Congressman Rudy Yakym is a fourth generation Hoosier who is proud to represent Bethel University and the people of Indiana’s Second District.
Born and raised in South Bend, Rudy received a bachelor’s degree in business finance and administration from Indiana University South Bend, and his Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Congressman Yakym serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, where, now in his second term, he has championed legislation like the Reducing Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act and the bipartisan Improper Payments Transparency Act, both aimed at improving federal efficiency and supporting working families.
Rudy loves Jesus, his family, and representing Bethel and our surrounding district in Washington, D.C.
He and his wife Sallyann live in Granger with their three wonderful children. They worship at New Life Baptist Church just down the street, where Rudy serves as Head Usher.
Dr. Scott Camp is a pastor, evangelist, missionary, and global theological educator.
Born to a teenage mother and raised in a home marked by alcoholism and brokenness, Scott faced significant challenges including his own drug and alcohol abuse, which led to his arrest and a felony charge while in high school. During this time, he dedicated his life to Christ and soon felt a call to preach.
Dr. Camp has served as the senior pastor of five growing congregations. He has preached the Gospel throughout the Americas, the Caribbean Islands, Europe, Asia, and Africa, where he and his wife, Gina, served as full-time missionaries.
In the field of Christian Higher Education, he has served as Dean of Students, and a professor. He has also authored two bestselling books: “A Primer on Power” and “A Primer on Pain”.
Dr. Camp is married to his wife, Gina, and together they have four grown children and four grandchildren.
Dr. Sharon serves as a missionary with World Partners and a Global Leadership Consultant with Key Concepts.
Dr. Sharon lives in Hawaii mostly, but her ministry takes her around the world as she serves the underprivileged and marginalized in a variety of settings.
Sharon is a Doctor of Medicine, the President of GoHawaii and Co-Founder of Global Peacemakers, and a volunteer with the Global Hope Network International.
Sharon also serves as a Bethel University Trustee and loves and supports the Bethel community in a variety of tangible ways.
She has a passion for meeting the holistic needs of others while sharing the life-changing message of Jesus.
Garrett Howell is a prayer pastor for Asbury Church in Huntsville, Alabama, where his primary focus is training Christians in how to pray in small and large group settings. Garrett started the Asbury Furnace, a multi-generational prayer gathering that contends for awakening in the Huntsville region. Preaching stories from Scripture and writing devotionals are ways he operates in a prophetic calling to Christians in America. We have been blessed to have Garrett share at our Ignite and Deeper Life series and last year’s Desire Prayer Gathering.
Pastor Stephen Love, Lead Pastor of Redemption City Church in South Bend has been married to his wife Mandy for 16 years, and they have 4 kids.
Stephen received his bachelor’s degree from Moody Bible Institute, his masters from Reformed Theological Seminary.
He has a heart to see disciples of Christ made in the city of South Bend.
And he’s a huge Notre Dame and Denzel Washington fan!
Our speaker is Dwight Robertson of FORGE, a ministry equipping Kingdom Laborers worldwide who serve effectively in their everyday places.
Early on, Dwight responded to God’s call to travel by faith as an itinerant speaker, produce real-world equipping programs, and provide hands-on spiritual development resources for emerging Kingdom laborers. Today, an expansive team of Itinerant Speakers travel the world igniting hearts on fire and lives on purpose.
Dwight has authored a number of books including, “You are God’s Plan A and There is No Plan B,” all aimed at helping Christians discover God’s unique and distinct design for them to daily love God and others in practical and transformational ways.
He and his wife, Dawn, live in Denver and have two married children and five grandchildren.
CJ Johnson is the Senior Pastor of Northview Church, with 15 locations throughout central Indiana. He also oversees the Northview Network which focuses on equipping other churches to thrive in their communities in life-changing ways.
CJ is a storyteller and cultural commentator with a passion for helping people cut through the noise of our world to see the beauty of the gospel. Known for his humor, authenticity, and insight, CJ connects God’s Word to everyday life in ways that are bold, clear, and memorable.
CJ has been married to his wife Kristin for nearly 20 years, and they have four children.
