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Dr. Kendig is the Coordinator of Counseling/Follow-Up ASIA and has over 50 years of experience working with The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. For Festivals, he works with the Franklin Graham Festival Director to develop, train and monitor thousands of counselors needed. Bob and his wife, Claudette, live in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Dr. Jim Moss teaches and

shares God's Word on television and radio. He loves speaking at conferences and churches and sharing God's Word. You can hear Jim and his wife, Ellen, on Praise 96.3 FM - WJBZ radio every weekday. Their program, "Today With Jim and Ellen Moss", airs from 5:45 - 6:00 a.m. They live in Seymour, Tennessee.

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Biography: Dr. Jim Moss

Dr. Jim Moss has helped to pioneer several Christian television stations and networks in over 40 years of ministry and has worked very closely with many television pastors, including Pastor John Hagee. He was involved with producing television specials and crusades with Billy Graham and his association. Dr. Moss is considered to be one of the founding fathers of daily Christian television. He was also a co-founder and Executive Vice President of the P.T.L. television network out of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dr. Jim Moss and his wife, Ellen, are teachers and encouragers of God’s Word on television, radio, conferences and churches. Jim and Ellen currently have a radio program called “This is Today with Jim and Ellen Moss” on Praise 96.3 FM weekdays at 5:45 a.m. Praise 96.3 FM, based in Knoxville, is the number one Southern Gospel Music Station in Tennessee.

Dr. Jim and Ellen have hosted television programs such as: “Crossroads Alive” on KVCT Channel 19 in Victoria, Texas, “Celebration” on the Daystar Television Network, “Good News Today” on The Gospel Music Television Network, “TCT Today” and "TCT Alive” on the Worldwide Television Network, TCT, that can be seen on Direct TV Channel 377 and also live streaming on the internet. They have also been frequent guests on TCT’s flagship program: “Rejoice”.

Jim and Ellen have also hosted and co-hosted infomericals for the Bee Alive Royal Jelly Company. Ellen is a former flight attendant for Delta Airlines with over 37 years of service, traveling all over the world. Dr. Jim and Ellen have also ministered in London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa. They were Co-pastors of The Grand Chapel in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and enjoyed ministering to the local community and tourists that came to visit the Great Smoky Mountains.

Biography: Dr. J. Robert (Bob) Kendig

A MAN WHO LOVES HIS LORD AND HAS GIVEN HIS LIFE TO HIS MINISTRY

Family:

Wife: Claudette

4 stepchildren, 3 grandchildren

Home: Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Birth City: Tupleo, Mississippi (Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938)

Education:

1978 Doctor of Ministry, Southern Baptist Center for Biblical Studies, Jacksonville, Florida

1964 Bachelor of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky,

1960 Bachelor of Arts, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee

Ministries:

General Statement: 50 years in ministry; this includes:

15 years in Pastoral Ministries (5 churches)

16 years in Itinerant Evangelism

16 years with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Current Service (2000-Present):

Coordinator of Counseling/Follow-Up Asia” for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Task assignments:

Work with the Franklin Graham Festival Director in preparation for the Franklin Graham Festival

Administrate and secure Administrative Assistant and staff

Administrate the budget for Counseling and Follow-up

Build relationships with pastors and their churches to be ready for the ‘babies’ after the Festival

Build and nurture a major committee of Counseling and Follow-up

Aid in the selection and them the training of local leaders to teach the five-week Christian Life and Witness Course in their language and/or dialect

Watch over and monitor the teaching of the above in the Church Venues and to the thousands of Christian ‘students’

Develop, train and monitor the thousands of counselors and prepare them for the Festival

Develop, plan and oversee at least 1,000 or more for the Co-Labor (a very efficient team to tabulate the results of the Festival, enter into computers and then distribute information to the churches for Follow-up

Monitor the churches for Follow-up, seeking at least 90% of more of those who came forward to be contacted

PREVIOUS YEARS

Billy Graham Evangelism Association (1992-2001):

Global Missions: East Africa Coordinator in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Eritrea (1992-1995)

Instructor for “Christian Life and Witness Classes”

Coordinated activities in Crusade committees, BGEA (1996-1998)

“Celebration Director” for Associate Evangelist, Dr. Ralph Bell of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (1998-2001)

California Southern Baptists (1987-1990) - Director of Evangelism under Dr. C.B. Hogue

Tennessee Baptist Evangelists (1979, 1980) – President

United World Ministries, Inc. (501c3) - Founder and President during itinerant evangelism years

Southern Baptist Evangelism Conference, St. Louis (1976) - Conference Speaker.

