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.

Examples of 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

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

Kerby Anderson
Radio Host
USA Radio Network

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

Mario Zandstra
President & CEO
Speaker for Family Life Ministries

Craig Langemeier
Senior Director of 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

Stan Ward
Worldview Director
The Brook Hill School