General Session 1: Fred Markert (Friday 7:00 pm)
Fred Markert
Missionary Futurist & Global Kingdom Strategist
Fred Markert was a Marxist atheist living in Berlin, Germany in 1973 when he converted to Christ during the Jesus People movement that swept the world. Since then he has been a missionary futurist and global kingdom strategist serving with Youth With a Mission and now on the Missions Team at Church of the Highlands and Highlands College in Birmingham, AL. He has mobilized and trained church planting teams for unreached peoples, pioneering work in more than 150 countries across the Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist world.
General Session 2: God on the Move (Saturday 11:00 am)
For our second general session at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, we’ll feature three speakers instead of just one. Each will share for 15 minutes or less about a place where God is at work. We believe you’ll be inspired by all three, but you’re encouraged to choose one to hear more from during their afternoon seminars.
Dave Hackett
AI and Faith
Dave Hackett is a Presbyterian minister and long time mission mobiliser with a passion for leveraging technology to advance global mission. Raised partly in Saudi Arabia, he taught at Han Nam University in South Korea as a missionary and later served as a mission pastor before spending twelve years as associate and executive director of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship. Today he brings this expertise to AI and Faith, where he serves as an advisor helping faith leaders navigate the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and harness emerging technologies for gospel mission.
Tyler Pease
Perspectives USA
Tyler serves with Perspectives USA as the Executive Mobilization Director for the western United States. He lives in Tacoma, WA with his wife, Karen, and daughter, Jillian. Prior to joining Perspectives USA, he spent 15 years in pastoral ministry and continues to serve his church as a lay pastor of global outreach. He is passionate about mobilizing the body of Christ, seeing churches send well, and the ongoing pastoral care of overseas workers.
Rich Simms
Reach Ministries
Rich Simms is the founder and president of REACH Ministry, a Seattle based outreach that mobilizes Christians to serve the homeless and marginalized through compassion, prayer and the gospel. In early 2017 he heard God speak twice, “Feed the homeless,” and immediately stepped into neighborhoods overwhelmed by homelessness, addiction and darkness. Rich sees himself as an “ambassador of hope,” and REACH has planted Hope Is Alive Church—the first church in Seattle’s Pioneer Square—to disciple those coming off the streets.
General Session 3: David Hill (Saturday 4:30 pm)
David Hill
TryPraying
David studied math at Birmingham University where he became a Christian. He was one of the staff of ORU and spent 22 years working with students and churches. His main thing is prayer; seeing churches grow in prayer through prayer initiatives and prayer room experiences. He is founder and team leader of trypraying—a simple way to explore faith for people who don’t do church and don’t do God. It started in Edinburgh in 2014 and is now in 35 countries. David enjoys football, music and friends.