Conference Speakers
 

Bruce Ware

Bruce Ware is a highly esteemed theologian and author in the evangelical world. He came to Southern Seminary from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he served as Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology. Prior to this, he taught at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary and at Bethel Theological Seminary. Dr. Ware has written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews and, along with Thomas Schreiner, has co-edited The Grace of God and the Bondage of the Will and Still Sovereign. He also has authored God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism, God’s Greater Glory: The Exalted God of Scripture and the Christian Faith, and Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Relationships, Roles, and Relevance.
 

Anthony Carter

Anthony (Tony) Carter serves as Lead Pastor of East Point Church, East Point, GA. He is author or editor of several books including On Being Black and Reformed: A New Look at the African-American Christian Experience, The Holiness of God: An Attribute First Among Equals, and Glory Road: The Journeys of 10 African-Americans into Reformed Christianity. A frequent conference speaker and guest lecturer, Anthony and his wife Adriane live in the Atlanta, GA area where they are raising their five children.

Steve Fernandez

Steve Fernandez is Senior Pastor of Community Bible Church in Vallejo, California, a church which he founded in 1980. The church began with 25 people and one midweek Bible study. With a focus upon expository preaching, discipleship, and missions, the Lord has caused the church to grow to 1,000. Prior to coming to Vallejo, Steve served for four years as an associate pastor at Valley Bible Church in Hercules, California.

Steve is the founder and President of The Cornerstone Seminary in Vallejo, California, where he teaches Missions, Theology, and Preaching. Steve is co-founder, board member, and instructor of Grace School of Theology and Ministry in Pleasant Hill, California, where he has taught Systematic Theology, Bible Exposition, and Preaching for 25 years. He has preached and taught pastors’ conferences in India, Africa, Europe, Central America, and the Philippines.

Steve has authored over ten books, booklets, and study materials including: Free Justification: The Glorification of Christ in the Justification of a Sinner; Jesus and the Depressed; Once Saved, Always Changed; Christ’s Infinite Fullness; and Election: God’s Unchanging Love for His People.

Steve and his wife Karen have three children and three grandchildren.
 

Brian Shealy

Brian Shealy serves as the Dean of The Cornerstone Seminary. He graduated from the College of Architecture at Clemson University in 1985. He then served as an officer in the United States Air Force performing duties as a B-52G Instructor, Electronic Warfare Officer stationed on the island of Guam. While there, he also ministered as an elder and interim pastor of Bayview Baptist Church.

He pastored Calvary Baptist Church in Burbank, California for eleven years. While pastoring, Brian also taught as a faculty associate in biblical languages, hermeneutics, and expository preaching at The Master’s Seminary from 1996 to 2003 and wrote articles for theological publications. He currently serves on the board of Ministerios Evangelico de las Americas, a ministry training center in Honduras.

Brian and his wife Myra have eight children. He has served at The Cornerstone Seminary since its inception.