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Born in 1956, Bishop Reshetinsky trained as an electrical engineer, earning a PhD in electroacoustics, ultrasonic technology, and bionics. But Bishop Reshetinsky began pastoral ministry in 1991. He was ordained in 1993 at Christian Hope Church in Kyiv, Ukraine, and later became Senior Bishop of the Union of Evangelical Churches (IPHC Ukraine). His passion for church planting and discipleship have led to the planting of hundreds of churches, continuing the work of ministry through recent global pandemic and a military invasion. Bishop Reshetinsky has provided cultural and community leadership in Ukraine as well. Since 2000, he has been President of the Barnabas International Charitable Foundation. He also serves as President of the International Center of Christian Leadership and the Genesis Institute of Life and the Universe. He is a journalist and writer, a member of Ukraine’s national societies for both callings.

Doug Clay was elected chief executive officer of the General Council of the Assemblies of God at the 57th General Council in August, 2017. As general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, USA, part of the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, he is a member of the denomination’s Executive Leadership Team and Executive Presbytery. The church has close to 13,000 congregations in the United States with nearly three million adherents. The U.S. Assemblies of God is part of a larger World Assemblies of God Fellowship with a membership of over 69 million. He and his wife, Gail, have two grown daughters and seven grandchildren.

James O. Davis, president of the Global Church Network and Cutting Edge International, is considered to be the leading Christian networker of our time. The Global Church Network (formerly Billion Soul Network) has become the largest pastors network on the globe, partnering with more than 2,400 ministries and 560,000 churches around the world. A prolific author, international speaker, and recognized expert on networking and leadership, Dr. Davis has ministered face-to-face to millions of people in more than 125 nations over the last 35 years.

Alexey Ledyaev is a devoted pastor who has spent his life spreading the word of God and promoting family values. Born in Kazakhstan in 1958, he was raised in a Baptist family and grew up to become a chemist. However, his life took a dramatic turn after moving to Latvia, where he experienced a spiritual awakening and became a Pentecostal preacher. Alexey has faced many challenges in his life, including the loss of his mother at a young age and a split within his church. However, he has persevered and built a thriving ministry known as the “New Generation,” which has grown to include over 200 churches in 15 countries around the world. Despite his success, Alexey remains humble and committed to his faith. He values family above all else and has worked tirelessly to promote traditional family values through his ministry.

David Sobrepeña is the General Superintendent and Corporate President of the Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God (PGCAG). It was back in 1988 at the aftermath of the people power revolution where Pastor Dave left a career path in business and finance in Dallas, Texas and took up the mantle that his grandfather and father before him held. The mantle of answering God’s call in leading people to the Lord. A call that would bring him back to his country, the Philippines. Along with his wife, Lydia, Pastor Dave planted a seed in the old Paramount Theater that would eventually grow into one of the biggest churches in Metro Manila, Word of Hope Christian Family Church. To this day, he still leads Word of Hope as Senior Pastor which is one of the largest churches in the Philippines located in Metro Manila. Under his watch and with the Lord as his guide, Word of Hope grew and currently running more than 7,500 Life Groups (Cell Groups) within Metro Manila and was able to establish and maintains several institutions, namely, Hope General Hospital, Hope Christian Academy, Hope Leadership Institute, Paradise Prayer Garden and a microfinance enterprise called HOPE, Inc. Pastor Dave is Co-Chairman for Billion Soul Network, a movement that aims to lead 1 Billion people to Christ and to plant 5 million churches around the world. Along with this, he has also served in the past as Chairman of the Board of PCEC (Philippine Council of the Evangelical Churches) and as Member of the Board of APTS, a premier theological seminary in Asia. He also served the Philippine Bible Society as one of its board members. Pastor Dave is also the National Director for EQUIP Philippines and was the Head Coordinator for EQUIP Asia Pacific from 1999 to 2015. EQUIP was an organization that provides Christian leadership training worldwide and in 2012. In fact, he was inducted into the EQUIP Leadership Hall of Fame for his service. This was an award of the highest of honors which was handed to selected Christian leaders from around the world. His EQUIP team trained over 400,00 Christian leaders in numerous Asian countries including the Philippines.

