Speakers of This Year's Annual Mid-West Lectures

	Don Boyd     1816 SW Bird Ct     Blue Springs, MO 64015     816-228-4239     crwd2@netzero.net	Don is a native Texan. He and Rebbecca Tate Boyd have been married for 30 years. They have four sons, all Christians. Don graduated Brown Trail School of Preaching in December, 2001. He worked with the Justin church of Christ in Justin, Texas for 5 years and currently labors with the Blue Springs church of Christ.
	Wayne Brewer     807 North Main     Sheridan, AR 72150-7768     (870) 942-9805 or 942-3916     5brwrs@seark.net	Wayne and his wife, Susan, have three children: Sarah, Ashley and Brian. Sarah is married to TJ Spradling and lives in Gallatin, Tennessee. Ashley and Brian are students at Freed-Hardeman. Wayne labors yearly with churches in Costa Rica and all three of his children assisted in these labors in his 2004 trip. Wayne has done local work in Osceola, Iowa (1978-1998), Sheridan, Arkansas (1998-2002) and currently does work with the Hispanic community in Mabelvale, Arkansas. You can visit his web page to learn more of his work at www.kc-cofc.org/39th/brewer.htm
	Tom Bright     1620 Fuller Road     Dyersburg, TN 38024-6810         tlbright@oabs.org	Preaches for the church in Dyersburg, Tennessee Director of the Online Academy of Biblical Studies Tom and his wife, Janie, have two children, Tom Bright, Jr. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Michelle Lyons of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Graduate of the Elk City School of Preaching in Elk City, Oklahoma. He has done local work in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Missouri - conducted meetings in 9 states and has participated in lectureships in 8 states. He has been an instructor in the Elk City School of Preaching and the Owasso School of Preaching and the Houston College of the Bible. He is a past director of the West Plains School of Biblical Studies. He has done radio work in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. He debated Richard Jackson of the United Pentecostal Church in 1994 on the subject of miracles and also Bob Ross of the Baptist Church in 1995 on the subject of Mechanical Instruments of Music in Worship.
	Charles Coats     4514 Grand River Road E     Webberville, MI 48892-9289     (517) 521-4382     clcoats@arq.net	Charles is a native of Arkansas, born in Gurdon, Arkansas August 22, 1953. He has been married to Leanna (Darling) since June 27, 1975. They have 2 children - Brandon and Ben.  Charles graduated Brown Trail School of Preaching in 1982. He has done local work in Murfreesboro, Arkansas; Mountain Grove, Missouri; Mammoth Spring, Arkasas; Dierks, Arkansas; Fouke, Arkansas; Howell, Michigan and helped establish a congregation in Webberville, Michigan in 1991 where he still labors. He has conducted meetings in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. He directed a lectureship while in Dierks, Arkansas. He also maintains a full-time work with Dunnage Engineering in Brighton, Michigan as the Plant Administrator.
	Ron Cosby     1533 Clay Ct     Liberal, KS 67901     620-624-5167 or 624-8655     rlc@letusreason.com	Ron Cosby was born in San Diego, CA in 1943. However, he was reared in Oklahoma. He married Sue Shive in 1959. They have three children and four grandchildren and one great grandson. In 1988, Ron and Sue moved to Disney, Oklahoma, and built their own catfish restaurant. After fifteen years of being self-supporting and preaching by invitation, Ron and Sue sold the restaurant, moved to Liberal, Kansas, and began working with the Grant Street Church of Christ in January, 2004. Ron graduated from the Elk City School of Preaching in  May, 1971 and has been preaching the gospel since. He has preached in OK, TX, AZ, CA, KS, WI, MO, MT, and in Russia and Estonia. Over the past 6 years, he has been teaching in the Online Academy of Biblical Studies.
	Perry B. Cotham     1814 Santa Cruz Ct     Grand Prairie, TX 75051     (972) 264-4379     PCotham@mailbug.com	Perry Cotham was born to Christian parents January 5, 1912 in Murray, Kentucky. He was baptized at an early age and began preaching soon after in 1929 at the age of 17.  He graduated from Freed-Hardeman College (then a junior college) 1931. He then entered college at his hometown of Murray, Kentucky and graduated from Murray State University in 1934. While attending college he preached for several of the area churches and conducted meetings. After several years of local work in Kentucky, Oklahoma and Texas he began full time meeting work in 1972. Since that time he has preached in all 50 of the United States and in all inhabited continents of the world, including over 70 nations. He has written 16 tracts and published 3 debate books with those of the Pentecostal persuasion. Perry lives in Grand Prairie, Texas.
