Speakers for EMNR’s national conference on August 21–22, 2026 in Palatine, Illinois. Plenary speakers are listed by date and time of their address. See the Program Schedule for workshop details.
Plenary Speakers
L.L. (Don) Veinot Jr., president of EMNR, is co-founder of Midwest Christian Outreach and a charter member of the International Society of Christian Apologetics. Don and his wife Joy have been in ministry since 1987. He is co-author of two books critiquing popular deceptions: Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret (2020) and A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and His Cultic Teachings (2003, updated 2023). Don has written for CRI Journal, Campus Life, the Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics and other periodicals. He co-hosts “The Unknown Webcast,” a weekly interview podcast on YouTube. He was ordained to the ministry by West Suburban Community Church of Lombard, IL, at the Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem, Israel, in 1997.
Don will speak Friday afternoon at 2:00 PM (plenary #1). The title of his message is “Ambassadors in the Age of Re-Enchantment: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore.”
Carl Teichrib is a Canadian researcher, writer, and lecturer specializing in socio-religious trends, neopaganism, spiritual politics, global transformation, and Christian worldview issues. Carl was born and raised in Manitoba, Canada, where he currently resides with his wife, Leanne, and their two grown children. He began his research work in the mid-1990s, focusing on the forces shaping cultural, political, and spiritual transformation in the Western world. Over the years, his work has been utilized by authors, media hosts, documentary producers, pastors, professors, and students. He is also the author of Game of Gods: The Temple of Man in the Age of Re-Enchantment (2018).
Carl will speak Friday evening at 7:45 PM (plenary #2). His title is “The Challenge of Re-Enchantment: Where Do We Go From Here?”
Mary Danielsen is the host of “Stand Up for the Truth” video podcast, a one-hour live program focusing on many issues of concern for the church today, found on Q90FM Radio from Green Bay, Wisconsin. She has written several booklets for and contributed to A New Narrative for a New World (2023) from Lighthouse Trails Publishing. Between 2004 and 2024, she wrote and produced two radio programs, “Behind the News” and “Two Minute Warnings.” Mary has taught many women’s bible studies and is an Inductive Bible Study leader. Her husband of 44 years pastors a fellowship in Appleton, Wisconsin. Her book Home Before Dark: Observations from the Road (2019) can be obtained at Amazon.
Mary will speak Saturday morning at 10:00 AM (plenary #3). Her topic will be “The Gnostic Empire in the Age of Re-Enchantment”
Robert M. Bowman Jr. is the president of the Institute of Religious Research (IRR) in Cedar Springs, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of fifteen books and numerous other published works on apologetics, historical Jesus studies, Christology, the Trinity, and various religious movements. Dr. Bowman (M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary; Ph.D., South Africa Theological Seminary) has lectured at Biola University, Cornerstone University, Luther Rice University, New Orleans Baptist Seminary, and elsewhere.
Dr. Bowman’s latest book, co-authored with J. Ed Komoszewski, is The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (Kregel, 2024), is possibly one of the finest books defending the deity of Christ ever published.
Rob will speak Saturday afternoon at 2:15 PM (plenary #4). His topic is “How Do You Know? Defending Christianity and Answering Other Religions.”
Pablo Herrera is the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Roselle, Illinois, where he is has been a member since 2007. Pablo is committed to preaching Christ and strengthening believers in a confused and changing culture. A graduate of Trinity Evangelical University and Reformed Theological Seminary, he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Heidelberg Theological Seminary.
He desires to equip the church not only to believe the faith once delivered to the saints, but to confidently defend it. He makes his home in River Grove, where he and his wife Angela have homeschooled three children.
Pablo will close the conference on Saturday at 5:00 PM (plenary #5). His topic is “The Challenge of Pastoring in the Age of Re-Enchantment.”
Workshop Leaders
Listings are alphabetical by last name. See the Program Schedule for the times and places.
Robert M. Bowman Jr — See his biography, above.
David Clark is a Christian countercult apologist, a professional Thought Reform consultant, and a court-certified expert on cults. He was a former member of Church of the Living Word from 1972 to 1974. This pseudo-Christian movement, also known as “The Walk,” was a predecessor to the New Apostolic Reformation. In 1983, Clark was a script writer and associate producer for Vain Glory, a documentary on the Walk by filmmaker Tony Cox, who joined the Walk after his marriage to Yoko Ono collapsed.
Dr. Igal German is a professor of the Hebrew Bible, a Messianic Jewish apologist, and the founding director of Yesod Bible Center and the International Biblical Apologetics Association. Dr. German has extensive teaching experience in theological institutions across Canada and the United States, most notably at Moody Theological Seminary and Denver Seminary.
