Carey Hardy graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S. in Pharmacy in 1977. In 1984 he sold his pharmacy to go on staff of a Baptist church in Texas as Christian School Principal and Minister of Music. Carey moved to California in 1990 to study at The Master’s Seminary and graduated with a Master of Divinity degree. From 1993 through 2006, he served on the pastoral staff at Grace Community Church in the Los Angeles area. In October of 2006, he became the Senior Pastor of Twin City Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Carey and his wife, Pam, married 31 plus years, have four children.
Dr. Rick Holland is the staff elder and director of Student Ministries, as well as the College Pastor at Grace Community Church. He has served in youth ministry for 22 years and teaches as Adjunct Professor of Youth Ministries at The Master’s College. Dr. Holland is also Director of D.Min. Studies at The Master’s Seminary and a Faculty Associate in Homiletcs. A native of Tennessee, he has earned degrees from the University of Tennessee (B.S.), The Master’s Seminary (M.Div.), and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (D. Min.). Rick and his wife Kim have 3 sons.
Steve Kreloff is the Pastor/Teacher of Lakeside Community Chapel in Clearwater, Florida. The emphasis of his ministry is the expository teaching of the Word of God. Steve is a Jewish Christian, who received Jesus as Messiah, Lord and Savior, while a student at the University of South Florida. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Tampa Bay Theological Seminary. His book “Expository Preaching and Teaching” has been published in Italian. Steve hosts his own radio program called “Verse By Verse.”
Dr. Steven J. Lawson is the Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama; he has served as a pastor in Arkansas and Alabama for the past twenty-six years. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University (B.B.A.), Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), and Reformed Theological Seminary (D. Min.). The focus of Dr. Lawson’s ministry is the verse-by-verse exposition of God’s Word. From this, he has authored thirteen books. Dr. Lawson’s ministry takes him around the world, preaching most recently in Russia, the Ukraine, Wales, England, Ireland, Germany and also many conferences in the United States, including The Shepherd’s Conference and “Resolved” at Grace Community Church, and the Ligonier Ministries Pastor’s Conference. Steve and his wife Anne have three sons, Andrew, James, and John, and a daughter, Grace Anne.
Dr. John MacArthur is Pastor/Teacher of Grace Community Church. Following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Jack MacArthur, John represents five successive generations of pastors in his family. Dr. MacArthur is also president of The Master’s College and Seminary and is heard daily on “Grace to You,” a nationally syndicated radio broadcast. The Grace to You ministry has distributed more than ten million audio-cassettes and CD’s of his messages. He is the author of many books, some of which have ready been translated into Italian.
Dr. Larry McCall serves as Senior Pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Warsaw, Indiana. He also serves on the board of Aurora Ministries. He graduated from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana with a Master of Divinity Degree. He earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He and his wife, Gladine, have three children: David, Janelle and Laura.
Dr. Richard Mayhue joined the faculty of The Master’s Seminary in 1989 and was appointed as Dean of the Seminary in 1990. In November 2000, Dr. Mayhue also assumed the role of Senior Vice President and Provost of The Master’s College. From 1977 to 1980, Dr. Mayhue taught in the areas of New Testament and Pastoral Ministries at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, where he also enjoyed an active weekend Bible conference ministry. Dr. Mayhue has authored, contributed to, and/or edited twenty books, including How to Interpret the Bible for Yourself, which has been published in Italian.
Tom Pennington has served as Senior Pastor at Countryside Bible Church in Southlake, TX since October 2003. Prior to arriving in Texas, Tom served for 16 years in various roles at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, including as an elder. He spent his last four years there as Senior Associate Pastor and as the personal assistant to Dr. John MacArthur. He has also served as managing director of the radio ministry, Grace to You. He completed his B.A. and M.A. at Bob Jones University and served as a member of the faculty while taking additional Ph.D. classes in New Testament Interpretation. Tom and Sheila have three children, Lauren, Katie, and Jessica.
Dr. Lance Quinn is the Pastor-Teacher of The Bible Church of Little Rock, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Arkansas State University, Master of Divinity, and Master of Theology degrees from The Master’s Seminary, and a Ph.D. degree from the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Evangelical Theological Faculty) in Leuven, Belgium. Prior to coming to The Bible Church of Little Rock, he served as Manager of Ministries at Grace To You Radio, and for ten years served at Grace Community Church in Southern California as the Senior Associate Pastor and Personal Assistant to Dr. John MacArthur. He and his wife, Beth, have eight children and reside in Little Rock.
Bill and Maria Teresa Standridge have been ministering together in Italy for over 55 years. Bill graduated from Wheaton College and earned an MA from Grace Theological Seminary. He went to Italy as a missionary in 1949, while Maria Teresa grew up in Italy and received her doctorate from the University of Genoa. They married in 1956. The Standridges founded the “ Berea” Independent Gospel Church of Rome, which is now helping plant new churches. They have been active in editing a monthly gospel newspaper called “La Voce del Vangelo,” and they also direct a Bible correspondence school called the Berean Bible Institute. They joined Aurora Mission in 2004, and they are the authors of several books.
