Keynote Speaker
Dr. Geoffrey Thomas
Minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church
Rev. Geoffrey Thomas has been the minister of Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales, since 1965. He also serves as Associate Editor of Banner of Truth magazine. Dr. Thomas studied at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA, and is a Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI. In 2011 Westminster Seminary awarded him a Doctor of Divinity degree. His wife, Iola, passed away in 2016. Geoff has 2 daughters, 8 grandsons, and 1 granddaughter.
Keynote Speaker
H.B. Charles, Jr.
Pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church
H.B. Charles, Jr., has served as pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, since 2008. He made a personal profession of faith in Christ and was baptized, at the age of six. At the age of eleven, H.B. began his public ministry at the Mount Sinai Missionary Baptist Church, soon succeeding his father in the role of pastor, at the age of 17 as a high school senior. He later studied briefly at a small Bible college in Anaheim, California, where he was introduced to expository preaching. And he has since been a growing and faithful student of Bible exposition. H.B. and his wife, Crystal, have 3 children.