Todd Bolt

Todd Bolt is currently an Executive Pastor of TFAC (Trinity Fellowship Association of Churches) where he provides Strategic Planning facilitation, leadership development, executive coaching, and connection to all member churches as well as, international partner ministries. Todd holds a Business Administration degree and a Master’s degree in Church Ministries. Todd served as the Executive Pastor in two mega-multisite churches. Over the past 30 years, Todd has served in the areas of Senior and Executive staff leadership, management and coaching, multisite campus development, strategic planning, as well as change management. He has obtained this experience from serving church ministries, 501[c]3 non-profits, small business startups, a Fortune 500 company and the pharmaceutical industry. Todd uses every day to advance his life mission: To help individuals, teams, and organizations climb their mountains. Todd has been married to his wife, Lisa, for 34 years, and has two children, Tyler and Brittany and a son-in-law, Connor, as well as a grandson Lincoln.

Stephen Cuss

Steve is the author of Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs and The Expectation Gap and also a columnist and host of Christianity Today’s Being Human podcast. Steve founded Capable Life to help people lower anxiety, break stuck patterns and increase wellbeing in the work place, home place and in your faith. Steve was first exposed to Family Systems Theory when he was a chaplain and he later studied it in graduate school. Steve holds sixteen hundred hours of supervised ministry in Clinical Pastoral Education and is a Spiritual Care Professional in the ACPE. He holds a Master of Divinity from Emmanuel Christian Seminary with a thesis focusing on the dignity laws of Leviticus and Exodus and how a suburban church can move beyond charity to address systemic poverty. Steve has served in a variety of pastoral roles for 26 years, the majority of those years as a lead pastor. He married Lisa and they have two sons and a daughter, in whom they take great delight. When Steve is not working, you can find him laughing with his family, knee-deep in a trout stream, or trying a guitar he cannot afford at a local music store.

Simon Deeks

Exec Pastor - Pastoral

Simon oversees pastoral ministries across KingsGate's various campuses. Married to Zia, proud Father to William and Hannah, and unbearably delighted to be a grandparent to Elsie. Born in Nigeria, raised in Yorkshire, degree from Durham, 20 years secondary school teacher and over 11 years as a church pastor.

Michael Murphy

Michael is the Founding Director of Leaderscape, a non-profit dedicated to supporting leaders of movements, companies and churches in both the developing and developed worlds, as well as working with ARC globally to champion the planting of churches. His local church experience & ministry includes 12 years as Brian Houston’s Senior Associate in the launch of Hillsong and 18 years as Senior Pastor of Shirelive, in Sydney, Australia. Michael’s global experience is extensive in missions and strategic advancement of organisations, and as such he is passionate about encouraging and building Christian leaders worldwide. Michael has been married for 41 years to Valery. Together they have 3 adult children – Ryan (married to Bindi), Leah (married to Andrew) and Elyse, and 4 grandchildren. Together they all work continually to stay a close and connected family, raising the next generation of world changers and living lives dedicated to the service of Jesus.

Daniel and Laurie Rolfe

Since the late 90s, Daniel and Laurie have served as senior leaders of Mountain Springs Church. Mountain Springs seeks to demonstrate the love of God through their weekend worship gatherings and their weekday restorative works. Their 23-acre campus in northeast Colorado Springs hosts a food pantry, counseling center, woodshop, aquaponics greenhouse and soon, a family athletic center. Originally from East Anglia, Daniel answered God’s call to move overseas after a life-changing faith encounter at Spring Harvest. Daniel and Laurie have been married for 30 years, have seven adult children, and three grandchildren, and make their home in Black Forest, Colorado.

Sherry Surratt

Previously the CEO of Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) International, Sherry now serves as Vice President for North America for One Hope. Prior to this Sherry facilitated Innovation Labs at Leadership Network, helping church leaders implement new initiatives and ideas in ministry. Sherry also served on staff at Seacoast Church for eight years as the Children’s Ministry Pastor and Central Support Pastor for multisite campuses. Sherry is a mum, wife, grandmother and an author of four books including ‘Just Lead; a Leadership Guide for Women Leaders in the Church.’

Geoff Surratt

CEO - Ministry Together

Geoff has served on the leadership teams at Seacoast Church, Saddleback Church and Exponential. He is the founder and CEO of Ministry Together and coaches churches and leaders in the US and the UK. He is the author of several books including the Multisite Church Revolution and he and his wife, Sherry, recently released ‘Together, a Guide for Couples in Ministry’.

