Doug and Gina Baker have been passionate about disciple-making their entire ministry. Doug has a Doctorate in Christian Spiritual Formation and is the Lead Pastor of Marvin Methodist Church in Tyler, TX. Gina is a popular teacher and speaker who has served the Church in both staff and lay leadership roles.

The two co-authored the curriculum, Walk to Walk, have recently revised it, and have field tested it in the church over the past five years. It's a tool designed to guide one to one discipleship with the expectation that disciple-making multiplies and never stops. To buy the guidebook and/or contact the Baker's, go here: walktowalk.us

Bishop Leah is coming back to MidTexas to serve full-time as the Conference Superintendent. STG is grateful for her continual service and leadership. Her ministry inspired the name for this podcast. Her continual support and guest appearances are a primary means for the reach of STG. To God be the glory for servants of Christ like Bishop Leah.

Bishop Leah Hidde-Gregory provided episcopal leadership within the Global Methodist Church and was assigned to the Annual Conferences in the Northeast, South Georgia, Bulgaria, Mexico, and the new emerging conference of Latin America. She played a vital role to launch the MidTexas Conference, its organization, and ongoing development. Working collaboratively with a strong leadership team, she helped establish the conference’s foundational structures, mission priorities, and operational systems.

Prior to her service in the Global Methodist Church, Bishop Gregory ministered as a laywoman in the Oklahoma Conference and as an ordained pastor in the North Texas and Central Texas Conferences of The United Methodist Church. She also served six years as a District Superintendent and as Director of New Church Starts and Church Growth in the Central Texas Conference. During the denomination’s transitional season, she was a member of the Transitional Leadership Council throughout its entirety and served for a time as chair.

Bishop Gregory is deeply committed to the proclamation of the gospel and the renewal of the Church through orthodox Wesleyan theology. Much of her ministry has focused on church revitalization, revival, leadership development, and sustainable church growth. She is passionate about seeing congregations awakened to vibrant discipleship and mission, and she remains grateful for the movement of the Holy Spirit within the Global Methodist Church.

She holds a Doctor of Ministry in Church Leadership Excellence from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.; a Master of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology; and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Sociology from Texas A&M University–Commerce.

Leah is married to her husband, Stan. Together, they share a deep love for family and ministry. They have two grown daughters and sons-in-law, two grandbabies, and a son, Will, who is a sophomore in college.

Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University is one of the approved seminaries for men and women called into ministry within the Global Methodist Church. Dr. Vang joins STG to share about his journey from Denmark to Texas as both a pastor and a New Testament scholar. He shares wonderful wisdom about holiness with us all today.

Dr. Preben Vang came to Truett Seminary in 2014 to lead the Doctor of Ministry program. Before coming to Truett, Dr. Vang served 10 years as professor and chair of the department of theology at Ouachita Baptist University and seven years as chair of biblical and theological studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University. While at PBAU, he led the effort to start their now thriving seminary.

Born and raised in Denmark, where his latest call was to pastor the First Baptist Church of Copenhagen, Dr. Vang’s academic interest has always been related to the global vision for God’s Kingdom. "When everything is said and done," he says, "my deepest interest is the church’s witness to the world. My interest in academics is driven by a deep calling to serve the church and her ministers.” Before hearing God’s call to ministry in his twenties, Dr. Vang worked as an engineer in electronics and circuitry.

Professionally, Dr. Vang is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR), and the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) where he actively participates. His academic training focused on the theology of Paul, especially his pneumatology. The title of his dissertation was: God’s Empowering Presence and the Issue of Holiness: A Relational Interpretation of Paul’s Pneumatology.

Beyond his lingering interest in this area, his focus on the connection between biblical studies, theology, and the church’s witness has led to research and publications in a variety of related areas and to different audiences – from academic studies to publications directed toward pastors and ministry leaders.

https://truettseminary.baylor.edu

preben_vang@baylor.edu