Plenary Speakers

Stan Moore

Stan Moore co-founded and directed the first Global Consultation on Music and Missions (GCoMM) in 2003. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico where he earned a BME degree in Voice and Conducting. He also earned MCM and MM degrees in Conducting and a DMA degree in Music Ministry from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ft. Worth TX).

Prior to his appointment to BHCTI in November 2003, Dr Moore was the Thad Roberts Professor of Music Ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (2003). He was also the Chairman of the Music Ministry Department (1990-2002) and Acting Dean of the School of Church Music (2002-03). Dr Morre also served as a career missionary in Brazil from 1978 to 1987.

He has led workshops, presentations, and conferences on worship, missions, and music ministry in a number of churches and theological institutes in the United States, Brazil, England, Romania, and Germany.

Dr. Moore and his wife Mary have three children.

Michael Card

In a career that spans 25 years, Michael Card has recorded over 23 albums, authored or co-authored over 19 books, hosted a radio program, and written for a wide range of magazines. While he has penned such favorites as “El Shaddai”, “Love Crucified Arose”, and “Emmanuel,” he never imagined selling more than 4 million albums or writing over 19 #1 hits. The popularity of his work seemed a stark contrast to his goal in life, to simply, and quietly teach the Bible.

Although music provided him the opportunity to share insights gained through extensive research, writing songs alone limited what he felt called to share. Card would frequently agonize over having to condense the vast depth and richness of scripture into a three-minute song. And so he fell, quite naturally, into the field of book writing where he has garnered numerous awards.

Never one to compartmentalize his spiritual life, Card's quest for community slowly seeped into his professional life as he began to write articles and books on topics that captured his imagination through conversations with Bible teachers, friends and contemporaries in both Christian music and the academic community.

Besides being one of the plenary speakers, Michael will also be leading us in a time of worship on the evenings of 5th and 6th July 2010.

Landa Cope

Landa Cope is the Founding International Dean of the College of Communication for Youth With A Mission’s University of the Nations. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Education and a Master’s degree in Humanities and International Studies. Since joining Youth with A Mission (YWAM) in 1971, her public speaking and work in missions have taken her to more than 110 nations.

Landa has lived and worked in North Africa, the Pacific and Europe. She spent eight years developing and launching the communications and fundraising work of Mercy Ships International, serving as the Communications Officer. In 1984, Landa moved to Kona, Hawaii where she founded the International College of Communication, one of seven colleges in the UofN. Students are trained in interactive media, digital communication, video, film, photography, graphics, illustration, marketing, radio, writing, journalism and developing mass media. Graduates have been placed in some of the highest-ranking communication businesses in the industry internationally.

Landa is the author of “Clearly Communicating Christ”, a book about Jesus-style communication and “The Old Testament Template.” Landa currently lives in South Africa, and is writing her third book "God, the Bible and Political Justice".

In 2005 Landa founded The Template Institute committed to providing seminars and materials for the development of Biblical thinking in the professions as well as a comprehensive Biblical approach to issues in the public forum. She currently serves as Executive Director of TTI.

Ron Man

Ron Man studied music at the University of Maryland (Bachelor of Music in Theory & Composition, 1974; Master of Music in Conducting, 1975). After coming to Christ in March 1975, he did an additional year of conducting study at the State Music Academy in Munich, Germany, then attended Dallas Theological Seminary, receiving a Master of Theology degree in 1982. and later a Doctor of Ministry degree in 2009.

From 1983-88 Ron was on the pastoral staff of the International Chapel in Vienna, Austria. Then from 1988-2000 he served as Pastor of Worship and Music at First Evangelical Church in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

In 2000 Ron joined Greater Europe Mission, moving to Germany where he developed Worship Resources International, a ministry of teaching on the biblical and theological foundations of worship in schools and churches. In the past ten years he has taught in over 20 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Since January 2009 he is back on the staff of First Evangelical Church as Pastor of Worship/Missionary in Residence, continuing his overseas teaching while also being again active in worship planning and leading.

Ron has published both popular and academic articles in such publications as Worship Leader, Creator, Church Musician Today, Reformation and Revival journal, Reformed Worship, and Bibliotheca Sacra. All of these articles may be accessed on the website of Worship Resources International at www.worr.org. Also on that site may be found Worship Notes, a free monthly online newsletter.

Tony Yeo

Tony Yeo serves as the Deputy Senior Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Free Church. As an Associate Pastor in the Senior Pastors Office team, he supervises several ministries such as the youth, worship, outreach and missions. He is also the General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore (EFOS).

Tony is a people-centered, principle-focused and purpose-driven leader, with a track record of proven management and leadership gifts. As a beneficiary of mentoring, he has a passion for leadership development through disciple-making and mentoring, and is intentionally mentoring leaders both within and outside of Covenant EFC on a weekly and monthly basis.

A graduate with Honors from Singapore Bible College, and Tyndale Seminary in spiritual formation, he is married to Choy Mei and they have two sons, Timothy and Noah.