	Bill Goring     404 SE Wingate Street     Lee's Summit, MO  64063     (816) 524-7429 or 524-1525     bgoring@kc.rr.com	Bill was born in Higginsville, MO in 1944 and raised in the greater Kansas City, MO area. He was baptized in 1968 at the Winner Road congregation and attended the Kansas City School of Preaching from 1970-1973. He has also attended at Freed Hardeman College, Oklahoma Christian College and Ozark Bible College. While in Oklahoma he was an instructor at the 8th and Lee School of Biblical Studies in Lawton, Oklahoma. He has served as an instructor at the Midwest School of Biblical Studies at 39th Street. Bill has spoken at various lectureships and gospel meetings throughout the Midwest and the Southern United States. He contributes articles for various brotherhood papers as well as tracts for the International Bible Studies series published by 39th Street. and also participates in the International Bible Studies lectures. Bill has preached for 35 years, 23 of which have been spent with the Chipman Road Church of Christ in Lee's Summit, Missouri where he currently preaches and serves as an elder. He and his wife, Nancy, have 4 children, 9 grandchildren.
	Steve Harbison     1047 S Cottonwood St     Ottawa, KS 66067-3140     (913) 242-7851 or 242-6343     stevelh@hometc.com	Steve graduated from Oklahoma Christian College in 1978 with a degree in Bible. His wife of 29 years, Susie, is a teacher in Ottawa. They have two sons, Kenneth and Darren. Kenneth and his wife Amber have blessed Steve and Susie with a grandson, Caden (now 7 months old). Steve is a 1978 graduate of OCU with a degree in Bible. He has preached since 1984, having preached for 4 years in Cape Fair, Missouri then in Ottawa, Kansas since 1988. He has conducted meetings in Kansas and Missouri and has been associated with the Midwest School of Biblical Studies as an instructor for five years. He has spoken for the last seven years on the Mid-West Lectures.
	Eugene Jenkins     Box 108     Oak Grove, MO 64075-0118     (816) 690-6073     dejenk@juno.com	Eugene is  the local evangelist for the church in Oak Grove, Missouri.He and his wife Lavenia have three children. He is a 1980 graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching. He has been involved in evangelism in Jamaica for over 23 years and is currently a team leader in that work.  Eugene labors with other area preachers in the International Bible Studies work.
	David Long     1611 Lipper Avenue     Higginsville, MO 64037-1336     (816) 584-3348 or 584-5794     dllong@ctis.net	David is the evangelist for  the church in Higginsville, Missouri. He and his wife have three children. He is a 1992 graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching. David labors with others in the area in the International Bible Studies work.
	Randy Mabe     4000 West Oakey Boulevard     Las Vegas, NV 89102     702-877-9629 or 658-7822     rlmabe1@fastmail.com	Randy L. Mabe was born in Nashville, Tennessee in January, 1951. He is married to the former Sharon M. Rebmann, of Scio, Oregon. They have two children, Lewis and Jennifer, and one granddaughter, Kieran Lane Hill. Randy received his formal training through Alabama Christian School of Religion (now Southern Christian University) and the Madisonville College of the Bible Since 1979 Randy has been the pulpit preacher for congregations in Tennessee, Kentucky and Nevada. He has been used in gospel meetings and lectureships in England, Ireland, Idaho, Montana, California, New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, Utah, Florida, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee. Randy taught in the College of the Bible, Madisonville, Kentucky, under Joseph Meador, Academic Director. Since 1993 he has served as pulpit minister and Academic Director of Southwestern School of Religion, Las Vegas, Nevada. This school has provided a full curriculum in Biblical and related studies, including Logic and Introductory Greek. Since 1991 He is currently an instructor with the Online Academy of Biblical Studies (www.oabs.org). He has taught courses in Hermeneutics and Church History for OABS since 2002.
