Biblical Counseling Conference - July 14-16, 2022
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Brad Bigney
Brad has been a pastor and husband for many years. He earned his M.Div from Columbia Bible Seminary, is an ACBC certified counselor and has been serving as the Senior Pastor of Grace Fellowship Evangelical Free Church in Florence, KY since 1996. He and his dear wife Vicki have five children.
Randy Patten
President of TEAM Focus Ministries, Director of Training Emeritus of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). Randy was previously the Exec. Director of NANC (now ACBC) and served for 12 years as a local church pastor. Randy has a BA from Cedarville, OH and an M.Div from Grace Theological Seminary, IN. He is a founding member of the Biblical Counseling Coalition and contributing author to several books. He and his wife Cindy have been married for 46 years, have two children and six grandchildren.
Dr James Newheiser
Jim is the Director of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship and the Director of the Christian Counseling Program at RTS Charlotte. He is also the Assoc. Professor of Christian Counseling and Practical Theology at RTS Charlotte and an Adjunct Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Master’s College. Jim serves as a board member at the Biblical Counseling Coalition and ACBC. For 25 years, he has served as the Preaching Pastor at Grace Bible Church in Escondido, CA. Jim and Caroline have been married for 36 years and have 3 adult children.
Bryan Hughes
Bryan is the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church in Bozeman, where he has served since 1984. He earned his B.A. from Moody Bible Institute; M.A. from Western Seminary and D.Min from Trinity Theological Seminary. Bryan has taught at Bible colleges in Ukraine, Africa, Siberia, Albania, Russia, Turkey, Italy and throughout the US. He serves on the faculty of Montana Bible College and is a board member of the Master’s College. Bryan and his wife Bev have three adult children and 3 grandchildren.
Pastor Craig Rowe
Craig retired from full time ministry, but continues to teach in various capacities and is an adjunct professor at Montana Bible College. He pastored for 33 years and also counseled and taught for five years at Biblical Counseling Center in Arlington Heights, IL. He received a Masters of Divinity and a Doctorate of Ministry in Counseling from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. He is certified and a Fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. He and his wife Sue have four grown children and reside in Bozeman, MT.
Dan and Pam Gannon
Dr. Dan and Pam Gannon serve as part of the counseling team at Grace Bible Church, in Bozeman, Montana and Dan serves on the elder board as well. Dan, as a retired Orthopedic Surgeon and Pam, as a registered nurse, bring their understanding of medical issues into the biblical counseling world and use their training as certified Biblical Counselors to address many of the aspects of the relationship between the medical world and Biblical counseling. Dan and Pam are also frequent speakers at training conferences hosted by ACBC around the country. Dan and Pam also teach several classes in the biblical counseling program at Montana Bible College. Dan and Pam have two grown children and two grandchildren.
Brad Wright
Brad earned his BS from Montana State and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from Penn State. Brad’s career has focused mostly on product design and development and has included work in aerospace, architecture, research and academia. Brad is ACBC certified and serves on the Elder Board and Counseling Committee at Grace Bible Church. Brad is married to Cindy and has 2 adult daughters.