The Reverend Larry T. Kirk received his M. Div from Covenant Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Free Church of America. He has extensive experience in pastoral ministry. Having served two previous pastorates, and after graduating from Covenant Theological Seminary He planted Christ Community Church in Daytona Beach Florida. He has continued to serve as senior pastor at Christ Community for over twenty years. He has served on the board of Directors and the Church Planting Committee of the South Eastern District of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Since the year 2000 professor Kirk has taught preaching courses for the Practical Theology department of Reformed Theological Seminary's Orlando campus.  As a church planting trainer for Global Church Advancement he leads workshops on preaching for national and international church planting conferences. He is a member of The Evangelical Homiletics Society. Rev. Kirk is deeply committed to training Christ-centered expository preachers for effective ministry in a changing culture. Larry and His wife, Connie, have three sons: Alex (21), Adam (18) and Aaron (13).