SoCal Winter Conference 2016 Presentors

Speakers

RON RHODES

Ron Rhodes is president of Reasoning from the Scriptures Ministries. He has authored over 70 books (including three Silver Medallion winners). Ron is featured as the keynote speaker at conferences across the United States where he addresses current issues in the national media. He also spends his spare time teaching cult apologetics at Dallas Theological Seminary, Veritas Evangelical Seminary, and other well-known seminaries.

His past responsibilities included: Associate Editor of the Christian Research Journal, Editor of the Christian Research Newsletter, and particpation as a "regular" on the Christian Research Institute's popular national radio broadcast, The Answer Man.

DALE RATZLAFF

Dale Ratzlaff is the founder of Life Assurance Ministries, Inc., which publishes Proclamation! magazine, and LAM Publications, LLC. He was a fourth-generation Seventh-day Adventist and pastored in the church for 13 years, seven of which he spent as a Bible teacher at Monterey Bay Academy, La Selva Beach, California.

Near the end of his doctoral program at Andrews University in the 1980’s, Dale did an in-depth study of the investigative judgment and the cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary, events which Adventists teach began in 1844. Becoming convinced he could no longer teach this doctrine in clear conscience, he and his wife Carolyn left the Adventist denomination. Dale and Carolyn reside in Arizona.

GARY INRIG

Gary Inrig was the senior pastor of Trinity Church in Redlands, California, from September, 1992, until June, 2013. Prior to coming to Trinity, he had many years of fruitful ministry in Calgary and Dallas. He holds D.Min. and Th.M. degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. He has authored nine books and has taught in various capacities in many seminars and Bible colleges.

Since September, 2013, he has been teaching a weekly Bible study, Loma Linda Word Search, designed to be a place where students and residents of Loma Linda as well as the surrounding communities can come and hear the Bible taught by a Christian expositor. For information and to watch his classes online, go to LomaLindaWordSearch.com.

Gary has been the pastoral mentor for Former Adventist Fellowship since its inception at Trinity Church in 1999. He and his wife Elizabeth reside in Southern California.

PAUL CARDEN

Paul Carden is executive director of The Centers for Apologetics Research. He has devoted over 30 years of his life to cult-related research and outreach in Latin America, Africa, eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. He spent 15 years working with Walter Martin in the Christian Research Institute, spending six years in Brazil and six as co-host of the live radiobroadcast “Bible Answer Man”.

Paul is also the general editor for various apologetics-oriented pamphlets produced by Rose Publishing, and his articles have appeared in a variety of missions and ministry publications. He and his wife Lisa have four children.

MARTIN L. CAREY

Martin L. Carey grew up as an Adventist in many different places, including the northeastern US, the Midwest, and Guam. During daylight hours he works as a psychologist for a high school in San Bernardino, CA. He is also a licensed family therapist. He is married to Sharon and has two sons, Matthew and Nick.

As an amateur astronomer, he continues to search for darker skies with telescopes up to 20 inches. Family, research, and telescope-making take up his remaining energy. You may contact him at martincarey@sbcglobal.net.

COLLEEN TINKER

Colleen Tinker is the editor of Proclamation! magazine and also co-leads Former Adventist Fellowship with Richard, her husband. She was a third-generation Seventh-day Adventist and spent 15 years teaching English in both Adventist and Christian junior high and high schools.

In 1999 Colleen resigned as managing editor and news editor of Adventist Today when she and Richard left Adventism to make their behaviors congruent with their belief that Jesus alone saves. Colleen and Richard have two sons who also left Adventism and know Jesus, and three grandchildren.

JIM VALENTINE

Jim Valentine is the president of Christian Apologetics Research and Information Services (C.A.R.I.S.), an apologetics ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jim has never been Adventist. His early career was in industrial chemistry, but he realized God was calling him to apologetics work, and he has become an expert in the pseudo-Christian cults.

Jim has been instrumental in helping connect Life Assurance Ministries with other apologetics ministries in the Christian community.

WORSHIP TEAM

Ib Hansen, member of the Cornerstone worship team.
Shearin Matute, vocalist and songwriter, left Adventism through the ministry of last-year’s FAF conference.
Jeremiah Petsas, member of the Cornerstone worship team.
Amy Selby, member of the Cornerstone worship team.
Roy Tinker, member of the Cornerstone worship team, son of Richard and Colleen Tinker.
Jonathan Winn, worship leader for this conference and a member of the Fellowship in the Pass worship team in Beaumont, California.

TESTIMONIES

Kelsie Petersen, Shearin Matute, Roy Tinker and more!