Keynote Speakers
Fletcher Matandika
erves as the pastor of Lighthouse Community Church in Stephenville, Texas. He has a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary in California and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is known for his commitment to Christ-centered exposition of God’s Word, aiming to build up the saints to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. 
Beyond his pastoral duties, Fletcher is a devoted family man, leading his family in daily worship and prayer. His all-consuming passion is to know God and make Him known among the nations, especially the unreached.
His unwavering devotion to the Lord, his family, and the global mission of the gospel continues to inspire and impact many within his congregation and beyond.
Conrad Mbewe
Conrad Mbewe trained as a mining engineer at the University of Zambia and worked in the Zambian copper mines for 3 years. In 1987 he was called to pastor Kabwata Baptist Church and he continues to serve as pastor today. He has a PhD in missions from the University of Pretoria and is founding chancellor of the African Christian University. In addition to his global preaching ministry, he loves writing. His latest book is God’s Design for the Church. He is married to Felistas and they have six children and seven grandchildren.
Jim Newheiser
James (Jim) Newheiser, Jr., is the Director of the Christian Counseling Program and Professor of Christian Counseling and Pastoral Theology at RTS Charlotte. For 25 years, Newheiser served as the Preaching Pastor at Grace Bible Church in Escondido, California. He is also the Director of the Institute for Biblical Counseling and Discipleship (formerly CCEF West) and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University. Furthermore, Newheiser serves as a board member at both the Biblical Counseling Coalition (BCC) and the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).
Newheiser teaches many of the counseling courses as well as some practical theology courses. Jim has been married to his wife Caroline since 1979, and they have 3 adult children.
Phil Newton
Phil A. Newton began South Woods Baptist Church, Memphis, TN, in 1987 and concluded his 35 years of pastoral leadership in May 2022. He served as pastor of three other churches in Mississippi and Alabama prior to moving to Memphis, as well as serving on two church staffs as a college student. He received his education at the University of Mobile (B.A.), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Fuller Theological Seminary (D.Min.), and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ph.D.). Both natives of Alabama, he and his wife Karen met in Mobile, AL and married in 1975. They enjoy discussing biblical issues, reading, cooking, traveling, and interacting with their family. They have five children and six grandchildren. He has spent the past three decades training young men for the ministry and leading local church sponsored international mission trips. He authored Elders in Congregational Life, Elders in the Life of the Church (with Matt Schmucker), Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals (with Brian Croft), Venture All for God: Piety in the Writings of John Bunyan (with Roger Duke and Drew Harris), 40 Questions About Pastoral Ministry, The Mentoring Church, and Shepherding the Pastor: Help for the Early Years of Ministry (released in 2023; with Rich Shadden). He has contributed to several journals including The Gospel Coalition and 9Marks e-Journal. Phil and Karen live in Germantown, TN. He is available to serve pastors and churches in the Pillar Network.
Partners
iGo Global
iGo Global is passionate about students learning how to live on mission wherever they are. Before flying overseas, each student receives training that not only equips them for their trip, but also for a lifetime of making God famous.
Because iGo is committed to the completion of the Great Commission, we focus on sending students to the least reached peoples on the planet.
Since iGo Global is an intra-church organization, we partner with and are sent by local churches. Rather than replacing or competing with churches, iGo seeks to be a vehicle that local churches use to train and mobilize the next generation to Make Him Famous.
10 0f those
10ofThose is a Book Ministry that helps everyone in and outside the church read and have access to the best Christian books from across the Publishers that excite them about the Lord and His teachings.
Our resources are carefully chosen to ensure they point to Jesus and the Bible because we know that books pointing to Jesus can completely change your life. We have experienced that in our own lives and want you to discover that, too!
Reaching & Teaching
Reaching & Teaching is a missions organization that assists local churches as they seek to make mature disciples, establish healthy churches, and train local leaders around the world.
We believe that the local church is both the means and the end of biblical missions. We desire to serve local churches as they send missionaries around the world.
Reaching & Teaching serves like-minded churches who cooperate to send reformed, baptistic, and complementarian global workers to plant churches all over the world, from unreached language groups to global cities. We partner together to train leaders and revitalize churches in extremely needy areas.
IMB
We send and support missionaries to share the gospel, make disciples, and plant churches where Jesus is not known.
Until the gospel has reached every people, in every place, and every language—we have work to do. This is the Great Pursuit.
From the Great Commission in Matthew 28, until the Great Multitude in Revelation 7, God invites us to join Him in His mission.
We exist to see lives transformed by the gospel
20Schemes
In most of the UK they are known as council estates, in the US they are regarded as the projects, but in Scotland they are called schemes.
Drug and alcohol addiction is rampant, and many in the schemes either use or deal, or both. Both illegal and legal drugs make their rounds, and there are many drug deaths as a result.
Most living in Scotland’s schemes are spiritually dead and will never be reached by the church, and therefore will never hear the gospel. We believe that gospel-preaching local churches are the best way to reach the dying souls in the schemes for Christ.