27TH MAY
DAVID ROLLER
Bishop David Roller served for 17 years as a Free Methodist missionary in Mexico, then for 10 years as Latin America Area Director for Free Methodist World Missions and in July of 2007 was elected a bishop of the Free Methodist Church – USA.
His experience in seeing the world through “missionary eyes” has convinced him that all Christians should adopt the posture and mind set of missionaries — understanding the culture where they minister, relinquishing their own preferences and privileges in their desire to see people’s key allegiance transferred from “whatever” to Jesus.
Bishop Roller now oversees the ministry of eleven annual conferences in the eastern area of the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, and the five annual conferences of Latin America.
3RD JUNE
JOHN GREENOW
Pastor John Greenow is a builder of Local Church. As Senior Pastor of Xcel Church his vision is to see a church that is relevant, energetic and full of passion towards God and towards people. This visionary aspect to John’s leadership is clearly visible in the church’s new home, the Xcel Centre in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, a £5m Conference Centre and a facility that many church leaders describe as a landmark building.
Married to Lisa for the past 13yrs, they have three fabulous boys, Benjamin and twins Jack & Jonas. As well as total commitment to building local church, John has a love for Liverpool FC, Starbucks coffee and historical epic movies
10TH JUNE
JARROD COOPER
Jarrod is the Senior Leader of the New Life Christian Centre, a vibrant missions church in Kingston upon Hull, and the Director of the Days of Wonder Trust, the charity devoted to his international travels and teaching.
He is happily married to Vicky and together they work in the various outreaches and ministries of the Days of Wonder Trust. He continues to travel with his ministry as well as broadcast on TV and Radio across the world.
17TH JUNE
JENNY GILPIN
Jenny was born in 1966 in Brisbane, Australia. Adopted at birth she was brought up in a Christian home and gave her heart to Jesus at the age of six. At age eleven, Jenny was baptised both in water and in the Holy Spirit and throughout her teenage years had a profound sense of the call of God on her life. At age eighteen, not long after her father passed away, Jenny attended Bible College and completed a Diploma of Ministry. On the last night of college, while doing some street evangelism, Jenny met Dave and together they became Youth Pastors for about six years until God called them to Sheffield in the UK.
Jenny has just released her second book ‘Heaven Sent’, the perfect accompanyment to her first book ‘Classic Lines’. They are both packed full of wisdom straight from her devotion journals. Together with Dave, she leads Hope City Church and preaches both nationally and internationally. Jenny has pioneered a ministry called ‘City Hearts’ for women in the UK and Europe and has a heart to see broken women restored. In June 2005 she opened Hope City Church’s first home for young women in Sheffield.
24TH JUNE
ANDREW OLLERTON
After reading geography at Bristol University, Andrew completed pastoral ministry training at Hebron evangelical church, Bristol and gained significant leadership experience, whilst completing a second degree in theology at Bristol Baptist College.
In 2004, Andrew moved to Cornwall to be lead pastor of Light and Life church, Penzance. He was ordained as a Free Methodist minister and given oversight of four churches, numbering 650 people, with a staff team of 10. During this time Andrew founded the church’s bible school and completed an MTh in Theology.
Andrew is a UCCF Associate Staff Worker and founded Souled Out Cymru, a network trains and equips young people for Missional Leadership. Andrew has published at both academic and popular level. He is also the author of the Bible Course, a practical course to help read the Bible that is being used by churches across the UK.
Andrew enjoys sports such as mountaineering, rugby and fell running. His perfect day off would be a long fun with his dogs (Will & Ben), a big breakfast with his kids (Joel & Lucy) and a great film with his wife, Charlotte.
1ST JULYJEFF LUCAS
Author and speaker Jeff Lucas travels internationally in a ministry of Bible teaching which carries a specific vision to encourage and equip the church. Originally a church planting pastor, Jeff understands the dynamics of local church life and has a desire to “build” rather than simply “bless” as he teaches and preaches.
Jeff is the author of eighteen books, as well as a number of study guides, booklets and a DVD teaching series called ‘Life Journeys”. Jeff’s books have been translated into French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Spanish and German.
He broadcasts three weekly radio shows – In Good Company, Lucas on Life on Premier Radio, and Lucas on Life: daily thoughts on UCB Radio. Use of the programming by various affiliates means that he is heard daily on over 350 radio stations worldwide, including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
He is an ambassador for Compassion, a charity working to help children in poverty worldwide.