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Matt Carter is vice president of mobilization for Send Network, the largest church planting network in North America. He was also founding pastor of The Austin Stone Church. During his tenure at The Stone, the church sent over 300 full-time missionaries to unreached people groups around the world. Matt holds an MDiv from Southwestern Seminary and a Doctorate in Expositional Preaching from Southeastern Seminary. He and his wife Jennifer have three children.
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Byron has been the lead pastor of Redemption Church since 2004. He received his M.Div. in Expository Preaching and his Ph.D. in Preaching from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Byron’s passion is to faithfully teach God’s Word so people will see the greatness of God and the amazing truths found in His scripture. You will often hear Pastor Byron say, “Do you see it?!!” He desires to preach and lead in such a way that the people of Redemption Church will Delight in God, Declare Jesus, and Disciple all People. Byron and his wife Liz have been married for 25 years and have four children.
(BA, Samford University; M.Div., Th.M, Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary).