. He is a frequent guest speaker for churches and conferences across the United States. His daily radio teaching ministry, Moving Forward, airs nationwide on Sirius/XM satellite radio. Dr. Rummage's personal ministry vision is to teach God's Word to transform lives. Dr. Rummage received the B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, graduating magna cum laude. He holds the [...]. with specialization in biblical languages from Southeastern Seminary and completed the Ph.D. in preaching and theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Rummage has authored or contributed to eight books. His Planning Your Preaching is used widely as a seminary and college textbook. With his wife Michele Rummage, he co-authored Praying with Purpose. He co-authored Engaging Exposition with Daniel Akin and Bill Curtis, named "Book of the Year" by Preaching Today in 2012. He and his wife, Michele, live near Brandon, along with their son, Joshua.
Robby Gallaty is the Senior Pastor of Brainerd Baptist Church, Chattanooga, TN. He was radically saved out of a life of drug addiction on November 12, 2002. Dr. Gallaty grew up in New Orleans and was educated at William Carey University and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary ([...]. Th. M., Ph.D.). He is the author of Growing Up: How to Be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples. His upcoming book, Rediscovering Discipleship will be released in the Fall of 2015. Robby is passionate about making disciples. His discipleship ministry, Replicate Ministries (http: [...] produces resources, videos, and materials to assist believers in carrying out the Great Commission. Robby and his wife, Kandi, are the proud parents of two sons, Rig and Ryder.