keynote speakers
Monte Cox and his wife Beth served for ten years in Kenya as missionaries. He has taught Bible and missions at Harding since 1992. He has served as the Director of Harding’s Center for World Missions for thirteen years and is currently the Associate Dean of the College of Bible and Religion. Monte has an M.A. in Missiology and Church Growth from Harding Graduate School of Religion and a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Monte and Beth have three grown children.
Stan Granberg is the executive director of Kairos: Church Planting Support, a ministry facilitating the starting of new Churches of Christ across the nation based in Vancouver, Washington. Stan is an adjunct faculty at Harding University Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, TN. He earned his Ph.D. at Oxford University. The Granbergs worked on a mission team in Meru, Kenya from 1983-1993. Stan and Gena have four grown children.
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Evertt W. Huffard is VP/Dean and Professor of Missiology at Harding University Graduate School of Religion. He has been teaching leadership and missiology for 23 years. He also serves as an elder at the Church of Christ at White Station. He served a church in Nazareth, Israel and taught Bible at the Galilee Christian High School for five years. He completed a Ph.D. in Inter-Cultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has served as a consultant for church leaders and mission teams. Evertt and his wife Ileene have three children and five grandchildren. |
Daniel A. Rodriguez has served the Churches of Christ as minister in Central and Southern California, and as a missionary in Puebla, Mexico (1985-1994). He earned his Ph.D. at Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies. He is currently Associate Professor of Religion and Hispanic Studies at Pepperdine University and a minister at the Hollywood Church of Christ in Los Angeles. Daniel and his wife Jeanette have been married for 30 years and have been blessed with four children.