Suliasi Kurulo is a Fijian Pentecostal minister and evangelist. He is the President and Founder of Christian Mission Fellowship International (CMFI), an international denomination based in Kinoya, Suva, Fiji and is also the senior pastor of World Harvest Center church, located in Suva. He also runs World Harvest Institute, a bible college based at the World Harvest Center in partnership with the world renowned Oral Roberts University from Tulsa Oklahoma. Students, past and present come from all around the Pacific, Asia, Africa and as far as Europe.

Doug Beacham is general superintendent of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He previously served as a professor and chair of the board of trustees at Emmanuel College and as a chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserves. Beacham serves on the board of Christian Churches Together. He is a member of the National Association of Evangelicals, Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America, Pentecostal World Fellowship, and the Second Billion Soul Campaign. He holds an Associate of Arts from Emmanuel College; a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia; and a Master of Divinity, a Master of Theology, and a Doctor of Ministry from Union Presbyterian Seminary. Beacham is Pentecostal.

Carla Sunberg was elected 43rd general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene at the 29th General Assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana, in June 2017. At the time of her election, Dr. Sunberg was president of Nazarene Theological Seminary, where she had been serving since January 2014. Carla was born in Germany, the daughter of missionaries. She loves to teach and train leaders for the future of the church and has served as adjunct faculty for a number of institutions. Her heartfelt passion is a life of holiness and service for the Lord. Carla and Chuck are proud parents of two adult daughters, Christa, who along with her husband, Iain Maciver, lives in England; and Cara, who with her husband, Justin Shonamon, and daughters Mackenzie and Alice, lives in Shawnee, Kansas.

Stanley Hofwijks is the senior pastor of Maranatha Ministries – Netherlands since 1975. Together with his wife Pastor Eveline they are devoted servants of the Lord Jesus. He and his wife want to reach as many people as possible in the Netherlands and the world with the good news: the gospel of Jesus Christ. For the past 40 years, he has shown enormous compassion for the needs of believers in Amsterdam and the surrounding area. He desires that the love of Jesus is visible in the congregation, and thus that the congregation once again plays an important role in society.

Timothy Hill is the General Overseer of the Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee. Prior to his election in 2016, Dr. Hill served as the church’s Director of World Missions. He launched “The FINISH Challenge” within the Church of God and beyond to help network the Body of Christ toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission. A former pastor, he has written several books, penned 150 gospel songs, and traveled extensively around the world spreading the gospel. At present he continues to speak at major denominal and interdenominal conventions and conferences around the world spreading the word of God wherever he goes.

Christian Haslebacher’s heart beats for the relevant communication of the whole gospel in secular Europe, and for the encouragement and empowerment of the local churches and their pastoral staff. “Christians and churches need to stand together and live and preach the gospel to a desperate society.” He authored a book on women in church titled “Yes, she can!”. After serving many years as a pastor, he is now presiding the leadership team of Viva Church Switzerland, a denomination with 90 local churches. As vice president of the union of free denominations in Switzerland he leads a process of renewal towards revival.

Akil Pano had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ in December 1991 in a dramatic moment in his life.  Pastor Akil has served as the General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance in Albania for nine years He has invested his time with the process of making the Albanian Evangelical churches recognized by the government of Albania as a recognized religious community a process that was successfully accomplished in November 2010, He has worked hard to help build the unity of the churches in Albania a desire that has always been in his heart.

Gaetano (Guy) Sottile, is the President of Italy for Christ, Inc. The prefixed goal, since its birth, is to pierce into the Italian culture with the Christian values of the Gospel, through evangelistic crusades, conferences, retreats, literatures, TV and radio programs.

Kenneth Ulmer is the former President of The King’s University in Los Angeles where he also serves as a founding board member, adjunct professor and Dean of The King’s at Oxford; an annual summer session held at Oxford University. Dr. Ulmer received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcasting & Music from the University of Illinois.

