Pastor Ron Woods is your host for the 2010 Preaching and Leadership Laboratory.  

Ron is a 1988 graduate of Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, where he now serves on the Board of Directors.  He holds a Master’s degree in Ministerial Leadership from Southeastern University. Having served churches in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee, Ron accepted Lead Pastor of The Assembly at Broken Arrow in February of 2009.

His visionary leadership and dynamic preaching style has motivated others to excellence in ministry and purpose in life. Ron is a speaker at conferences across the United States and has become a regular guest at the Dream Center in Los Angeles.  He has a great passion to lead the local church in community and global impact through servant leadership and spirit-filled living.

Dr. Mark Rutland currently serves as president of both Global Servants and Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  He is considered one of the most gifted leaders in our nation and a powerful preacher of the Word.

Through Global Servants, Rutland has founded ministries in Ghana and Thailand.  The House of Grace home for tribal girls in Chiang Rai, Thailand, was founded in 1988 and houses over 100 girls.

A native of Texas, he was educated at the University of Maryland, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, and holds a Ph.D. from California Graduate School of Theology.  

Dr. Rutland is the author of thirteen books: Launch Out into the Deep, The Finger of God, Hanging by a Thread, Behind the Glittering Mask, Streams of Mercy, God of the Valleys, Nevertheless, Dream, Character Matters, Power, Holiness, Resurrection and his latest book, Most Likely to Succeed.

Glenn Reynolds is the Lead Pastor at Bethel Temple in Hampton, Virginia. He joined the staff after starting and serving as the lead pastor of Christian Life Assembly in Des Moines, Iowa for over 14 years. He has also served in a number of leadership positions in the Assemblies of God, including Assistant Superintendent of the Iowa Ministry Network.

He has a Master of Arts degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and is a doctoral candidate at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.

He is married to Amberly who serves as the Director of the Beautiful Women’s Ministry at Bethel. Together, they have three children—Grant (14), Corbin (8), and Morgan (5).