	Terry Mabery     1400 Troy Road     Collinsville, IL 62234-5146     (618) 667-2604 or 667-6708     tlmpreach@cs.com	Terry was baptized at the age of 13 in 1958. As a teenager he preached monthly for two rural congregations.  He was married in 1965 to Mary Herbst. They have two grown children, Shelley (married with four sons) and Brett (still single).  Terry graduated in 1967 from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with a bachelor’s degree in education. He taught mathematics and physics in public schools in St. Louis County from 1967 to 1977.  During that time he became a deacon at the Lemay church of Christ in St. Louis County, working with evangelism and youth. He was hired in 1975 to work more in depth with the youth and evangelism. In 1977 he was hired to work full time with the church and began full time preaching there in 1979.  In 1997 began working with the Collinsville church of Christ in Collinsville, Illinois where he now preaches and has served as an elder since 1999. Terry has preached in youth rallies and gospel meetings in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and West Virginia.  He has preached in and directed crusades to Jamaica, West Indies. He has also preached and participated in work in Murmansk, Russia, the largest city in the world above the Arctic Circle and has taught in the Murmansk Bible College.
	Richard Massey      4839 Tin Top Road     Weatherford, TX 76087     817-599-7465	Richard preaches at the church in Weatherford, Texas. Richard and his wife Cathy have three sons, all Christians. He is a 1981 graduate of Brown Trail School of Preaching. He has done work overseas in England, Jamaica and Philippines.
	Chuck Northrop     4625 Thompson Street     Conway, AR 72032     501-513-1053     cnorthrop@wecoc.net	Chuck is a native of Kansas, born in Pratt and raised in Towanda.  He and his wife Jodi have 4 children, 2 daughter- in- laws, 1 son-in-law and 4 grandchildren. All of his children and children-in-laws are Christians.  Chuck graduated from Preston Road School of Preaching in 1976 and has been involved in local work for 25 years.  He has preached in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Latvia, Ukraine and Taiwan.  He is a past instructor in the Mid-West School of Biblical Studies, the Oklahoma School of Biblical Studies and the Kiev Preacher Training School. He was director of the Kiev Preacher Training School for the last year.  He has authored 3 books, several tracts and numerous articles. He currently serves as the evangelist and one of the elders of the church in Conway, Arkansas
	Jim O'Connor     200 West 18th Street     Oak Grove, MO 64075-9238     (816) 690-7492     Nirikshan@aol.com	Jim is a graduate of the Northside School of Preaching in Harrison, Arkansas and began preaching in 1969.  Jim makes frequent trips each year to Europe, India, and other counties. His overseas work is under the oversight of the elders at 39th Street. His labors take him regularly to India, Estonia, Latvia, Philippines, Singapore and Costa Rica.  His wife Judy is his co-laborer on many of the evangelistic journeys. They are also strongly involved in correspondence course work throughout the world.  Jim has authored many tracts in the International Bible Studies series and also many of the lessons in the IBS Correspondence Course series.  While in the United States he is a frequent speaker on lectureships and gospel meetings.
	Fred Rhodes     577 SW 82nd Avenue     Jamesport, MO 64645-8135     (660) 684-6583     fredrhodes2003@yahoo.com	Fred is the evangelist for the church in Jamesport, Missouri. He and his wife have 3 children. Fred comes from a Mennonite background, thus is particularly adept at laboring in the Jamesport area which has a high Amish and Mennonite population. He is a regular laborer with the International Bible Studies and has spoken for several years on the Mid-West Lectures. He is a co-laborer with Eugene Jenkins in the Jamaica work, and is involved yearly with journeys to that island.
	Johnie Scaggs     1333 S Stewart Avenue     Sedalia, MO 65301-5464     660-826-1762     jjscaggs@sbcglobal.net	Johnie Scaggs, Jr. has been laboring with the church in Sedalia, Missouri since 2003. He was born in Albuquerque, NM. in 1955 and grew up in Missouri from the age of 7. Johnie and his wife Nancy have been married since 1976 and have four children – all faithful Christians. Johnie preached his first sermon at the age of 14 and began full time preaching in 1981. Johnie attended the 8th & Lee School of Biblical Studies and the Southwest School of Biblical Studies. Johnie has authored several books and tracts, has a radio progam on DRO in Sedalia
	John Shafer     1306 14th Avenue     Kearney, NE 68845-6559     (308) 236-6559     shaferj@kearney.net	John preaches for the church in Kearney, Nebraska and also works a secular job. He was instrumental in beginning the sound congregation in Kearney. John is married to Linda (Kramer) since November 1968 and they have three daughters. John has done evangelistic work in worked overseas in Estonia and India and is involved in evangelism through the internet. He has spoken on the lectures in Craig, CO and at the Sunny Slope congregation in Omaha. You can visit his home page at http://www.churchofchrist.url4life.com
	Toney Smith    1313 Karla     Hurst, Texas 76053     (817) 282-3239     necoc@sbcglobal.net	Toney is a native of Arkansas, born in Nashville and raised in Texarkana. He is a 1982 graduate of Brown Trail School of Preaching and later taught there for 6 years. He has done local work in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee. He is an instructor for the Online Academy of Biblical Studies. He and his wife Debby have 3 sons (all married) and 4 grandsons. He currently labors with the church in Rendon, Texas.
