About Us
I am former pastor and Navy chaplain. I was excited to come across your website—as I have always been disturbed by the “Grow Your Church Now” flyers that I received while pastoring. They never applied—and always lead to a “mile-wide inch-deep” faith in the persons in the pews. —Reuel S.
For over thirty years, we have provided church leaders in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania with resources and training in how the early church met together in community. Our favorite statement of faith is the First London Baptist Confession of 1646.
Biographies
Stephen E. Atkerson
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Stephen is passionate about equipping small-church leaders with shepherding principles given by Jesus to the early church. Since planting an intentionally-small Baptist church in 1991, he has continued to serve as one of its bi-vocational pastors. With over 30 years of ministry experience, Stephen has collaborated closely with evangelists, missionaries, church planters, and pastors across Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Africa. He also serves as president of the New Testament Reformation Fellowship (NTRF.org). He is a graduate of Ga Tech, and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis.
Stephen David
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Once a devotee of the Hindu deity Shirdi Sai Baba and on a path that could have led to a life of crime, Stephen experienced a profound transformation and now serves the Lord Jesus Christ as the leader of a church he planted in Hyderabad, India. He is deeply involved in training local church leaders and partners with the 9 Marks ministry in India. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Theology, a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling, and a Doctorate in Theology. He is also the author of several books, including Signs of Salvation: Understanding Counterfeit and Authentic Conversion.
Muralee Kanagalingam
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A former Hindu, Muralee planted and now leads a church in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, committed to both early church practices and the historic First London Baptist Confession of 1644. He actively travels throughout the island, evangelizing, planting churches, training leaders, and supporting existing congregations. A graduate of Lanka Bible College and Seminary, Muralee recently completed his Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree in India.
Dan Trotter
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Recently returned from more than twenty years of bi-vocational missionary service in Asia, Dan is now actively involved in a small Baptist church in South Carolina, and has a YouTube teaching ministry. Prior to his overseas ministry, he planted and served as a bi-vocational leader of a house church committed to following New Testament church practices. Dan has traveled extensively, teaching on the transformative benefits of early church principles. He graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and has both a law degree and a Ph.D. in business.
Chris Brown
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Chris was born again while serving in the 82nd Airborne. After completing Bible college, he went on to pastor a traditional Baptist church in Virginia for over 20 years, growing the congregation to an attendance of 800. Motivated by biblical conviction, he transitioned into bi-vocational leadership at an intentionally-small Baptist church that follows early small-church practices. Chris holds honorary doctorates from Texas Baptist College and Carolina Baptist College. He is a firm believer in the doctrines of grace and new covenant theology.
