Speakers & Worship Leaders

Cutting short a promising future in football at Purdue University, Dr. Gary Bond transferred to Olivet Nazarene University, heard the call to itinerant evangelism, and began full-time for the Church of the Nazarene in 1969. Since that time, he has faithfully been engaged in singing and preaching the message of full salvation.

Until this past year Dr. Bond served as the revivalism coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene, overseeing their evangelists and song evangelists. He also served as Executive Editor for the Evangelists’ Perspective Magazine, whose goal is to promote the message of heart holiness.

 

Gary is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity conferred by Olivet Nazarene University in 2015. The Francis Asbury Society welcomed him into the family of approved speakers.

 

Gary has been married to his wife Beth since 1972. They have two daughters and five grandchildren. Beth is an accomplished musician and has traveled with Dr. Bond for over fifty-two years to help provide worship music for revivals, camps, and concerts.

Ken was born in Virginia and moved to Nashville, Tennessee soon after.  He felt the call to preach as a teenager and almost immediately began to hold revival meetings at the age of seventeen. 

He is a graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University with both a BA and MA degree. In 2012, he completed a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree from George Fox Evangelical Seminary in Portland, Oregon.

Ken pastored churches for seven years before entering the field of full-time evangelism in 1997.  He soon became the youngest Tenured evangelist in the history of the Church of the Nazarene. 

Following eight years of traveling as an evangelist, Ken felt the need to be home more with his growing family and accepted a pastorate in Florida (Nassau Nazarene Fellowship). Ken then pastored Grace Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, Tennessee for ten years and then as the lead pastor at Gracepointe Church of the Nazarene near Atlanta, Georgia for nearly seven years.

Ken has returned to itinerant evangelism with a burning passion for renewal in the church and for each believer to live a life totally dedicated to Christ.  Ken and his wife, Arlene, have 4 children: Michael, Jacquelyn, Kimberly, and Diana. They live in central Florida.

Tammy Renee is a Gospel Recording Artist who comes with a message of grace and of hope. She is an eclectic artist who loves to tell a story thru her music and testimony. She uses her inspirational story to share a small piece of her heart. 

Born in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, she grew up in a musical family who enjoyed singing and playing what she refers to as "Real Life Music" Music that was built on the hard times and stories of real life. She started touring in a family band when she was only 9, and has sang with artists like Kitty Wells, Tanya Tucker, Randy Travis and Mary Chapin Carpenter. More recently she performed an old Gospel Song "Workin On A Building" at The Grand Old Opry for a tribute to a Bluegrass Legend, Mr. Ralph Stanley. 

She most recently was awarded the ISSA Songwriter of the Year award in 2021, her album "Steps" (2018) has earned her CCM Artist of the year for her single " God Is In The House" and Female Single of the Year for her single "Steps" as well as numerous award nominations including a submission to the Gospel Music Association for Dove Nominee Consideration.​​

Steve Hughes is a new missionary with World Gospel Mission. He is based in Peoria Arizona, where he will be leading the soon-to-be-launched
Discovery Experience program for young adults and engaging in various roles to support the Native American communities on the nearby
reservations.

Originally from New Jersey and a graduate of European Nazarene Bible College, Steve brings over four decades of ministry experience. His career has included full-time music ministry and pastoral roles in diverse locations such as Switzerland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Washington DC metro area.

With a deep commitment to serving others and a heart that longs for the day when people from every tribe, nation, people and tongue will gather in worship before the Lamb, Steve's ministry has touched the lives of countless people around the world.