Contributors
There are many people who contribute to the operation and content of this website, including:
Robert Banks, Director & Dean of MCSI, studied at Sydney, London and Cambridge Universities as well as Moore Theological College. He was the first Lecturer in New Testament at Macquarie University, a Fellow of the Zadok Centre in Canberra, and then founding Professor of Lay Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary and Executive Director of the De Pree Leadership Centre, both in Los Angeles.
Robert has had a lifelong connection with Inter Varsity Fellowship, ranging from faculty advisor to Christian Unions, working with its U.S. Marketplace Ministry Division, and as an author of several books for IVP.
His many publications cover biblical studies, Christian lifestyle, community building, and faith & work. Several of his books have been honored with Book of the Year awards, most recently The Complete Book of Everyday Christianity. He has also worked extensively among business people, filmmakers in Hollywood, teachers, and senior people in government. Robert lectures in the following subjects:
- A Christian Perspective on Popular Culture
- Spirituality of Everyday Life
- Lifestyle Ethics
Raymond (Ray) O. Bystrom
Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministries
Mennonite Brethren Seminary (MBBS)
4824 E. Butler Fresno, CA 93727
559-452-1707 (direct)
rbystrom@mbseminary.edu
www.mbseminary.edu
Education
B.A. Seattle Pacific University
M.C.S, M.Div, Regent College Ph.D. studies, University of Manchester D.Min. Fuller Theological Seminary Present Position, since 1991
Steve Cook currently serves as Associate Director of Professional Schools Ministries at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
Prior to this, he spent several years on the pastoral staff team of High Point Church, and 15 years with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, U.S.A., ministering with the 2100 Productions, Communications and Development, and Marketplace Teams. In 1995, Steve along with Pete Hammond and the other Marketplace staff launched the Ministry In Daily Life web-site.
Steve is married to Diann and they have two children, Matthew and Michelle. Favorite past-time activities include restoring and sailing old sailboats and attending summer courses at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Contact Steve at stephenwcook@charter.net
DeAnn Franklin has been with InterVarsity for over ten years, several of these as administrator and assistant to Pete Hammond. DeAnn is married and makes her home in Madison WI.
DeAnn writes and edits materials on the themes of whole life stewardship, and facilitated much of the content which is found in these web pages.
Until his recent retirement, Pete Hammond was a senior staff member and vice president with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA™ and leader of its Ministry In Daily Life Resource Group, formerly known as Marketplace®. He was a pioneer of evangelism and ethnic ministries within InterVarsity and launched a ministry to students headed for the secular marketplace. His work with Marketplace resulted in numerous products aimed at graduating collegians and "marketplace Christians." These have included ten years of hosting the national "Marketplace Voices" daily radio program, and launching two marketplace newsletters.
Pete was the initiator, team-leader and creative developer of the award-winning Word in Life Study Bible, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. He has been on the leadership team of the Urbana® Student Missions convention for 30 years. He is widely recognized as a productive evangelist and effective lecturer. Mr. Hammond is active in church renewal and the laity movement, and serves on the board of Christianity Today. He is a Presbyterian Church (USA) elder. Pete earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and philosophy in 1959 from Houghton College, New York. He went on to receive a Master of Divinity degree in 1962 from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton MA. Pete and his wife Shirley live in Madison, WI and have three children and 10 grandchildren.
Harry Heintz is pastor of Brunswick Presbyterian Church in Troy, New York. At Brunswick the term "laity" has been abolished and, in fact, they avoid using any terminology that would evaluate the offices of vocational pastor more than any member of the church. They see this evaluation of clergy as one of the most damaging things churches do that prevent workplace believers from seeing themselves as priests in the marketplace and equal in their spiritual callings. Instead, as pastor, Harry focuses on empowering people to see themselves as the people of God and practice their ministry daily. His multi-faceted approach includes using non-clergy language, preparing sermons with a small team who include examples from everyday life, having non-staff people preach, and concluding Sunday worship with the words, "Everyone here is in ministry. Let's go out and serve the Lord."
Harry and Rachel are the parents of two daughters, Teressa and Lisa, and grandparents of Brennan and Evan. Harry loves sailing, yard work, and reading.
R. Paul Stevens
David J. Brown Family Professor of Marketplace Theology and Leadership
BA, BD (McMaster University), DMin (Fuller)
Paul Stevens' primary focus in teaching and writing is equipping the whole people of God for leadership. At Regent he reaches out to Christians who work in the "marketplace," and offers courses, workshops, and conferences aimed at helping people integrate Christianity into their everyday life. He has taught and spoken at institutions all over the world, including Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Brazil, Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, and several schools in Asia and in Kenya. He has authored numerous books, articles and Bible study guides on topics such as ministry, marriage and Christian spirituality. Paul has been a pastor, a carpenter and an Inter-Varsity staff worker. He loves to take pictures, canoe and be with his wife Gail (pictured) and their eight grandchildren.
Select Book Titles:
- Complete Book of Everyday Christianity
(ed. with Robert Banks) - The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work and Ministry in Biblical Perspective
- Liberating the Laity
- The Equipper's Guide to Every-Member Ministry
- Disciplines of the Hungry Heart
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