CHURCHES SERVED AS PASTOR

First Baptist Church, Millington, Tennessee (1972-1974) - Pastor

Seventh Street Baptist Church that later became Northview Baptist Church

Called as Pastor for transition move to new location (1970-1972)

Associate Pastor with music responsibilities (1968-1970)

First Baptist Church, Medina, Tennessee (1964-1968) – Pastor

Bethel Baptist Church, Frankfort, Kentucky (1963-1964) – Pastor

Rock Hill Baptist Church, Lexington, Tennessee (1958-1962) – Pastor

Published Works:

The People of the Way – an evangelism booklet related to growing in Christ

Memoirs of a Country Squire – a biography of Conley Huskey

Business:

About You Salon and Day Spa, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (Current) – Co-owner

Virgil’s Motel, Gatlinburg, Tennessee (2000-2005) – Co-owner and Manager

Bryan started playing the piano at the age of 5 and gave his first concert at age 7 at a local nursing home. He accepted the Lord in his heart as his personal Savior at age 10 and the call to Christian ministry at age 11.

At 12 years of age, 4 different professors of music were teaching Bryan concurrently (1 for classical music, 1 for jazz/improvisational music, 1 for pop music & 1 for gospel music). Bryan graduated from both High School and Bible School a year early. He became a licensed minister and entered into full-time ministry at age 18.

Bryan is married to Susan (a mother & an artist; who creates abstract oil paintings of music). Together, they are blessed with a son and daughter (Maximus and Isabella). A new baby girl is on the way (Sophia).

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Biography: Bryan Popin

When 5-year old Bryan Popin (Poe-pin) began playing piano, he had no idea that in just a few short years, God would use his extraordinary musical talents in a profound position of ministry. At age seven, Bryan performed concerts with his mother. At age 12, he dedicated his life to serving the Lord through his musical gift, and performed his first full concert alone. He then started ministering at concerts and conferences, performing from two to four each month.

Still a young man, Bryan became a licensed minister after graduating from ACTS Bible School. He has now been in full-time ministry since the age of 18. All though many people will be entertained, Bryan's heart is ministry. His musical gifts have opened many doors of opportunity, and his ministry has grown beyond his wildest imaginations. A concert pianist/ worship leader/ composer/ arranger/ producer, Bryan's talents and devotion to God have not gone unnoticed.

Bryan will never forget a pivotal turning point in his life when one evening Christian pianist Dino surprised Bryan and called him up on stage to perform during his concert. Dino felt lead to publicly pray for Bryan. From that point on, God increased Bryan's musical abilities tremendously. He was suddenly able to memorize, improvise, play by ear, arrange and produce instrumental backgrounds via the computer skills Bryan did not possess prior to this prayer. Bryan knew that his life and talent had been touched by God's hand when that night he was able to play 55 pages of classical music from memory. This brought Bryan to tears since this was something he could never do before. At that very moment, Bryan accepted the calling on his life. You will now find Bryan singing and leading people into joyful praise and intimate worship at his ministry concerts.

Moved by Bryan's talent and dedication to the Lord, Dove Award winning artists Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire invited Bryan to accompany them on tour in 1990. Bryan spent five summers on the road as part of the Rambo\McGuire Ministry, performing at venues across the country nearly every night of the week.

