Preachers for the 2015 Conference

Anthony Kidd has been a Christian for 23 years. He has served in pastoral ministry for 13 years and has been a member of Westide Bible Church & now Community of Faith Bible Church in South Gate (Southeast L. A. County).

He currently serves Community of Faith Bible Church as its Pastor of preaching. He received his ministry training from The Master’s Seminary where he graduated in 2001. Anthony and his wife Sherry have been married for 20 years, and together they are raising their 5 children. Anthony’s passion is to preach the Gospel in such a way that sinners are converted, saints are established and matured, and the Church is built up to the glory & praise of King Jesus. He also teaches at the Los Angeles Bible Training School in South Central Los Angeles.

The Lord Jesus saved Chris Lewis when he was 5 years old. He has been a member of First Baptist Church, Dallas, James River Church, and now Foothill Church, Glendora. Chris has been in pastoral ministry since 2002.

Chris Lewis’ claim to fame is that he is the husband of Michelle and the father of Gabbie, Tucker, Berkeley, and Gracie. Chris received his B.A. from Evangel University in Springfield, MO.  He went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota Law School. After practicing law for 5 years, the Lord called Chris into full time vocational ministry. He received his Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary in 2003. Chris has been the Lead Pastor of Foothill Church since December, 2006. He is one of the 4 L. A. pastors steering The Gospel Coalition Los Angeles Regional Chapter.

PJ Tibayan grew up in a Roman Catholic home and heard the gospel in 1989 when a lady told him that he would never be good enough for God. She told him that the only way to be forgiven of sin was through believing in Jesus Christ and not his good works and religion reading to him Ephesians 2:8-9. He was convicted of his guilt and called on the Lord Jesus to save him (and God did!). He served as an assistant pastor at Christian Fellowship Bible Church in Walnut, CA (2002-2007, now meeting in West Covina) while completing his master of divinity degree (M. Div.) at The Master’s Seminary (2006). He was a pastoral intern at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington DC in the spring of 2008 before a group planted CrossView Church in October of that year. He served CrossView as the Preaching Pastor until October 2014. He now serves as pastor of First Southern Baptist Church (Belllflower) in Southeast L. A. County since November 2014. PJ is happily married to Frances and has a son, three daughters, and a baby on the way.

PJ is a member of the executive board of the Los Angeles Southern Baptist Association and one of the 4 L. A. pastors steering The Gospel Coalition Los Angeles Regional Chapter. He is the organizer of this conference.

Brian Colmery moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to attend UCLA. After meeting Scott Mehl at The Master’s Seminary, the two planted Shoreline Church in the fall of 2005. Over the next several years Brian married the love of his life, Chrissie, had a daughter, Quinn, and Cornerstone West LA was born. Now they have added a son, Weston, and are the proud owners of Oscar the turtle. He also completed his Master of Theology degree in systematic theology. Brian serves the church by overseeing preaching and Sunday morning services at Cornerstone West LA. He also teaches at Eternity Bible College in Simi Valley. He is one of the 4 L. A. pastors steering The Gospel Coalition Los Angeles Regional Chapter.