Dr. Gary Durham is the Lead Pastor/Teacher of New Hope Fellowship, Palm City Florida and is distinguished for his captivating teaching and speaking. In the past he has served his denomination as a conference speaker, teacher, missionary, and pastor and has taught in many different denominations. He holds three earned degrees, including the Doctorate of Theology and has pursued a post-doctoral PhD. in Philosophy with a focus on Apologetics. He served many years as theologian and master teacher for Freedom Ministries International, a pastoral training institute. He has been a speaker at C. S. Lewis Foundation events and a presenter at their academic forum at Oxford and Cambridge University. In what he calls his “hobby life” he is an invertor along with his brother, Steve, and together they hold several patents worldwide in the field of electronics and energy generation technology. He has been to the Holy Land twice and enjoys teaching at the holy sites. He has a daughter and son-in-law, Pastor David and Janet Russell; a son and daughter in law, Pastor Ryan and Coleen Durham, and four grandchildren, Gavin and Ethan Russell, and Kaia and . He and his wife, Sheryl, of 50 years live and minister in Stuart Florida.