Each summer, Maranatha features compelling speakers and mission groups to feed and inspire our guests and members. We take great care to invite speakers who will bring both expository and topical subjects for the week’s teaching. Learn more about our featured speakers and missions below.
Brad Bigney is a pastor with the Evangelical Free Church of America and holds an MDiv. from Columbia Biblical Seminary. He’s a certified ACBC counselor, conference speaker, Lead Pastor of Grace Fellowship since 1996, and author of Gospel Treason. He and his wife, Vicki, have been married 37 yrs. and...
Roy Patterson is a broadcaster, worship leader, preacher, and soloist. He came to Christ in when he was 14 years old. He immediately developed a love for God’s word. During high school he led an afterschool Bible Study for his peers. He studied broadcasting at Moody Bible Institute. He is...
Dr. Mark Jobe, Moody Bible Institute’s tenth President, is the founding pastor of New Life Community Church, a multiple-campus ministry in Chicago. In 2005, Dr. Jobe founded New Life Centers that provide programs for such issues as gang violence, unemployment, and teen pregnancy. He is also the author of Unstuck:...
Joe Stowell has held pastorates in the mid west and has served in presidential roles at the Moody Bible Institute and Cornerstone University. He presently serves as Global Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President at Moody. He is the author of several books including Simply Jesus, The Weight of...
Tim Sisk grew up in Japan as a missionary kid and then as an adult served in Church planting and theological education in Japan and Bolivia. He received a BA at Tennessee Temple University, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, and DMin from Fuller Theological Seminary. Currently, he is a...
A former Walk Thru the Bible seminar instructor, chaplain of the Atlanta Braves, and founder/president of Winning with Encouragement Ministries, Walt Wiley speaks and teaches regularly in various settings. His style is motivational, inspirational, Biblical, practical and peppered with lots of humor. Walt and his wife Patti live in Charlotte, NC,...
