Forge: Teachers and Guest Speakers

Forge Speakers

Each week the students will get to hear from a keynote speakers from all over the country.  Over the course of three days, Forge students get to rub shoulders with Christian leaders from a wide variety of vocations.

Class of 2012 Speakers

Rob Opitz

Rob is a partner and head of the tax department with Rylander, Clay & Opitz, LLP, a public accounting firm in Fort Worth, Texas.  During his professional career, Rob has served as a tax and business advisor to a wide variety of clients with particular focus in oil and gas, real estate, professional services, and tax-exempt organizations.  Rob is also actively involved in the community serving on the board of directors for several organizations in the Fort Worth area.  Rob is married to his best friend, Christy, and they have two awesome kids, Reagan and Connor.

Todd Engstrom

Todd is sojourner and alien in the strange land of Texas.  He grew up a Lutheran in the Pacific Northwest, fell in love with Christ through Young Life in high school, was educated by Catholics in Indiana, chased the dream of being a Chemistry Professor to THE University of Texas, and became a Reformed Baptist Pastor at The Austin Stone.  He has a heart and mind for movements of multiplying disciple-makers, specifically on college campuses.  He married his wife Olivia five years ago in South Bend, and they have two sons – Micah (2) and Hudson (3 months).

John Hawkins

John Hawkins, Founder and President of Leadership Edge Incorporated, helps university students and organizational leaders across America wrestle with the issue of developing a leadership lifestyle.  In 2004 and 2005, John collaborated in the design and delivery of four leadership training programs for business managers, governmental leaders and emerging leaders in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.  More important than any of the above, John has been married to his wife Janet for 32 years and is the father of Laura, Gary and Will.  It has been in their family that John has learned the most practical lessons on leadership.


David Daniels
Senior Pastor
Pantego Bible Church

Dr. Jim Rose
Senior Pastor
Packsaddle Fellowship

Rich Ferreira
Academic Dean
Hume's Joshua Wilderness Institute

Amanda Jeter & Laura Larsen
Forge Alumni from the class of 2006

Paul Tanner
Missionary

Dr. Joel Lawrence
Lead Campus Teacher, Calvary Church
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology, Bethel Theological Seminary

Tim Taylor
Business & Quality Development Manager
General Aviation Industries, Inc

Darin McWatters
First Baptist Lakewood

Dr. Wayne Brauderick
Senior Pastor
Frisco Bible Church

Dr. Gary Brandenburg
Senior Pastor
Fellowship Bible Church, Dallas, TX

Dan Gold
Pastor, Pine Cove Board Member, DDS

Rick Reynolds
LCSW
Founder, Affair Recovery Ministries

Gordon Blocker
Consultant
DSG Consulting

Trent Henderson
Pastor
Heritage Park Baptist Church

Ginger Ciminello
Professional Writer and Public Speaker

Gene Wilkes
Pastor
Legacy Church

Previous Forge Speakers

Mario Zandstra
President & CEO
Pine Cove, Inc.

Dr. Andy McQuity
Senior Pastor
Irving Bible Church

Margaret Ashmore
Author & Speaker

Kevin McKee
Senior Pastor
Chapel on the Campus

Jerry Bridges
Author & Speaker
The Navigators

Dr. Bill Lawrence
President
Leadership Formation International

Dr. Keith Bower
Oil and Gas Consultant
Pine Cove Family Camp Speaker

Kerby Anderson
Radio Host
USA Radio Network

Heather Mercer
Missionary to Middle East
Global Hope

Tom Nelson
Senior Pastor
Denton Bible Church

Howard Hendricks
Professor
Dallas Theological Seminary

Wende Gaikema
Board Member
Pine Cove

John Hornsby
Director of Employee Engagement
Zachary Industrial, Inc

Tiffany Marshall
Women's Ministry

Forge Teachers

Pine Cove’s resident staff offers a pool of 150 full-time employees that have a heart to invest their time and energy into developing our students in everything from theology to management to hospitality.  Additionally, the Tyler community has several other leaders of great influence our students get to glean from.

Matt Lantz
Forge Director
M.A.C.E. – Dallas Theological Seminary

Chris Legg
LPC
M.A.B.C. – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Chris Sherrod
Bluffs Camp Director
M.A.C.E. – Liberty University

Kevin East
Executive Director of Ministries

Mario Zandstra
President & CEO
Speaker for Family Life Ministries

Matt Edwards
Chief Operating Officer
M.B.A. from University of Texas at Tyler

Phil Baker
Sr. Director of Marketing
M.B.A. from Texas A&M

Brian Brandt
Grace Community Church
Summit Solution Group
M.A.G.O – Fuller Seminary

Jay Ferguson
Grace Community School
Headmaster

Ross Strader
Bethel Bible Church
Masters of Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary

Dr. Dan Bolin
CCI President
Ph.D. – Dallas Theological Seminary

Jeff Suggs
Institute for Wilderness Studies Director

Randy Collins
Chief Financial Officer
C.P.A. – Univ. of Oklahoma

Craig Langemeier
Director of Family Camps

Stan Ward
Worldview Director
The Brook Hill School

 

 

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