BEC Chicago

Kabrina Bass

Ms. Kabrina Bass is the Executive Director of Midlands Mediation Center in Columbia, South Carolina, an independent Christian consultant and owner of KWVision LLC, a consulting firm specializing in non-profit, faith-based organizations, small and rural ministries. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Columbia College and a Masters of Arts Degree in Religion from Lenoir–Rhyne University/Lutheran Theological Seminary and received an honorary doctorate from The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta GA. She has extensive experience in Christian Education. As the Christian Education Director, she brings creative and innovative vision and takes an “out of box” approach to ministry. She believes Christian Education is holistic and must address all aspect of Christian life.

Carolyn Jean Davis

Carolyn Jean Davis is a speaker, author, certified biblical counselor, and Christian life coach who helps people-pleasers break free, live free, and serve free to become a chain breaker, experience freedom, and help set others free. Carolyn’s passion is to help people break free of the need to please when squeezed. If you desire to stop being a people pleaser, say no without feeling guilty, and be all that God created you to be.

Carolyn is the Chain breaker that people pleasers go to for tools and strategies that actually work so they can be free to be who God created them to be. It would help if you had someone you can count on when it comes to setting people free.

Tonya C. Evans

Tonya is a graduate of Grambling State University with a Bachelors of Arts in English/Liberal Arts. She also has a Masters in General Administration with an emphasis in Public Administration from Central Michigan University. She presently serves as the Bureau Director of the Milwaukee Enrollment Services for the Department of Health Services of the State of Wisconsin. By providing a vision and plan for about 450 staff, she is responsible for ensuring that almost a half million citizens of Milwaukee County receive the medical and food benefits that they both need and are entitled.

Tonya has been blessed to be a regular Women’s Day Speaker for churches in the Midwest. She also serves as a teacher for various conferences and institutes for the Women’s and Minister’s Wives Divisions. Tonya continues to be involved in all ministries of Greater Mt. Eagle Baptist Church. She serves as a Sunday School teacher of the Women’s Class, instructor of the Women’s Bible Study, coordinator of Women’s Day and coordinator of various women fellowship activities.

Believing that God was the ultimate strategic planner by developing the plan of salvation even before the formation of the world, Tonya consults with churches in developing Strategic Plans. It only makes sense that churches begin to plan for the future and be prepared for environmental, external and internal changes – ensuring that God’s work is done in decency and in order.

She is a firm believer that it is not only important to know what the Bible says but it is also important to apply the word to our lives so that we can become excellent examples of who God really is. Because she loves professional basketball and football, she often uses sports analogies and she believes that we should always bring our “A” game when representing Christ!

Dr. Larry L. Harris

Dr. Larry L. Harris is the founder and former Pastor of the Word Fellowship Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. He also served as the Chairman of the Christian Ministries Department of the Temple Baptist College in Springdale Ohio, where he taught: Systematic Theology, Christian Leadership, and a variety of Biblical Studies courses. Dr. Harris currently serves as pastor of New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church of Fountain, Colorado.

Dr. Floyd D. James

Dr. Floyd D. James is a native of Chicago, Illinois and is the senior pastor of the Greater Rock M.B. Church in Chicago where he has pastored for 40 years. He is the President of the Biblical Exposition Conference (BEC). Pastor James served as Vice President and Instructor for New Baptist Ministers Fellowship of Chicago and Vicinity, President of the Network of Urban Black Baptist Churches; Assistant Director and Instructor for The Minister’s Division of The National Baptist Congress of Christian Education, and General Secretary of the Moderator’s Auxiliary of National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. He holds a Bachelors Degree from Blackburn College, University of the Americas in Pueblo, Mexico; a Master of Theological Studies degree from Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, and a Doctor of Religion from Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary.

Dr. Lamonte King

Dr. Lamonte King serves as Senior Pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in South Los Angeles. He has served there for 10 years. He currently teaches Old Testament Prophets at Bethany Christian Bible College and formerly taught Biblical Preaching and Pastoral Theology at Los Angeles Bible Training School. He holds a B.S. Finance (Arizona State University), M.A. Bible Exposition (Talbot Seminary), M.Div. (Azusa Pacific Graduate School of Theology), and a D.Min Preaching (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) with Dr. Haddon Robinson.

Rev. Rodney Lake

Rev. Rodney Lake serves as pastor of the Pembroke Fellowship Church located in Pembroke, Illinois. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Trinity International University, majoring in Christian Ministry and Organizational Leadership. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Theological Studies from Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary.

Rev. Joseph W. Lightfoot Jr

Rev. Lightfoot was educated in Kankakee School District 111 where he graduated and received his diploma in 1987. He continued his education at the Kankakee Community College and received an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts in 1989. Being a student athlete, Rev. Lightfoot moved on to Bowling Green, Kentucky where he received a full ride basketball scholarship while continuing his studies. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Speech Communications from the Western Kentucky University in 1992.

Rev. Lightfoot received his theological training through Faith Seminary of Tacoma, WA, the WHW Conference of Los Angeles, CA and later became an instructor of the Biblical Exposition Conference (BEC) of Chicago, IL. He received his church leadership training from the Greater New Hope M.B. Church under the tutelage of his grandfather Pastor Howard L. Wills Sr. Rev. Lightfoot served under Pastor Wills training as a faithful Associate Minister for 32 years. He was ordained in 2016 and appointed to the role of Assistant Pastor in 2018. On July 28, 2024 Rev Joseph W. Lightfoot was appointed and accepted as the pastor of his home church, Greater New Hope M.B. Church of Kankakee, IL.

Rev. Lightfoot also served and gave leadership to the Kankakee & Vicinity Baptist District Association Assistant Minister’s Division. He is proudly married to Staci Lightfoot and the father of three wonderful children, Joseph lll, Sion and Jace Lightfoot, while being the grandfather of Brooklyn Lightfoot.

Rev. Tyler J. Prude

Rev. Tyler J. Prude is the pastor of Second Baptist Church located in Kankakee, Illinois. Pastor Prude attended Kankakee Community College, Olivet Nazarene University, and graduated from Governor’s State University. He is Vice President of Biblical Exposition Conference (BEC).

Rev. Romell Williams

Rev. Romell Williams is a native of Chicago and represents the third generation of men in his family to preach the Word of God. Rev. Williams was educated at the historical Moody Bible Institute. He has served as an assistant pastor of the Bright Star Church in Chicago and as the youth pastor at Rock of Ages Baptist Church Maywood, IL. He has been pastoring at Lilydale Progressive Baptist Church since 2004, and he has committed himself to the spiritual health and growth of the members and the Roseland community.