Keynote speakers
Phillip Foley has served full-time in pastoral ministry at Community Bible Church since 1996, first as the Associate Pastor and then in 2013 as the Lead Pastor. Phil has a passion for preaching the unfathomable riches of Christ, discipling men and women, and raising up leaders. He provides general oversight of the church, manages the pastoral staff, and helps oversee the worship services, women’s ministry, and leadership development. Phil has a burden for preparing men for pastoral ministry. He is a board member of The Cornerstone Bible College and Seminary, and professor of pastoral ministries. Phil is a graduate of Grace School of Theology and Ministry (BA), and earned a Master of Arts degree at Trinity Theological Seminary. Phil has written a number of books and training manuals, including Equality and Diversity: How God Has Created Men and Women Equal Yet Different; The Sufficiency of Scripture and Money: Practical Principles for Money Management; The Father and Son: The Beauty and Wonder of the Relationship of God the Father and God the Son; and Killing Sin Before It Kills You. Phil and his wife Becky have been married since 1985 and have five children and five grandchildren.
Brian Borgman is founding pastor of Grace Community Church, Minden, NV (1993-present). He earned a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Biola University (La Mirada, CA), a Master of Divinity from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary (Portland, OR) and a Doctor of Ministry from Westminster Seminary (Escondido, CA). Brian is the author of multiple books including Feelings & Faith: Culivating Godly Emotions in the Christian Life, Spiritual Warfare: A Biblical and Balanced Perspective, After They Are Yours: the Grace and Grit of Adoption, and a contributor to the Women’s ESV Devotional Bible. Brian and his wife Ariel have been married since 1987. They have three wonderful children, Ashley, Zach and Alex and several grandchildren.
Cliff McManis is an Elder and the Pastor-Teacher at Grace Bible Fellowship Church of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, CA. He is a graduate of The Master’s University and The Master’s Seminary. He serves as the General Editor of GBF Press and is the author of Apologetics by the Book and The Biblically-Driven Church. He is a board member as well as an affiliate professor at The Cornerstone Seminary. He married his wife Debbie in 1989 and they have four children.
Mike’s passion is preaching the Bible in a verse-by-verse fashion and training other men to do the same. He graduated from The Master’s Seminary in 1996 (M. Div.), received his doctorate in Expository Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in May 2006 (D. Min.), and is an adjunct professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, EBTC (European Bible Training Center) and The Master’s Seminary (Doctoral Mentor). Pastor Mike is also the author of Jesus Christ: The Prince of Preachers (DayOne, 2007), The Sovereignty and Supremacy of King Jesus (DayOne, 2011), Things that Go Bump in the Church (Harvest House, 2014), Discovering Romans (Zondervan, 2014), Sexual Fidelity (NoCo Media, 2015) and Evangelical White Lies (NoCo Media, 2016). He is overwhelmed at God’s grace in his salvation and for his family (Kim, Hayley, Luke, Maddie and Grace). Mike has been the Senior Pastor at Bethlehem Bible Church (BBC) in West Boylston, MA since April 1997.