| Dave Anderson | JB Bond | Tony Evans | Zane Hodges | Elliott Johnson | 
| Michael Makidon | Kem Oberholtzer | Bob Wilkin |  

<Workshop Speakers>
    

Dave Anderson

Dave Anderson has served as a church pastor in the Houston area for over 28 years (currently Faith Community Church in the Woodlands, TX), Dave received his Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary and is currently President of Grace School of Theology. He and his wife, Betty, reside in The Woodlands.
  

JB Bond

DTS graduate J.B. Bond has been the senior pastor at Countryside Baptist Church in Stillwater, OK for over 19 years. While attending seminary he served as assistant pastor at Faith Covenant Church in Borger, Texas.  From 1973 to 1980 he was on the football staff and was also assistant track coach at Mississippi State University. He is married to Jean and they have two children Katherine age 16 and Sarah age 13.
    

Tony Evans

Tony Evans has served as the Senior Pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship for over 25 years. In addition, he founded and currently serves as president of the Urban Alternative. He is the chaplain to the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and his radio program "The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans" can be heard over 500 stations daily throughout the U.S. and in over 40 countries worldwide. But, above all, Tony is an advocate for the grace message.
   

Zane Hodges

A leading spokesman for the grace gospel, Zane Hodges will be speaking at his sixth GES conference. He is the author of many books including commentaries on James and the Epistles of John and his newly published work Harmony With God: A Fresh Look at Repentance. He taught NT Greek at Dallas Theological Seminary for 27 years and has ministered in the Dallas area for over 48 years.
  

Elliott Johnson

Elliott Johnson is the founder of the Asian Theological Seminary and has taught extensively overseas, including the Philippines, Poland, the former Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Russia. He has also ministered in Israel, Germany, Brazil, and Austria. Dr. Johnson joined Dallas Theological Seminary’s faculty in 1972 and became the pastor of a Dallas-area church the same year.
     

Michael Makidon

Michael Makidon became disenfranchised with both Arminianism and Calvinism after sitting under this teaching for over 22 years. Shortly before attending Seminary, he met and was discipled by Dr. Doug Hill, a GES board member and long-time grace advocate. He has since graduated from Dallas Seminary (Th.M. 2003) and works as Director of Publications for GES. 
     

Kem Oberholtzer

Dr. Oberholtzer received his Ph.D. from Dallas Seminary in Bible Exposition.  He was Pastor of Victoria Bible Church from 1984-1990.  Kem served from 1990-2000 as Professor of Biblical Literature and for two of those years as Academic Dean at Phoenix Seminary.  He has written articles for "Bibliotheca Sacra" (Theological Journal), "Kindred Spirit," "Psychology for Living," Grace Evangelical Society, and study notes on "1 & 2 Timothy" for the Thomas Nelson New King James Study Bible.  His life passion is creatively communicating the Scriptures and encouraging others to deepen their walk in Jesus Christ.  He maintains an active teaching and preaching schedule in various ministries and churches both in the U.S. and overseas and is a Professor of Biblical Literature at Grace School of Theology in The Woodlands, TX.
  

Bob Wilkin

Bob Wilkin, Founder and Executive Director of Grace Evangelical Society, has spoken all over the U.S. Before attending Dallas Theological Seminary, he was on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ. After seminary he taught at Woodcrest College and Multnomah Bible College. He has published hundreds of newsletter and journal articles, three booklets, and two books, Confident in Christ and The Road to Reward. A third book, Secure and Sure, is scheduled to be released in late February, in time for the conference.