Current Events

Doug Batchelor has experienced great extremes in his life. His long and winding journey from anti-social drug user to president of a worldwide ministry has helped shape him into an engaging speaker with whom audiences the world over can identify.

Today he is the senior pastor of Granite Bay Church in California and the president of Amazing Facts. He hosts the weekly television program Amazing Facts with Doug Batchelor and the Bible Answers Live radio broadcast.

Neil Nedley is a physician in Internal Medicine with an emphasis in Gastroenterology, Mental Health, Lifestyle Medicine, and the difficult-to-diagnose patient.  He did his undergraduate studies at Andrews University in Michigan, majoring in Biochemistry.  He graduated from medical school in 1986 with an MD degree from Loma Linda University in California, ranking in the top 10 percent of his class.  He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Kettering Medical Center at Wright State University in Ohio in 1989, and in the same year he became certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.  He is owner of the Nedley Clinic in Ardmore, Oklahoma an internal medicine practice, and is also President of Ardmore Gastroenterology Management.  He recently co-authored two peer reviewed studies: one detailing a groundbreaking approach to depression identification and the other regarding decreased usage of benzodiazepines through lifestyle based depression recovery.

Frank was born in Canada to Roman Catholic, French Canadian parents. He became a Seventh-day Adventist on September 14, 1974 at the age of 27. Frank was elected to serve as president of Woodland Park Foundation, a small supporting ministry of the SDA Church from 1978-83. He worked as a Bible Teacher at Fountainview Academy in British Columbia, 1986-87. He then served in Zambia, Africa, as Director of Riverside Farm Institute between 1991-1997. Frank moved to the Outpost Centers International headquarters as Executive Vice-president 1997-2003. He spent twelve years as president of Eden Valley Institute, from 2003 to 2014. He then served four years as President of ASI-NAD, 2011-2015. He served again as Executive VP of OCI between 2015-2020. Today, Frank is Pastor of the Eden Valley Church and the Chaplain of the institution. He has been married for 50 years, and has three children, 12 grandchildren, and two great (really great) granddaughters.

Eric Flickinger was raised in a military family and traveled extensively during his childhood, developing a deep appreciation for the many and varied cultures of the world.  After graduating from the University of Florida, he began a career as a model and actor until the Lord called him to something higher. He accepted the call to evangelism and has conducted over 60 Bible-based series across North America and around the world. Eric is currently serving as the associate speaker for It Is Written and the co-host of the television program, Line Upon Line.

Pastor John Bradshaw is the president of It Is Written. A former radio broadcaster, he became a Christian as a young adult, and served as an evangelist and church pastor before joining It Is Written in January of 2011. He has held more than 100 evangelistic series, sharing God’s word on six continents.

John has filmed It Is Written programs in almost 30 countries, which along with his daily devotional, Every Word and other It Is Written programs are viewed around the world. John is married to Melissa, and they have two children. They live near Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Dwayne Lemon is an ordained Elder in the SDA Church. He is also the director of PTH Ministries (A Bible Based Ministry of Preaching, Teaching, and Healing). As he travels the world, he can clearly see the great need of people to have a very real, dynamic, and genuine walk with God. He firmly believes that the Three Angels Messages combined with Medical Missionary work, in its practical sense, is the key to accomplishing this goal.

Convention Menu

Friday Saturday and Sunday Breakfast

Potatoes
Scrambled Eggs
Scrambled Tofu
Fruit Platters
Oatmeal
Biscuits/Gravy
Muffins
Toast

Friday Lunch

At Cinzetti’s

Friday Supper

Veggie Burgers
Potato Salad
Pasta Salad
Sweet Potato Fries
Sweet Beans (Vegetarian) with Big Franks (Vegetarian)
Chips and Salsa
Fruit Platter

Sabbath Lunch

BBQ Soy Curls
Tofu Vegetable Curry (very mild)
Cubed Fried Tofu with potatoes, carrots, onions, broccoli
Rice Pilaf
Peas
Coleslaw – We will provide veganaise
Green Salad

Sabbath Supper

Baked Potato Bar
Chili – Vegetarian
Peppers – Grilled
Onions – Grilled
Mushrooms – Grilled
Sour Cream/Vegan – We will provide vegan option
Butter – We will provide vegan option
Imitation Bacon Bits
Broccoli
Cheese Sauce – We will provide vegan option
Fruit Plates

David is a Light Bearers speaker and ARISE co-founder and instructor. Since his baptism in 1999, he has traveled the globe preaching and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. He and his wife Violeta are the happy parents of two boys, Landon and Jabel. They enjoy backpacking, climbing, running, fly fishing, and reading.

Frank was born in Canada to Roman Catholic, French Canadian parents. He became a Seventh-day Adventist on September 14, 1974 at the age of 27. Frank was elected to serve as president of Woodland Park Foundation, a small supporting ministry of the SDA Church from 1978-83. He worked as a Bible Teacher at Fountainview Academy in British Columbia, 1986-87. He then served in Zambia, Africa, as Director of Riverside Farm Institute between 1991-1997. Frank moved to the Outpost Centers International headquarters as Executive Vice-president 1997-2003. He spent twelve years as president of Eden Valley Institute, from 2003 to 2014. He then served four years as President of ASI-NAD, 2011-2015. He served again as Executive VP of OCI between 2015-2020. Today, Frank is Pastor of the Eden Valley Church and the Chaplain of the institution. He has been married for 50 years, and has three children, 12 grandchildren, and two great (really great) granddaughters.

Shanniel was born in Jamaica and became a Seventh-Day Adventist at age 15. He has a passion for Health Evangelism, missions and young people since he was 17 years old. After receiving missionary training at Uchee Pines Health Institute in Alabama USA, he served as  Uchee Pines’ Education Director, and Lifestyle Center Administrator for 4 years, and more recently served as president of Country Life Health Institute in the Dominican Republic. Together with his wife Lina, he has dedicated his life to full-time missionary work around the world and works currently with LIGHT (Lay Institute for Global Health Training) as the divisional director for Inter-America, and also the Field Vice-President for OCI (Outpost Centers International) in Inter-American Division.