Jimmy and Kim Witcher

As the Senior Pastor of Trinity Fellowship, Jimmy is the Chairman of the Board of Elders, leads the Executive Leadership Team and Trinity Fellowship Association of Churches, and is a member of the Preaching Team. Kim is the Senior Executive Pastor of Trinity Fellowship and currently oversees all marketing and communications efforts. Jimmy and Kim became members of Trinity Fellowship in 1994 and have served in many different areas of ministry, including helping develop prophetic ministry training. Jimmy has also been an elder since 2001. Jimmy and Kim have been married for over 36 years and have three married children and 3 grandchildren with two more on the way. As a family, they love to travel and experience new cultures, but in God’s Presence is their favourite place to be.

Chris Cartwright

Chris has spent over 25 years leading primarily in large city churches. At Kensington Temple, London, a church with over 100 nationalities, he served, in a season of rapid growth and church planting, as Worship Pastor, Associate Minister and Principal of its church based Bible Institute. Then as the Senior Minister at CityChurch, Cardiff, re-purposing a historic church for renewed mission. From 2010 to the present, Chris has served with Elim in organisational and movement leadership including, as Regional Leader for Wales and South West and, from 2016 to May 2024, as National Leader. Chris continues to work with Elim Global, a growing international network of movements and partners, as well as ministering across other streams in the UK and beyond. Chris has a passion for Revival and equipping and supporting leaders. Chris is married to Annie and based in Cardiff.

John & Debbie Wright

National Directors - Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland

John and Debby planted Trent Vineyard in 1996 and handed the leadership on in 2023. They now serve as the National Directors for Vineyard Churches in the UK and Ireland.

Andrew Ollerton

Dr Andrew Ollerton is a theologian, pastor and popular communicator who makes complex ideas simple and relevant. He developed The Bible Course with Bible Society and has published several books, including God’s Book: An honest look at the Bible’s 7 toughest topics (Hodder). Andrew has worked closely with the explorer Bear Grylls and also has experience in the academic world where he completed a PhD in Theology. Andrew is married to Charlotte and they have three kids, two fish, a snake and a dog.

Glyn Barrett

National Leader, AOG GB / Senior Pastor, !Audacious

Glyn Barrett is a pastor, international speaker, leader, and author whose preaching, inspirational teaching, and engaging storytelling continue to challenge and inspire people of all generations around the world. Together with his wife, Sophia, in 2007 Glyn pioneered and leads !Audacious Church, a vibrant and multi-site church that has grown from just 50 people in a small warehouse to a thriving, multi-generational community across 7 locations. Glyn serves as the National Leader of Assemblies of God Great Britain, the Chair of Empowered21 for Europe, and the Global Church Planting Chair for Assemblies of God. He is passionate about seeing leaders and pastors break through barriers and ceilings, resulting in souls saved and thriving churches. Glyn and Sophia live in Manchester, UK, with their two children, Georgia and Jaedon, and their dog, Milo.

Justin Brierley

Justin is a freelance writer, speaker and broadcaster who has become known for creating dialogues between Christians and non-Christians. Justin is passionate about creating conversations around faith, science, theology and culture. Through creative use of podcast, radio, print, video and social media, he aims to showcase an intellectually compelling case for Christianity, while taking seriously the questions and objections of sceptics. Justin has worked in radio, podcast and video for over two decades. Until April 2023 he was Theology & Apologetics Editor for Premier Christian Radio, and hosted the Unbelievable? radio show and podcast as well as the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast. Justin was also editor of Premier Christianity magazine from 2014-2018, for which he continues to contribute articles.

Stephen Foster

Rector - St Aldates Church, Oxford

Stephen leads St Aldates in Oxford, a growing church with many young adults, students and families, which is seeing lots of people come to faith in Jesus. Stephen read law at Oxford and theology at Cambridge, and worked as a Barrister for a number of years. He is married to Beth, and they have four daughters. Stephen is also an advisor to Alpha.