Bill Honsberger is a missionary with Haven Ministries and has been sharing the Gospel with New Agers, Buddhists, Hindus, Witches, Mormons, JWs, Scientologists, atheists and anyone else he can talk to! He has reached ABD status at the University of Denver in Theology, Philosophy and Cultural Theory. He has taught for many years at Colorado Christian University, Denver Seminary, Colorado Early Colleges, Colorado Community College, Arapahoe Community College, Calvary Chapel Training Center in the Philippines and other Bible Colleges in the Denver metro area. His wonderful wife Terri and he have eight children and thirteen grandchildren.
H. Wayne House is Distinguished Research Professor of Theology, Apologetics, and Biblical Archaeology at Faith International University. He has taught theology at Dallas Theological Seminary and law at Trinity Law School. He holds several academic degrees, including doctorates in both theology and law, and is completing a doctorate in biblical archaeology, He is author and general editor of more than forty books.
Steve Lagoon is the president of Religion Analysis Service, a Christian apologetics and counter-cult ministry based in Minnesota and publishers of the quarterly journal The Discerner since 1947. Steve has a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and a Master of Divinity degree, both from the University of Northwestern—Saint Paul. Steve is the author of numerous articles and books critiquing the cults and false teachers.
Bill McKeever is the founder/director of Mormonism Research Ministry that has been challenging the truth claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1979. MRM operates the Utah Christian Research Center and sponsors the daily radio program, Viewpoint on Mormonism. Bill lives in the Salt Lake City area with his wife Tammy. They have been married 50 years.
Corey Miller — See his biography, above.
Barbara Charles Pement, former Continuity Director of ABC in Battle Creek, MI, and former Senior Editor of Cornerstone magazine of Chicago, is a writer, teacher, mother of 3, and grandmother of 3. Barbara grew up on Chicago’s Southside in Maple Park. Barbara joined Jesus People USA in her 20s where she met her husband Eric. They have been married for 44 years. Last year Amazon released her well-received memoir, Was … Was That Jesus? 23 Years in a Jesus Commune (2024), detailing her incredible communal experience.
Eric Pement is a chapter director for Ratio Christi at the University of North Florida. A former member of the RLDS Church, he found Christ in college. He has been involved with Christian apologetics since the age of 21, and has served with several ministries. He has two masters degrees (MDiv, MBA) and has been on the board of EMNR for 35 years. He and his wife Barbara are members of Harvest Jacksonville and Restoration Church.
L.L. (Don) Veinot Jr is co-founder and president of Midwest Christian Outreach, a national apologetics ministry. He and his wife of 54 years, Joy, have been missionaries to cults and new religious movements since 1987. Don is co-author of Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret; A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and His Cultish Teachings; and a contributor to Preserving Evangelical Unity: Welcoming Diversity in Non-Essentials. He co-hosts “The Unknown Webcast” each week on YouTube for Midwest Christian Outreach. Don is a charter member of the International Society of Christian Apologetics and is also the current President of EMNR.
Keith Walker and his wife Becky founded Evidence Ministries in 1995 as a missionary outreach to Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons. Keith has been full-time with Evidence Ministries since 1999. The Walkers were both saved in 1988; Keith at a Billy Graham Crusade in Rochester, New York, and Becky through an independent study of 1st John in Mililani, Hawaii. Keith jokes that his degree in Bible is only a Bachelor’s degree (Emmaus Bible College, Dubuque, Iowa), but that he also has two black belts in cult evangelism. One in Jehovah-Jitsu and the other in Mixed Mormon Arguments. With thousands of hours of experience in witnessing to those lost in the cults, he enjoys training Christians how to witness with gentleness, respect, practical wisdom, and humor.
Donald T. Williams — See his biography, above.
Joe and Susan Wolf formed OddDuck Ministries out of a desire to help people learn about the psuedo-Christian religions. By first teaching the difference between the non negotiables of Christianity vs what is open for discussion, they then compare it all to the false religion’s beliefs. Their intention is to give people tools to be able to discern for themselves the difference between a false religion and sound doctrine.
Tom and Pam Wolski were involved in Eastern/New Age teachings before coming to Christ in the mid-1980s, and they’ve been involved in apologetics/discernment ministries for 40 years. Since spring of 2023, they’ve been studying AI to determine its possible challenges to a Christian worldview. Since fall of 2023 they’ve been serving as church workers at Narkis Street Congregation in Israel.