Harry Reeder
Dr. Harry Reeder is Senior Pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He has served the Lord in numerous ways over the past 35 years including ministering through a daily radio program, “In Perspective.” He is passionate about the ministry of church revitalization and authored, From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church. He has led Embers Conferences all around the world including South Africa, Kenya, Australia, Uganda, and South Korea.
Ligon Duncan
Dr. Ligon Duncan is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi and has served as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. Dr. Duncan is the President of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and is an Adjunct Professor at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has authored numerous books, with the most recent being Fear Not! Death and the After life from a Christian Perspective.
Lynn Downing
Rev. Lynn Downing is the Pastor of Church Revitalization at Briarwood Presbyterian Church, after serving for 37 years as the Senior Pastor of Lake Osborne Pres. Church in Lake Worth, FL.
Lynn has served on several regional and national committees in his denomination, including both home and foreign missions ministries, and has ministered to missionaries on fields in South America, Asia, and Europe.
Wilson Benton
Dr. Wilson Benton, after 21 years as pastor of Kirk of the Hills, St. Louis, Missouri, currently serves as interim pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He also is the Special Counsel to the President and Senior Associate for the Center of Ministry Leadership at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis
Mike Ross
Dr. Mike Ross planned to be a priest and was educated in Catholic schools before he was converted at the age of twenty-seven. He left a career in business to pursue full time ministry and presently serves as senior pastor of Christ Covenant in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Ross has authored two books, Preaching for Revitalization and The Light of the Psalms: Developing Your Faith with Every Psalm
Joe Weatherly
Mr. Joe Weatherly serves as the Senior Fanning the Flame Coach and President of Weatherly Consulting, a company committed to increasing kingdom effectiveness by ensuring clarity of vision, careful planning and effective accountability structures for churches. With four years of pastoral experience, Joe also has 30 years of experience building vision and creating strategic plans in a multi-national financial services company.
Tom Cheely
Rev. Tom Cheely has served as Missions Pastor at Briarwood Presbyterian Church for over 25 years. During that time, Rev. Cheely has served on various missions boards and often speaks at missions conferences. He also periodically teaches courses on missions for Birmingham Theological Seminary.
