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Kevin Harney Senior Pastor Corinth Reformed Church
Academic : I am a graduate of Azusa Pacific University, California with a B.A. in Religion and Bible. I did my Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary. My doctorate is from Western Theological Seminary in Michigan. I am presently doing adjunct teaching at Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary in their Master's Program. Church Ministry : I am the senior pastor of a church in Michigan that has grown from 300 to over 1,500 worshipers in the past ten years. The vision of our church is to equip all believers to enter into meaningful outreach that fits their God-given style. This church has transformed from being introspective and focused on "caring for our own" to being intentionally evangelistic! Speaking : Over the past four years I have presented twice at the Willow Creek Evangelism Conferences. In 2002 I brought my Frontline Evangelism Team (Our core evangelism leaders) and we did a featured breakout session in partnership with Mark Mittelberg. Two years ago I did a breakout and also took part in a main session that was led by Mark. I do evangelism training here in the US and also in Europe. My church allows me four months of the year to travel and speak so I am able to do extensive evangelism training. My wife and I will be speaking at both of the National Pastor's Conventions in 2005. I will also be speaking at three events on evangelism and church revitalization in Scotland this year. Writing : My wife and I have written, or co-written over thirty small group studies for Zondervan Publishing. Many of these have been done in partnership with Bill Hybels and John Ortberg. We have also written a book for people who are trying to find their way into a local church. The title is " How to Find a Church You Can Really Love ." It was published by Zondervan in 2003. I was Mark Mittelberg's research assistant on his book, Building a Contagious Church. While I worked with Mark I interviewed leaders from over 100 highly evangelistic churches from all over the world and wrote accounts of how they have been effective in their outreach efforts. Most of these were included in Mark's book. In 2000, Zondervan invited me to write a 90 page section for pastors in a book titles, " This We Believe: The Good News of Jesus Christ for the World ." Other contributing authors on this pastor's edition include: Ravi Zacharias, J.I. Packer, Thomas oden, Lee Strobel and Joe Stowell. I am in the process of writing a book on the evangelistic potential of the church called, " Seismic Shifts: The little changes that make the BIG Difference in your Life ." Workshops:
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