Dr. Al Cockrell
Dr. Al Cockrell is the founding pastor of the Tri-City Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO and Tri-City Christian Schools. Later he served as the Senior Pastor of Temple Heights Baptist Church in Tampa, FL. During his time there, a sports outreach ministry was established where hundreds of young men and women came to know Christ as savior. Al has also been a Senior Consultant with John Maxwell’s organization, Injoy Stewardship Services, working with churches to assist them in leadership development, capitalization of their physical plants, and vision casting.
In March 2000 he assumed the pastorate of The Chapel in East Amherst, NY. Recognizing that the congregation’s average age was well over 50, Al began the process of establishing ministries that would attract young adults which included adding younger personnel to the existing staff. Upon his retirement in September of 2006, the church was averaging 4000 in weekly attendance.
His present ministry includes consulting with churches, particularly in the area of identifying skill set needs of staff members and strategic planning which supports the overall vision of the church.
Dr. Don McCall
Dr. Don McCall is a faculty member at Baptist Bible College & Seminary in Clarks Summit, PA, teaching pastoral ministry courses. He is a BBC graduate and has completed his doctoral studies at BBS graduating in 2003.
Prior to his ministry in Clarks Summit, Don served for 26 years as the pastoral team leader at Langhorne Terrace Baptist Church in the suburbs of Philadelphia, during which time over 100 individuals were called and equipped for full-time vocational ministry. Don has served on both the advisory council and full board of ABWE since the 1980’s.
In the fall of 2000, Don began a ministry of Church Revitalization. This role includes serving as an intentional interim pastor in select churches. He has served Whitehall Baptist Church – Philadelphia, PA; Grace Bible Church – Dunmore, PA; Bible Baptist Church – Shiremanstown, PA; Calvary Baptist Church – Brewertown, NY; Windsor Bible Baptist - Windsor, NY and is presently serving at Fellowship Bible Church in Troy, PA.
In Don’s words: “My personal mission statement is ‘To make disciples of Jesus Christ by bringing them into a learning, loving, living relationship with Him.’ Therefore, I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate at this consultation.”
Mr. Dave Arch
Dave Arch, a best-selling author, internationally recognized speaker, and conference presenter serves as the National Training Consultant for the Sandler Sales Institute.
In 1994 he founded http://askapastor.org which was one of the pioneering websites to capture the Internet for engaging those in a faith search without a pastor or local church to help in their journey.
Drawing upon twenty-five years of training experience, twenty years in the pastorate and a twelve-year background in personal and family counseling, Dave’s workshops are featured annually at national conferences. His “Moving Beyond Lecture” seminar is presented regularly at ABWE.