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.
Michael Panther is the Founder of Hope Mobility International, a ministry sharing God’s love and hope, restoring dignity through the gift of mobility. Hope Mobility International partners with international organizations to provide mobility devices to Africa’s people with disabilities, and train and equip indigenous pastors to reach those with disabilities in their communities, sharing the good news of Jesus.
Michael is a wheelchair user and a native of South Sudan. Illness and war experiences left him in a wheelchair. But God took Michael on a journey of physical and spiritual change and now he travels from Sudan, to Kenya, to the United States. Michael graduated from Louisiana State University with an Economics Degree, and God is using him to serve people in Africa with disabilities.
Jon Mourglia has been a potter for over 40 years and doing demonstrations for 30. He is the founder of the Potter’s House and, for years, travelled regularly with his teaching ministry.
Jon transforms a lump of clay into a finished vessel, vividly demonstrating different aspects of the spiritual growth of the Christian.
Jon is currently spending focused time with his family, building an art gallery, and working in various mediums of art. He teaches Sunday school class, hosts an inventor’s group, and is building a pottery studio at his church.
Jon is a favorite at Bethel University, and you are sure to enjoy his sense of humor and insights.