	Robert Taylor     P.O. Box 464     Ripley, TN 38063-1464     (901) 635-2936 or 635-0263     no e-mail	Robert has preached for the church in Ripley, Tennessee for over 20 years. Robert and his wife Irene have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. He preaches in numerous gospel meetings an lectureships each year and has written numerous books and tracts.
	Ted Thrasher     12490 Hallet Street     Olathe, KS 66062     (913) 764-6469 or 764-2325    olathecoc@sbcglobal.net	Ted preaches at the Olathe Church of Christ in Kansas. Ted and his wife Julia have 2 children. Ted is a graduate of the McCloud School of Preaching and has labored with churches in Oklahoma and Missouri.  He is a fellow laborer with the work in the Mid-West School of Biblical Studies, International Bible Studies Lectures and the Mid-West Lectures. Ted is an instructor in the Online Academy of Biblical Studies
	Don Z. Underwood 2360 Cypress Avenue Lemon Grove, CA 619-422-2384 / 858-699-8828 scorpionstings@msn.com	Don is married to the former Linda L. Hernandez. They have three children (Naomi, Daniel, and David), one son-in-law (Justin), one daughter-in-law (Kim) and four grand children (Nathan, Caleb, Ethan and Layla). Donald has been preaching since he became a Christian in November 1977. He has taught and/or baptized someone every year that he has been a Christian. Three men have gone unto schools of preaching (that he is aware of). He has directed and led several evangelistic efforts nationally and internationally. Don has publicly debated a Reformed Baptist preacher concerning how one is converted or saved. Also, he is the author of several teaching brochures and tracts and an instructor with OABS. He labors with the Lemon Grove congregation in the San Diego metro area. The Lemon Grove congregation does monthly door to door work in Lemon Grove, every first Sunday afternoon of the month.
	Randy Watson     Tapesu iela 55-6-7     Riga LV-1083, LATVIA     011-371-729-0538     rigacofc@msn.com	Randy is a native of Independence, Missouri and has labored in that area in both secular work and evangelistic endeavors for several years. He has been involved with the work of the Riga Central Church of Christ for over 12 years. For several years Randy desired to return to full time labors with the church in Riga, but circumstances did not allow such until January of 2004. In that month Randy was able to move to Riga and begin his full time labors with the congregation there, with a 3-5 year initial commitment to the work. His work is overseen and fully supported by the congregation here at 39th Street.
	Michael Wyatt     213 Sabine Street     Portland, TX 78374-1322     (361) 643-6571/643-6748        mpwyatt@juno.com	Michael graduated from the Brown Trail School of Preaching in 1978. He has worked with congregations in Texas and Louisiana. Michael has spoken on lectureships and done meeting work in 9 states. He makes yearly journeys to do campaign work with the church in Riga, Latvia, and has also done campaign work in Jamaica. Mike has done radio and TV work and taught in the Mabank School of Preaching. He and his wife Susie have 2 children, Joshua (married), who preaches in Tennessee, and Jullian, who is teaching school. He is currently preaching for the Handley church of Christ in Fort Worth, Texas.
	Jack H. Williams     15331 East 39th Street     Independence, MO 64055     (816) 373-4946 or 478-0266     jhw@kc-cofc.org	Preacher at 39th Street church of Christ in Independence, MO since 1982. He also serves as one of the elders. Married to Lana (Lawing) since 1970. Children - Jarrod and Stacey Williams (and Connor  and Cayden - grandsons); Robbie and Mary Shepherd (and Xander - grandson) Director of the Mid-West Lectures Works with the International Bible Studies Lectures Has written several tracts for the IBS series
	Jay Yeager     511 E. Madison Ave.     Springfield, OH 45503-3723     (937) 322-3535     yeagerj511@aol.com	Jay left Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel in 1986 to go into preaching on a full time basis. He preached in Overbrook, Kansas from 1986 to 1991 when he began his labors with the church in Springfield, Ohio. Jay is married to a wonderful wife and helpmate, Kathy. They have three faithful children, Brian, Aaron and Cassandra and three beautiful grandchildren, Trevor, Taylor and Trey.