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L.L. (Don) Veinot, Jr. was elected as the President of EMNR in 2006. He is the
co-founder and President of
Midwest Christian Outreach, Inc., a national apologetics ministry and
mission to new religious movements based in Lombard, IL. He and his wife,
Joy, have been involved in discernment ministry as missionaries to New
Religious Movements since 1987. He is a frequent guest on various radio and
television broadcasts as well as being a staff researcher and writer for the
Midwest Outreach Journal and is co-author of,
A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life
as well as articles in the CRI
Journal, PFO Quarterly Journal,
Campus Life Magazine and other
periodicals. He was ordained to the ministry by West Suburban Community
Church of Lombard, IL, at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel in
March of 1997.
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Eric Pement
has served in a variety of capacities at EMNR, the most recent being his
election as our Vice President in 2006. He is a former member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. Eric is widely known for his expertise on new religious movements. He worked for over 22 years at
Cornerstone magazine, and was most recently the executive editor, specializing in apologetics, cults, world religions, and controversial issues. In addition to the numerous articles he has written, Eric also compiled
The 1986 Directory of Cult Research Organizations (revised editions in '87, '88, '90, '91, '93 and '96) and was the editor of
Contend for the Faith, a compilation of papers presented at the 1989 Rockford Conference on Discernment and Evangelism.
He has an M.B.A. from North Park University, and is currently attending
North Park Theological Seminary.
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James Bjornstad,
Past President of EMNR,
serves as professor of philosophy at Cedarville College at Cedarville, Ohio. Mr. Bjornstad also serves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Contemporary Christianity. B.A., Northeastern Bible College, 1967. He holds the following degrees: Th.B., Northeastern Bible College, MRE., New York Theological Seminary, and Ph.D., New York University, ABD. In much demand as a speaker, he is also the author of six books. Professor Bjornstad brings a wealth of experience to the EMNR Board and to those he ministers alongside having been involved in researching religious movements and practices for over thirty-two years. |
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Bill Honsberger
and his wife Terri live in Centennial, CO. They have eight children, five
of whom are adopted. Bill has been working with and around cults for over
twenty years. For the past fourteen years (nine under the auspices of the
Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society) he has worked for Haven
Ministries, a ministry that focuses on
evangelizing people in cults, the New Spirituality and other non-Christian
religions. Haven Ministries also works on educating the church as to the
issues raised by non-Christian religions. Bill has a Bachelors degree from
Western Bible College in Pastoral Theology, a Master of Arts Degree in
Systematic Theology from Denver Seminary, numerous hours in graduate study
in Philosophy and History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the
University of Colorado-Boulder, and is now a PhD Candidate at the University
of Denver. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at several Christian
schools. He speaks at colleges and churches around the country and
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Dr. H Wayne House, M.A., Th.D., J.D., is the president of Christian Perspectives International. He is also Distinguished
Research Professor of Biblical Studies and Theological at Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washington and a professor law at Trinity Law School, of Trinity International University, Santa Ana, California. He has earned doctorates in law and theology, and has taught Bible, theology, ethics, and law at a number of institutions. Dr. House is editor of the Journal of Christian Apologetics and
a contributing writer with the Christian Research Journal. He serves on the board of Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
and the Institute for Christian Apologetics, as well as various national boards dealing with cults, contemporary issues, theology, and law. He is the author of
more than 30 books and more than 100 articles in journals and magazines. He is
a former president of the national Evangelical Theological Society and the New Testament editor of Nelson's Complete Study Bible,
an editor of the Nelson Illustrated Bible Commentary, and the
general editor of the Baker Encyclopedia on Cults and World Religions,
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Dr. Gordon Lewis, one of the founders and the first president of EMNR, now serves as Board Member Emeritus. Dr. Lewis was born and reared in Johnson City, New York and earned degrees from Gordon College (BA), Faith Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Syracuse University (MA and Ph.D. in Philosophy). The Senior Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Denver Seminary, he has been visiting professor at Union Biblical Seminary, India, and other schools. Dr. Lewis was President of the Evangelical Theological Society (1992) and of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (1978). Dr. Lewis has authored several books, including Testing Christianity's Truth Claims: Approaches to Apologetics, Decide for Yourself: A Theological Workbook, Confronting the Cults and is co-author of the 3 volume Integrative Theology.
He contributed chapters to 14 other books, published many articles and has
produced a recorded course on apologetics. Further information about his
"Resources for Principled Living and Serving" is available from him upon
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Janice Lyons
is director of CINAM (Current
Issues in Alternative Medicine) a non-profit
Christian based information
and resource organization which seeks to educate the church as well as the
wider audience of health consumers about issues which occur with
“alternative” and other fringe health practices. CINAM evaluates alternative
health practices, products, and promoters, considering both science and the
spiritual/philosophical issues.
Janice is an RN and LPC. She
and her husband have previously served as missionaries to India.
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Bill McKeever
founded Mormonism Research
Ministry in 1979 with the hope of informing the Body of
Christ about the differences between Mormonism and Christianity. He has also
made it an effort to reach out to many individuals who are members of the
LDS church with the truth of God's Word. His many writings include the
books, Answering Mormons' Questions (Bethany House), Questions to Ask Your
Mormon Friend (Bethany House), and Mormonism 101
(Baker). The latter two were co-authored with MRM associate Eric Johnson.
Bill was also the principal contributor to 10 Questions and Answers on Mormonism
(Rose Publishing). He has also acted as consultant and contributor to
several other printed works dealing with Mormonism. |
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Dr. R. Philip Roberts is president of
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously he served as Vice President, Strategic Cities Strategies Group of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) North American Mission Board. He also serves as the Executive Director of Christian Ministries to the U.N. Community office in New York City as well as ministries to government leaders in Washington, D.C. Phil was a professor at Southeastern and Southern Baptist Theological Seminaries and had served as the pastor of churches in Belgium, England and Germany. He has also previously served as the Director of the Interfaith Witness Department where he was greatly involved in the production of the SBC produced video, The Mormon Puzzle, which brought him into extensive dialogue with LDS leaders and experts including, the co-author of the controversial book How Wide the Divide, Stephen Robinson. Dr. Roberts was also a contributor to the Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism. |
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James Walker is the president of
Watchman Fellowship, and a former fourth generation Mormon with over fifteen years of ministry experience in the field of Christian evangelism to cults, apologetics and discernment. He has been interviewed as an expert on new religious movements and cults on a variety of network television programs including Nightline, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He has spoken at hundreds of churches, colleges, universities, and seminaries throughout the U.S. and internationally. Rev. Walker is an ordained Baptist minister and holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies and an M.A. in Theology (summa cum
laude) from the Criswell College in Dallas. He serves on the faculty of Arlington Baptist College as an adjunct professor, and is a member of Who's Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
He is the editor of The Concise Guide to Today's Religions and
Spirituality and coauthor of The Truth Behind the Secret. |
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