Meet Our 2025 whc speakers

scott klusendorf

Scott Klusendorf travels throughout the United States and Canada training pro-life advocates to persuasively defend their views in the public square. He contends that the pro-life message can compete in the marketplace of ideas if properly understood and properly articulated.
Scott has debated or lectured to student groups at over 80 colleges and universities, including Stanford, USC, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, Loyola Marymount Law School, West Virginia Medical School, MIT, U.S. Air Force Academy, Cal-Tech, UC Berkeley, and University of North Carolina.  Scott is a graduate of UCLA and holds a Master’s degree in Christian Apologetics from Biola University.  You can learn more at https://www.scottklusendorf.com/

justin peters

Born and reared in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Justin earned his undergraduate at Mississippi State University (1995) and then a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology (2000, 2002) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.  Justin met his bride, Kathy, at an evangelism conference near Los Angeles, California in 2009. From 2014 until 2019 they lived in Sandpoint, Idaho, and were members of Kootenai Community Church. They now, along with their little dog, Mia, reside outside of Billings, Montana, and are members of Laurel Bible Church (Just Justin and Kathy are members. Mia has not yet been able to give a credible profession of faith).  Learn more at https://justinpeters.org/

Jim osman

Jim Osman was born in May of 1972 and has lived in Sandpoint since he was three years old. He graduated from Sandpoint High School in 1990. Jim came to know Christ through the ministry of Cocolalla Lake Bible Camp in the summer of 1987. Kootenai Community Church has always been his home church, attending Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and Youth Group.  After graduating from High School, Jim attended Millar College of the Bible in Pambrun, Saskatchewan. It was at Bible College that Jim met his wife-to-be, Diedre, who was also enrolled as a student.  Jim graduated with a three year diploma in April of 1993 and married Diedre in August of that same year.  He returned to Millar to further his education and graduated from the Fourth Year Internship Program with a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Ministries in April of 1995.  Jim and Diedre returned to Sandpoint where Jim began working in construction as a roofer until he was asked to take over as the preaching elder of Kootenai Community Church in December of 1996. Now he counts it his greatest privilege to be involved in ministering in the church that ministered to him for so many years. Learn more about Jim at https://jimosman.com/

gabe hughes

Gabriel Hughes is pastor of Providence Reformed Baptist Church in Casa Grande, AZ.   Gabe is husband to wife, Beki, and father of their five children. He’s also the founder and voice behind the online ministry When We Understand the Text (WWUTT), an online Bible ministry with hundreds of videos, viewed tens of millions of times worldwide..  He hosts a daily podcast with twenty minutes of Bible teaching Monday to Thursday, and Beki joins him on Friday to respond to questions from listeners.  Prior to becoming a pastor, he was in radio broadcasting for 22 years.  Learn more about WWUTT at https://wwutt.com/

Meet Our 2025 whc moderators

Pastor charlie parish

Founder of White Harvest Ministries, Pastor of Foothills Community Church
Charlie Parish is the pastor of Foothills Community Church in Marble Hill Georgia. He is the founder of White Harvest Ministries and was a former full time missionary to the country of Panama. Charlie and his wife Lacy  have five children: Andy, Lincoln, Abel, Luke, and Haven.  
Charlie is the host of The White Harvest Podcast and he writes an online blog at https://intotheharvestministries.com

Jimmy hicks

Moderator