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Meet the Summit VI speakers

03/28/2010, 06:59
John Piper

01-johnpiperfilephoto-150x150Pastor for Preaching & Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church
John Piper is the pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. He grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and studied at Wheaton College, where he first sensed God’s call to enter the ministry. Read More >>

Steven Curtis Chapman and Mary Beth Chapman

02-scc_mbc_summer08-150x150GRAMMY © and Dove Award winning artist
Steven Curtis Chapman has sold over ten million records including two RIAA certified platinum albums and eight RIAA certified gold albums. He and his wife Mary Beth have been married for 25 years and have six children, including three little girls adopted from China. Read More >>

Tom Davis

03-tom-photo-bw-150x150President and CEO, Children’s HopeChest
Tom Davis is the president and CEO of Children’s HopeChest, a global orphan advocacy organization serving orphans and widows around the world. Tom travels worldwide encouraging individuals, families, and churches to fulfill the Biblical mandate to love and care for the orphan. Read More >>

Al Mohler

04-al-mohler-uncorrupted-150x150President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Mohler has been recognized by such influential publications as Time and Christianity Today as a leader among American evangelicals. In addition to his presidential duties, Dr. Mohler hosts The Albert MohlerProgram, a daily live nationwide radio program on the Salem Radio Network. He also writes a popular blog and a regular commentary on moral, cultural and theological issues. Read More >>

Karyn Purvis

05-dr-karyn-purvis-high-res-pic-150x150Dr. Karyn Purvis earned her doctorate in developmental psychology, specializing in serving at-risk children, and she has spent the last ten years developing research-based interventions for those children. She is a former foster mother with a personal and professional calling to create a welcoming, loving environment for children who come from “hard places.” Read More >>

Fibion Ndhlovu

06-fibion-150x150Pastor and Program Director, Forgotten Voices, Zimbabwe
Raised by grandparents on his mother’s side, Fibion is the child of divorce and his mother was often away trying to earn a living. He is the 5th of 6 children and a graduate of Wesley Bible College, as well as the Theological College of Zimbabwe. Read More >>

Stephanie Fast

07-stephanie-fast-150x150Global Orphan Advocate, Loving Shepherd Ministries
Abandoned to young to remember, Stephanie wandered the war-torn countryside of Korea. Due to her bi-racial ethnicity she was abused and violated in every way. Finally she was discarded and left to die in a garbage dump. Stephanie was miraculously rescued by a Swedish nurse and placed in an orphanage. Read More >>

Doug Sauder

08-doug-sauder1-150x150President, 4 Kids of South Florida
Working with foster kids when he was in college transformed Doug’s life. His experience inspired him not only to change his major, but also to devote his life to helping the many children that others had given up on. Doug has a master’s degree and many years of work and personal experience with kids in crisis. Read More >>

Sergey Demidovich

09-sergey2-150x150Pastor and Founder of Together International Ministry, TV-TOGETHER. Representative for TBN Ukraine
Sergei is married and has children (including 3 adopted ones). He has been serving the Lord full-time for more than 20 years. He is a pastor and a well-known Christian composer. He is a producer of movies with public service agendas and an author of several Christian TV shows. Read More >>

Patricia Arzu

10-patricia-arzu2-150x150Former First Lady of Guatemala
Patricia Escobar de Arzu, former First Lady of Guatemala, has constantly worked to benefit the needy in Guatemalan society. In 1987, she was the founder and the General Coordinator to the Secretary of Social Affairs of the Municipality of Guatemala. She created three Day Care Centers which continue to provide for hundreds of needy children. Read More >>

Peder Eide

11-peder-eide-promo-shot-11-150x150If anyone can profess to be in tune to the heartbeat of today’s youth, Peder Eide (pronounced “I’d”) has certainly earned the right to make that claim. For nearly 1/3 of his life he has led Christ-centered praise and worship for youth conferences, festivals, camps, churches and any other venues teenagers and pre-teens have gathered. So when Peder says he believes he knows what the youth of today need, he speaks from a platform of experience and authority on the subject. Read More >>

Desperation Band

12-desperation-band-150x150Desperation Band, birthed out of the student ministries of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, is a recording artist with Integrity Music. They are best known for writing songs like “Rescue”, “I Am Free”, “My Savior Lives”, “You Hold It All’, “Overcome”, and more. Desperation Band’s songs are sung in churches throughout America and around the world. Read More >>