How & Lia

Senior Pastors - Heart of God Church, Singapore

Pastor How (Tan Seow How) and his wife Pastor Lia (Cecilia Chan) are Founding Senior Pastors of Heart of God Church (HOGC) Singapore. From 5 members in 1999, HOGC is now home to thousands of young people. HOGC is fully operated by youths, for youths, to reach youths. Even after 20 years, the average age of HOGC is still a grand old… 23! Pastor Lia is the visionary and leading voice of GenerationS internationally. She has dedicated over 25 years to building and discipling GenerationS of young leaders in HOGC.

Pete Hughes

Lead Pastor - KXC

Along with his wife, Bee, Pete Hughes planted KXC in 2010, establishing a community with the simple vision to recklessly give themselves away to God, each other, and the people of King’s Cross and beyond. Pete is a highly-regarded figure in the UK church, who has written a book on joining God’s story of recreation, called ‘All Things New’.

Agu Irukwu

Senior Pastor - Jesus House

Agu Irukwu is a law graduate of the University of Warwick.  A former investment banker and partner in a law firm, he is now the Senior Pastor of Jesus House For All Nations London. He is the founder of the Mandate Men’s Ministries, a ministry which seeks to empower, equip, encourage and raise Godly men. Agu is a key member of the One People Commission of the Evangelical Alliance which integrates ethnic minority churches more fully into the Evangelical Alliance. He was one of the Presidents of Churches Together in England representing the Pentecostal churches. He serves alongside Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby & Cardinal Nichols The Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Agu was voted Britain’s most inspirational black person in a poll conducted by the mayor of London’s office and the London Metro in 2012. Together with his wife, Sola, he co-founded Bright Futures for African Children, a children’s charity which seeks to break the cycle of poverty by providing educational facilities and resources to children in poverty-stricken communities in Africa. Pastors Agu and Sola have three children.

Tope Koleoso

Lead Pastor - Jubilee Church London

Tope Koleoso is the lead pastor of Jubilee Church London, which was planted in 1995. He is married to Kemi, and they have two grown-up sons.Tope also serves on the NewFrontiers UK Apostolic team and preaches internationally in various circles.

Michael Murphy

Michael is the Founding Director of Leaderscape, a non-profit dedicated to supporting leaders of movements, companies and churches in both the developing and developed worlds, as well as working with ARC globally to champion the planting of churches. His local church experience & ministry includes 12 years as Brian Houston’s Senior Associate in the launch of Hillsong and 18 years as Senior Pastor of Shirelive, in Sydney, Australia. Michael’s global experience is extensive in missions and strategic advancement of organisations, and as such he is passionate about encouraging and building Christian leaders worldwide. Michael has been married for 41 years to Valery. Together they have 3 adult children – Ryan (married to Bindi), Leah (married to Andrew) and Elyse, and 4 grandchildren. Together they all work continually to stay a close and connected family, raising the next generation of world changers and living lives dedicated to the service of Jesus.

Dave Smith

Senior Pastor - KingsGate Community Church

Dave Smith is Senior Leader of KingsGate Community Church which was started with a small group of people in 1988. From the outset, the Lord called Dave to “Think Big”, firstly for the city of Peterborough - to build a local church that would impact the city, the region, the nation and beyond. KingsGate’s vision is “Transforming lives from our neighbourhoods to the nations by the power of God’s love” and is now a large, multi-cultural, inter-generational church with four campuses: Peterborough, Cambridge, Leicester and online. Having studied for a doctoral thesis on the 18th Century evangelist, George Whitefield, at Oxford University, he is passionate about seeing a 21st Century revival in the UK and Europe. Dave has been married to Karen for over thirty-nine years and they have two daughters, Emily and Annabel, and two young grandsons. He is an avid Manchester City supporter, loves to read, walk and especially enjoys playing golf, where he also gets some good opportunities to share his faith. 

Debby Wright

National Director - Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland

Debby Wright, together with her husband John, lead Vineyard Churches UK & Ireland and are the founding pastors of Trent Vineyard church in Nottingham UK, which they started in 1996. Debby lived in Chile until she was 14, with earthquakes and military coups most days! Upon returning to England, Debby trained as a dancer and artist and married John. She was part of St Andrew’s Chorleywood where she first encountered John Wimber and later trained under him at the Anaheim Vineyard. John and Debby helped start the first Vineyard in Europe and have been serving together in pastoral ministry for more than 30 years. She has two sons, two fabulous daughters-in-law, and three beautiful grandsons.