2023 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Greg Neal
Greg Neal grew up in a preacher’s home and was saved and called to preach at a young age. He has been in full-time Christian ministry since 1996 and has been the pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church since 2013. He has also been instrumental in starting Reaching Spanish Nations, a missions ministry to Central and South America, and Operation Light, a church planting ministry on the continent of Africa. Known as a Bible preacher with a heart for souls, he has authored several books that have been a blessing to many. Along with serving as the pastor of the Immanuel Baptist Church, he serves as the president of Berean Publications and the president of North Florida Baptist College.
Tom Neal
Tom Neal surrendered to preach at the age of nineteen. For more than fifty years, he has fulfilled that call. He served as an associate pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Stockbridge, Georgia, for three years. Then the Lord led him to Lake Butler, Florida, where he served the Trinity Baptist Church for three years as the pastor. With a heart for pastors and for people, God used Dr. Neal in full-time evangelism for the next three and a half years. In November of 1980, the Lord led Dr. Neal to Orange Park, Florida, to pastor the Berean Baptist Church, where he pastored faithfully for more than thirty-three years until he retired.
Don Chitty
Don Chitty is a highly decorated Vietnam War veteran who was saved out of a life of sin. During a missions conference, God spoke to him about working with the Navajo Indians, and he surrendered. Following God’s direction, he founded the Open Bible Baptist Church in Waterflow, New Mexico. Almost four decades later, the mission has grown into the largest work with Native Americans in North America.
Allen Domelle
Allen Domelle surrendered his life to full-time Christian service at the age of thirteen. He entered evangelism in 1990 and traveled full-time as an evangelist until he accepted the pastorate at Maranatha Baptist Church in 2018. With Bible preaching, soulwinning, and Sunday school as the blueprint, the church has been blessed by God as they have seen their attendance double.
Bob Gray Sr.
Bob Gray Sr. pastored for thirty-three years and has been an ordained Baptist preacher for forty-six years. He pastored the Longview Baptist Temple for twenty-nine of those years. He has taught and preached in every state of the Union but one and has also preached in seventeen foreign countries. He is best known for his zeal as a soulwinner and has authored thirty-five books.
Terrell Hopkins
Terrell Hopkins was saved through the bus ministry and has been preaching God's Word since he was fifteen years of age. He has been the pastor of Heritage Baptist Church since January of 1999. He is a strong Bible preacher who believes in the old-time way as it is set forth in the Scriptures. He is also a personal soulwinner who is constantly telling people about Christ.
Terry Sellars
Terry Sellars received Christ as his Saviour in November of 1973 and was ordained to the ministry in August of 1976. He is known as a friend to preachers and an example of a faithful witness in small-town America. He has faithfully pastored the Faith Baptist Church in Ludowici, Georgia, for twenty-eight years.