Speakers:

Michael Haykin
Dr. Michael  Haykin is currently the Principal of The Toronto Baptist Seminary, Toronto, Ontario, where he also teaches Church History, Historical Theology and Spirituality. He is also Visiting Professor of Church History at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Senior Fellow of The Jonathan Edwards Centre for Reformed Spirituality, which operates under the auspices of The Toronto Baptist Seminary in Toronto.

He regularly lectures in church history at the Seminaire Baptiste Evangelique du Quebec, Montreal, Quebec; Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Knox Theological Seminary, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Between 1999 and 2003 he served as the Editorial Director of Joshua Press, Dundas, Ontario. Prior to that he was the Professor of Church History at Heritage Baptist College and Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario (1993-2002) and Professor of Church History at Central Baptist Seminary, Toronto, Canada (1982-1993).

Dr. Haykin has a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto (1974), a Master of Religion from Wycliffe College, the University of Toronto (1977), and a Th.D. in Church History from the University of Toronto and Wycliffe College (1982). He is the author of a number of books, including The Spirit of God: The Exegesis of 1 and 2 Corinthians in the Pneumatomachian Controversy of the Fourth Century (E. J. Brill, 1994); One Heart and One Soul: John Sutcliff of Olney, His Friends, and His Times (Evangelical Press, 1994); Kiffin, Knollys and Keach: Rediscovering Our English Baptist Heritage (Reformation Today Trust, 1996); "To Honour God": The Spirituality of Oliver Cromwell (Joshua Press, 1999); The Revived Puritan: The Spirituality of George Whitefield (Joshua Press, 2000); and The Armies of the Lamb: The Spirituality of Andrew Fuller (Joshua Press, 2001).

He served as editor for The Life and Thought of John Gill (1697-1771): A Tercentennial Appreciation (E. J. Brill, 1997); The British Particular Baptists, 1638-1910. 3 Volumes (Particular Baptist Press, 1998, 2000, 2003); Acorns to Oaks: The Primacy and Practice of Biblical Theology: A Festschrift for Dr. Geoff Adams (Joshua Press for The Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College, 2003); and, with Robert B. Lockey, A Glorious Fellowship of Churches: Celebrating the History of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, 1953-2003 (The Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada, 2003). He was also the editor of The Baptist Review of Theology (1991-1998), and is currently the editor of Eusebeia: The Bulletin of The Jonathan Edwards Centre for Reformed Spirituality.

Dr. Haykin was born in 1953 of Irish and Kurdish parents and raised in England. He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1965. He was converted to Christ in February, 1974, through the witness of Alison Lowe, the woman who became his wife in 1976, and through the ministry of Stanley Avenue Baptist Church, Hamilton, Ontario. He and Alison, and their two children, Victoria and Nigel, live in Dundas, Ontario. They attend Trinity Baptist Church, Burlington, Ontario, where Dr. Haykin and his wife are members, and where he serves as an elder.
 

The International Mission Board Regional Leader for Central Asia (IMB-RL)
This particular missionary, whose name cannot be identified because of security purposes, has been led by the Spirit through his ministry to affect many of our Southern Baptist missionaries, as well as many unbelieving people throughout Asia among the Muslim population for nearly 20 years.  Educated at Duke and Gordon-Conwell Seminary, he also planted a church in New England prior to his going over seas as a missionary.  IMB-RL has preached previously at South Woods, leaving a lasting mark on the hearts and minds of her congregants.  He has also preached at the National Founders Conference, as well as Capitol Hill Baptist Church.  He has been a friend and a mentor to many pastors, encouraging them to preach the Word diligently, and teaching them Biblical ecclesiology and doctrine.
 

Ronnie Stevens
In 1979, Ronnie was pastoring a church on the North Carolina coast and expecting their first child. During that year a minister working in California visited North Carolina seeking supporting churches for an exciting new ministry called BEE International.

Seven years later Ronnie sensed that the Lord was calling him away from North Carolina. The same week he heard of the need for a pastor for a new international church in Munich. In June 1986 Ronnie and Jane moved to Munich and their third child was born two months later. While in Munich, Ronnie made 35 ministry trips in five East Bloc countries. In 1992 they moved to Moscow where Ronnie became the founding pastor of the Moscow Bible Church.

From 1994-2003 he was Senior Pastor of First Evangelical Church, Memphis, Tennessee. In 2003, God called Ronnie and Jane back to ministry in Eastern and Central Europe. They moved to Budapest in July, 2003 with BEE International. In addition to pastoring the Danube International Church in Budapest, Ronnie teaches BEEI courses and mentors pastors and national church leaders in several countries, including Romania, Russia, and the Czech Republic.

Ronnie and Jane Stevens are the parents of Katie, married and teaching school in Memphis, Seth, a Sophomore at Moody Bible Institute, and Ruth, a Freshman also at Moody Bible Institute.