FGA International Conference
Speakers
All In On Grace
Keynote Speakers
David Zahl is the founder and director of Mockingbird Ministries, editor-in-chief of the popular Mockingbird website, and cohost of The Mockingcast. Mockingbird is a ministry that tries to connect grace to everyday life. He and his family live in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he also serves on the staff of Christ Episcopal Church.
Before founding and directing GraceLife Ministries. Charlie (Th.M., Ph.D.) served 25 years in pastoral ministry–19 of those as pastor of a church he planted in Texas. He has also taught in schools around the world. With a pastor’s heart and perspective he travels the USA and the world sharing the message of grace and training others to do the same. He has authored several books and many articles. His speaking and writing is known for its passion and clarity.
Session Speakers
Jeremy Vance
Dr. Jeremy Vance, the current president of FGA, is a native of Wisconsin. He received his B.A. in Religion at Northwestern College in Iowa, went on to earn his M.Div. from Phoenix Seminary, and his doctorate of ministry degree from Grace School of Theology. Jeremy has served as a full-time pastor since 1994 and is currently the Senior Pastor of Faith Church in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He was ordained in the Evangelical Free Church of America in 2006. Jeremy has written two books published by Grace Theology Press, Companions With Christ and his most recent publication, John, Jesus & Me.
Joe Duke
Joe Duke is the co-founder and Pastor Emeritus of LifePoint. Joe served as the church’s Pastor for over 35 years. His desire has been to create a local church that champions the liberating message of God’s grace in authentic and creative ways. These days Joe spends his time speaking, writing, traveling, and capturing the world in photographs.
Asare Kyei-Baffour
Barimah Kofi Asare Kyei-Baffour is the President of the Grace Inspired Center, Home Churches Network, Ghana, the West and Eastern African representative of the Institute For Inspired Learning, and a founding member of the Coalition For Heaven. He is a passionate evangelist, insightful teacher and a kingdom minded missionary.
Ed Underwood
In 2015, Ed knew God was leading him to transition out of leading the historic Church of the Open Door—a life-altering mission. God was asking Ed to leverage his leadership experiences as a fireman for the U.S. Forest Service, an Army officer, and four decades of leading churches to serve the Body of Christ at large.
What had been incubating in his heart as he equipped leaders, encouraged pastors, taught the Bible in seminaries, Bible schools, and conferences, was the need to recenter the church to Jesus’ two priorities—making disciples and loving one another.
Recentered Group was born in 2016 with Ed as the Executive Officer. He describes himself as “a shepherd to shepherds.” Since then, he has helped numerous pastors and church leadership teams to recenter their ministries.
As God leads, he continues to work as a guest pastor, speaker, and author.
Tom Schaller
A pastor and missionary for more than 30 years, Pastor Schaller led the establishment of thriving churches and Bible schools in Finland in 1975 which imparted a missionary motive that has moved Finns to labor for Christ in 19 countries around the world. Pastor Schaller then answered God’s call to plant a new work in Budapest, Hungary, a country that sprung open with the fall of communist governments throughout Eastern Europe. He spent 13 years as the pastor in Budapest before returning to Baltimore in 2003. In April 2005, he was named Presiding Elder and Overseeing Pastor of Greater Grace Church in Baltimore, the home base church for Greater Grace World Outreach (GGWO).
Cody Wallace
Cody Wallace is Senior Pastor of Southwest Community Church in Miami, FL. He is a graduate of Liberty University where he received his Masters of Divinity in Biblical Studies and his Doctor of Ministries in Discipleship. It was here he developed a love for the language of Scripture and solidified his doctrinal stance as a dispensationalist, free-grace, pre-tribulation pastor.
Shawn Wilson
Shawn has been a pastor for 15 years, the first seven spent at West Groton Bible Church and currently pastors Grace Community Bible Church. He leads the YouTube channel Rev Reads where he creates simple books reviews from the perspective of a Free Grace pastor.