Leonard Sweet is author of more than seventy books and 1500+ published sermons. Len often appears on the “50 Most Influential Christians in America” listings, and in 2010 was selected by the top non-English Christian website as one of the “Top 10 Influential World Christians of 2010”. Len works with doctoral students at four institutions: Drew University, where he has occupied the E. Stanley Jones Chair, George Fox University, Northwind Seminary, and Evangelical Seminary (Kairos), where he currently holds the Charles Wesley Senior Professorship of Doctoral Studies. In 2015 he launched his own homiletics resource preachthestory.com. In 2020 he founded his own publishing house the Salish Sea Press. One of the most sought-after speakers in the religious world today, he resides on Orcas Island in the San Juans in the PNW.

Peter Wenz is the lead pastor of Gospel Forum in Stuttgart, Germany, the church that is hosting Hope Revolution, including the Code Red Conference and Holy Spirit Nights. Peter’s apostolic ministry is widely recognised, he heads up national networks and is on the board of the German Evangelical Alliance (DEA). His passion is to see people experience more of God’s presence, making way for the Holy Spirit to move in signs and wonders.

Bartholomew Orr is the Senior Pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Orr has served in this capacity since January 25, 1989. Under his leadership, the church has experienced tremendous growth, spiritually and numerically. Despite a large church setting, Pastor Orr works diligently to ensure that Brown maintains a “family-like” atmosphere. He is accessible to every member of his congregation and every member takes pride in receiving a yearly birthday call from their pastor. Pastor Orr received his Doctorate Degree in Ministry from Union University. He has always used his passion for education to train and empower other ministers. A humble and honorable man, Pastor Orr has had the opportunity to share the gospel with diverse audiences around the world. Pastor Orr is married to his lovely wife Valarie, his best friend of over 30 years. They have been blessed with four sons and four grandchildren.

Dave Roever grew up in a minister’s family in South Texas. At the height of the Vietnam War, Dave received his draft notice. Rather than serving in the infantry, he joined the U.S. Navy and served as a riverboat gunner in the elite Brown Water Black Beret in Vietnam. Eight months into his tour of duty in Vietnam, Roever was burned beyond recognition when a phosphorous grenade he was poised to throw exploded in his hand. The ordeal left him hospitalized for fourteen months, where he underwent numerous major surgeries. His survival and life are miraculous. Today with his humorous style, Roever is enthusiastically received both nationally and internationally as a public speaker. He is a superb communicator and speaks in a variety of settings including churches, public schools; business, men’s and youth conventions; and military installations around the world. Roever has also been a frequent guest on national television talk shows. He established compassionate, ongoing missions work in Vietnam and is involved in other nations. In every setting, Roever’s message is one of truth and hope. Using his life as an example, he addresses issues relevant to his audience and presents concrete solutions to life’s problems. Often drawing upon his war experiences of loneliness, peer pressure, disfigurement, and pain, as well as life’s triumphs, Roever weaves together a message of courage, commitment, and survival that touches and transforms those who hear him. In May 2005, Dave was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in recognition of his remarkable life and service. In April 2012, he was awarded The Outstanding Civilian Service Medal by the U.S. Department of the Army. In 2019, Dave and his wife Brenda celebrated 50 years of full-time ministry.  Roever is founder and president of three non-profit corporations: Roever Evangelistic Association, Roever Foundation, and REAP International, based in Fort Worth, Texas. Dave and his wife Brenda are co-founders of Eagles Summit Ranch in Colorado, as well as Eagles Summit Ranch in Texas, where they help physically and emotionally injured servicemen and women “find their way home.”

Clayton Endecott answered the call in 1983 to move to Frankfurt, Germany, planting the first German-speaking church there. This church blossomed into three vibrant international churches as well as new church plants and missions. He has taught college courses part time for Community Colleges of Chicago in Europe, served on the Official Pentecostal/Catholic Dialogues, and several German and international committees for the promoting of Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Evangelical churches. He is the general presbyter for Europe, CIS, and the Middle East. He also serves as a member of the European Theological Seminary in Kniebis, Germany, a part of Lee University.