Rick Scarborough, a graduate of Houston Baptist University, has
traveled extensively as an evangelist. He served as senior pastor
of First Baptist Church of Pearland, Texas from 1991 until he
resigned June 23, 2002, to give his full attention to Vision
America. He earned his Masters degree at Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary, and received a Doctorate of Ministry from
Louisiana Baptist Theological Seminary.
���� It was through a disturbing situation
involving a sex education program at his daughter's high school
that Pastor Scarborough decided that "enough is enough!"
He mobilized his congregation and others in the community to
promote traditional Biblical values in the cultural and political
arenas of Pearland, effecting dramatic and much needed changes in
local policies and practices.
���� Out of this experience, he authored a
book appropriately entitled "Enough is Enough!"
which ignited interest from around the country and an opportunity
for him to share the vision with pastors and laymen alike. He
founded Vision America in 1998 as the motivating force to reach
out across this nation to network and mobilize pastors of all
denominations into the moral debates in our nation, and promote
Biblical values back into every aspect of the public arena. He has
been interviewed on several national programs including James
Dobson's Focus on the Family, Marlin Maddoux's Point of View and
Don Wildmon's American Family Radio. Salem Communications has
featured his one-minute commentaries on the nationwide Network of
Radio Stations.
���� Pastor Rick and Tommye, married in 1970,
have three grown children - Richard, Misty and Kathryn, as well as
two grandchildren.
Dr. Laurence L. White is the Senior Pastor of Our Savior
Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas. Our Savior is a growing
congregation on the northwest side of Houston, where its church
and school are located on a magnificent 46-acre campus. Dr. White
is the author of "Life With God A Survey of Biblical
Doctrine." "Life with God" has been
translated into Russian and is being widely used in mission
churches throughout the former Soviet Union.
���� Pastor White is one of the founders and
the current Chairman of the Greater Houston Area Pastor's
Roundtable, an organization designed to support pro-life,
pro-family organizations like James Dobson's Focus on the Family,
D. James Kennedy's Reclaiming America, Beverly LaHaye's Concerned
Women for America, Jerry Falwell's National Committee for the
Restoration of the Judeo-Christian Ethics and the California
Restoration Project. In that connection he has had the opportunity
to address millions of Americans through national radio and
television broadcasts and has spoken to nearly 20,000 pastors
across the nation. Pastor White also serves on the National
Advisory Board of the Family Research Council. In 1977, Liberty
University of Lynchburg, VA awarded Pastor White a Doctor of
Divinity degree, in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the
pro-life movement.
���� Pastor White is married to Deborah Sue
Hartman. They have three children, Adam, Aaron and Sarah.