MAIN SESSIONS
Speakers inspiring effectiveness — main gatherings that unite the whole festival.
2026 Festival · Called to Make a Difference
Keynote Speakers
We’re thrilled to welcome two keynote speakers to Missions Fest Seattle 2026 — leaders whose lives embody what it means to be called out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Todd Ahrend
Todd Ahrend is the founder and International Director of The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He graduated from Northeastern State University, holds a Masters from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
He and his wife, Jessica, have spent almost two decades traveling nationwide and abroad, speaking to thousands of people about involvement in world evangelization. Todd has exposure in over sixty countries and has lived in the Middle East. He is the author of The Abrahamic Revolution and In This Generation.
Andrew Ginsberg
Andrew Ginsberg is the President and CEO of Operation Mobilization (OM), overseeing the U.S. arm of a global organization with nearly 5,000 staff dedicated to creating communities of Jesus followers in places with the least access to Scripture.
Andrew grew up in an earnestly American Jewish household — “I spent 10 or 12 hours in synagogue every week,” he recalls. Fluent in Hebrew, he could pray any prayer, but he didn’t know the God he was praying to. Friends who journeyed with him at Duke University introduced him to Jesus, and five years later he came to Christ and began learning how to listen to God.
After 17 years as a senior leader in biotechnology, Andrew sensed God telling him to quit his job — he submitted his resignation the next day. That act of radical obedience launched what he calls the second chapter of his career: executive leadership for nonprofits. “I learned that leadership is really followership,” he says. “God’s called us to His Great Commission, and as long as we keep our eyes on Him and discern the way forward instead of decide, we have the incredible opportunity to be part of this mission He’s prepared in advance for us.” Andrew also chairs the board of Good Faith, an organization equipping Christians to engage contemporary cultural challenges through enduring biblical principles.
God on the Move
Pastor Jesse Bradley
Senior Pastor of Grace Church in Auburn — a former professional soccer goalkeeper with a contagious message of hope.
Enoch Walter
Through Living for More, Enoch has seen thousands of high school students across the greater Seattle area give their lives to Jesus — drawing 30–50% of public school populations to lunchtime pizza and Jesus events in partnership with campus Christian clubs. He preaches the clear gospel, disciples students as future leaders, and believes now is the moment for revival in America.
Filipe & Allison Machado
Filipe serves as Steiger’s North America Regional Director and Allison as International Translations Coordinator — reaching the global youth culture for Jesus.
Music
One Voice Worship International
One Voice exists to create spaces that catalyze relationships with one another — and most importantly, with our savior, Jesus. No matter where you are from, where you have been, or what you look like, you have a seat at their table.
Watch One Voice →