2025 Speakers
Traditional Services are at 8:30 AM preceded by a Hymn Sing at 8:15 AM.
Contemporary Services are at 10:30 AM.
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![Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church (Dallas, TX); host of nationally broadcast radio and TV program “Pathway to Victory;” author of 27 books; major network news contributor; adjunct professor at Dallas Theological Seminary](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/z-placeholder-300x300.png)
TBA
May 25
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TBA
June 1
![Founder and president of Urban Promise, a faith-based education and ministry center for at-risk youth in Camden, NJ and 30+ locations worldwide; author of “Spotting the Sacred,” “Holy Hunches,” “The Promise Effect” and more](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bruce-Main-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Bruce Main
June 8
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TBA
June 15
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TBA
June 22
![Online influencer giving a voice to Generation Z by addressing topics of faith and culture; author of “Frontlines: Finding My Faith on an American College Campus,” and “The End of the Alphabet: How Gen Z Can Save America”](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Isabel-Brown-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Isabel Brown
June 29
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TBA
July 6
![Mother of Grammy-winning artists Rebecca St. James and Luke & Joel Smallbone (For King & Country), subject of 2024 hit movie “Unsung Hero;” author of “Behind the Lights” and founder of mothers’ ministry MUMlife.](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Helen-Smallbone-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Helen Smallbone
July 13
![Writer, actor, director, and producer of “War Room,” “Overcomer,” “Courageous,” “Fireproof,” “Facing the Giants,” and “The Forge;” founder of Sherwood Pictures; New York Times bestselling author of “The Love Dare”](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Alex-Kendrick-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Alex Kendrick
July 20
![Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (Fort Lauderdale, FL); founder of the Institute for Faith and Culture; author of “The Hope of the World: Christian Cultural Engagement in a Secular Age”](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rob-Pacienza-2024-Rnd-300x300.png)
Rob Pacienza
July 27
![Nine-time MLB All-Star; four-time World Series champ with NY Mets & NY Yankees; cancer survivor and addiction overcomer; founder of Strawberry Ministries for discipleship, recovery, and restoration](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Darryl-Strawberry-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Darryl Strawberry
August 3
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TBA
August 10
![Founder and head soccer coach of the BuxMont Torch; pioneer in sports ministry and missions; former missionary in the Dominican Republic; former faculty and coach at Cairn University and Plumstead Christian School](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Rich-Sparling-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Rich Sparling
August 17
![Founder and President of Celebrate Kids, Inc.; expert in parenting and education; popular keynote speaker and talk show guest; author of seven books including “Resilient Kids,” “Screens and Teens,” and “Start with the Heart”](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Kathy-Koch-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Kathy Koch
August 24
![Respected youth ministry expert; author of numerous books on youth and family ministry; Professor of Christian Ministries at Grove City College; former professor of Youth Ministry at Eastern University](https://octabernacle.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Duffy-Robbins-2025-Rnd-300x300.png)
Duffy Robbins
August 31
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TBA
September 7