The hand of the Lord continues to open doors of opportunity for Bryan's ministry. His concert schedule remains quite busy, flying across the country is getting to be a normal activity. Yamaha even provides grand pianos for many of Bryan's concerts. Bryan ministers frequently at Bishop Jakes' The Potter's House in Dallas, Pastor Tommy Barnett's Phoenix First Assembly and at Bishop Don Meares' Evangel Church, where he is featured during their 14-performance Christmas production. He has ministered with Bishop Jakes at the National Women's Conference, has opened and played with renowned trumpeter Phil Driscoll, and has performed on "The 700 Club", "Trinity Broadcasting Network" (TBN) and many others. He has appeared in 49 of the 50 United States, in Canada and in The West Indies. A famous Nigerian Archbishop chose Bryan to be his special guest psalmist because of the strong anointing present on Bryan's life. Bryan has also appeared as an artist at the "Christian Artists' Seminar in the Rockies", where he performed with Jars of Clay, Dino, Steve Camp, Dick and Melodie Tunney and Scott Wesley Brown. Some say that Bryan appeals to both the young and to those that are young at heart. One of the greatest letters this ministry we has ever received was from a struggling Baptist church in Florida overwhelmed at how Bryan "was able to not only immediately capture the hearts of people, but so humbly and so effortlessly usher us into the presence of God... Bryan was able to not only relate to the young, but to those that are young at heart. He played a variety of songs which appealed to us all and the greatest of all was to see so many people re-dedicate their lives back to God."

Bryan has released eight albums. The first, Gifts From Above, was recorded at age 14 and is a collection of Bryan's own arrangements of classic hymns. Sounds of Glory and Love That Never Dies contain fully orchestrated collections of Bryan's compositions along with some contemporary and standard Christian favorites. His fourth album, Acoustic Expressions, was formed by many requests for a piano project to accompany prayer. It features Bryan playing sacred hymns and worship songs quietly and peacefully continuously in the studio. It also embraces some classical selections and some original pieces arranged by Bryan on the fly in the studio. Bryan's fifth album, Full Circle, was released in 2001. It features some contemporary originals and praise songs with a classical flair. After being inspired by some of the nation's greatest speakers, Bryan felt lead to compose a few songs that symbolized this great experience like the original song, "Power." This album also features some great standards like "My Tribute" and "I Surrender All." After studying Beethoven for many years, Bryan arranged a joyous orchestration of "Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee." Bryan's sixth project, Joy... in the midst of the storm, is a journey of urban gospel music, to classical, to peaceful piano arrangements. This album has ministered to thousands across the country. Bryan now works with choirs and orchestras/bands at churches all over with great worshipful arrangements of "My Life Is In Your Hands" and "Breathe." This album has been an inspiration to many. Through life's experiences, Bryan has found that worship is a lifestyle and one can definitely take notice of that fact when listening to this project. Bryan recently finished recording his seventh album, Classics, featuring some of Bryan's favorite classic hymns like "Jesus Loves Me", "Because He Lives", "Amazing Grace" and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus" along with other Broadway themed compositions that Bryan has learned to not only play, but love... "Somewhere Out There", "Memory", "All I Ask Of You" and Patriotic songs held close to all of our hearts... "God Bless America" and "Battle Hymn Of The Republic." This project is just Bryan and a grand piano. Some say it's his best yet... Following this project is Bryan's eighth studio album/project, Christmas Favorites. This project has been long overdue, but extremely well received as Bryan's first Christmas project. It offers a wide variety of styles including a Latin feel to "I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas" & "We Wish You A Merry Christmas", a big band version of "Greensleeves" & "Hark The Herald Angels Sing." This project will help usher you into the Christmas season as it includes mostly all loved Christmas carols and worship choruses. Including "O Come Let Us Adore Him", "O Holy Night", "The First Noel", "Silent Night" and a medley of others.

Audiences and congregations of all ages have enjoyed Bryan's energetic musical performances, creative arrangements, and original orchestrations. He continues to add to his now current roster of over 200 original compositions. While his musical style has often been compared to a mixture of Dino and urban Gospel artist Kirk Franklin, Bryan's goal is "to bring a unique style to the piano that has never been brought before. I truly want my concerts/services to be uplifting and exciting, but more important than anything, I want people to be ministered to," Bryan says. "I want them to see and feel Jesus' love and compassion through a true worshipful experience... far beyond just a concert and far beyond just being entertained."