The Speakers
Morgan Jackson: Keynote Speaker
The mission of Hosanna / Faith Comes by Hearing (FCBH) is to bring His church together and make disciples from every nation, tribe, language and people, through Bible listening.
Morgan travels extensively on behalf of FCBH and has developed global partnerships with organizations and ministries that play important roles in providing Audio Scriptures in the mother tongues of people all around the world.
The son of Faith Comes By Hearing founders Jerry and Annette Jackson, Morgan has known ministry since his boyhood. He is a great storyteller who relates naturally to people from oral cultures. Morgan is keenly aware of the needs of poor and illiterate people, and his passion comes through as he talks about how crucial it is for all people to have the opportunity to hear God's Word in their heart language. This importance is illustrated by the many testimonies Morgan shares about people whose lives are transformed as they listen to Audio Scriptures.
Morgan and his wife Mari have been married for 29 years. They live in Peralta, New Mexico and have three married children and one grandchild.
Jeff Adams
Jeff Adams became a follower of Jesus Christ while reading Billy Graham's book Peace With God in his college dorm room in 1967; shortly thereafter he entered the ministry in Wichita, Kansas. Jeff married Cheryl in 1970 and they moved to Kansas City in early 1971. In 1974, he and his family moved to Central America where he served in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Two years later they moved to the Miramonte Baptist Church in San Salvador, El Salvador. During that nation's civil war, the church experienced remarkable growth under Jeff's leadership as senior pastor. Jeff returned to his home church, the Kansas City Baptist Temple, as senior pastor in 1984. Under his direction the church has become a multi-cultural, mission-minded base for a worldwide network of like-minded churches including several churches planted in the Kansas City metro area. Through KCBT's Shepherd School of Ministry, over 75 missionary families have been trained, commissioned, and sent out. Commitments to world missions, leadersh ip training, biblical discipleship, and the exposition of God's Word have become hallmarks of the KCBT ministry.
Deep Kwatra
Deep Kwatra was born in India where he grew up learning 4 languages including Hindi, English, Punjabi and Urdu. After gaining an interest in science, Deep completed his professional degree in Pharmacy (BPharm) in India in 2005 and then moved to the United States where he completed his masters requirements at UMKC at the begining of 2008 and is now working on his PhD at UMKC. Deep began attending KCBT in August of 2007 and came to Christ on October 7th, 2007 during a worship service.
Joel Boldrey
Joel Boldrey is a 20 year-old college student from Lee's Summit, MO who had lived in the same house his entire life until moving... to Cairo, Egypt. Joel developed love for traveling as well as seeing other cultures, growing up. He also has an intense love for history and talking to people. Understanding that God gives us passions for a reason, Joel followed those passions and began praying for an opportunity to study and live in another country. Although he never thought that it would be this soon in his life, he now finds himself studying at the American University in Cairo for a double major in Middle Eastern Studies, and Egyptology. Joel has 2 years left in his degree and is patiently awaiting to see what God has for him next!
Doug Pearson
In the words of Doug Pearson:
I am very humbled to have this privilege to be a missionary in India and to be part of the KCBT family! Most of what I am in Christ is what God trained me to be for eleven years at KCBT. I am in India as a servant and assistant, a Bible teacher, and discipleship teacher under the native Indian Pastors.
Farakh Zaman
Farakh was born and raised in a Muslim family and came to know Christ in November of 2005 through his best friend Andrew Castro. The journey to Christ took 5 years and started literally on the first day of college and now is a testimony that shines with the light of God. Currently, Farakh is a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and is stationed at Schriever AFB, Colorado Springs, CO. He is involved in several ministries at New Life Church and has been able to share his testimony with thousands in the last 3 years.