Speakers and Worship
Jake Hamilton has been actively involved in ministry for almost 10 years in the heart of Rancho Cucamonga. He has been involved in planting a church as well as serving both as a worship pastor and then as youth pastor for many years in the same local church in Rancho, where he eventually met his wife, Nicci. Jake’s style of worship cries out on behalf of a generation, leading them into their destinies.
Since she was 18 years old, Kristene Mueller has been an active part of the prayer movement. Through seasons of partnering with IHOP KC and Justice House of Prayer (JHOP) in Washington DC, she has given herself to praying and worshiping over the city, and ministering to the heart of God. She is now 23 years old, living in Redding Ca. Nothing gives her more joy than strengthening the body of Christ, releasing hope and courage to persevere, through her music; almost everything she writes is for that purpose.
Nathan Smith has spent the last 17 years as a worship leader cultivating a lifestyle of passionate and prophetic worship. A gifted multi-instrumentalist and psalmist, he sees every song as a platform for exploring God’s heart and its expression in the hearts of His
people. His commitment to coupling worship and intercession based on the Harp and Bowl model establishes an environment for experiencing the Father’s unconditional love. As a prophetic dancer, his wife, Nicki, partners with Nathan’s musical expression to usher in the presence of God. They are the proud parents of two children: Caden and Makaela.
Colin Benward has traveled extensively to all kinds of churches, from all sorts of various denominations, ministering with his father and family through music and teaching. He currently resides in Hollywood, CA pursuing his music and acting career. He is also the director of Expression 58's worship family. His mission in life is to liberate, empower, and pioneer the next generation through his artistic expression and voice.
Leonard Jones was the head of the worship department for MorningStar Ministries in Fort Mill, South Carolina for 20 years. He is a multi-instrumentalist and is trained in classical music and jazz. Leonard spends most of his time leading worship, writing music, producing CDs for MorningStar and a few other people, and training up-and-coming worship leaders at the MorningStar School of Worship. Leonard is a worship Pioneer who has blazed the trail for what we are currently experiencing in worship today.
Rob DeLuca left America as a missionary with nothing but a Bible, a suitcase, and a word from God for revival in the nation of New Zealand. Today Rob and his wife, Caroline, are the senior pastors of His Way Church International, a thriving church in Auckland City, which they pioneered from their living room. Rob and Caroline have two beautiful children: Isabella and Joshua. They believe that God calls families to work together as one. Rob and Caroline’s passion is to see the greatest revival that the world has ever witnessed, where masses of souls are being saved and disciples raised up and sent out to the harvest field of New Zealand and the nations of the world.
Corey Russell, has been a senior leader at the International House of Prayer located in Kansas City, Missouri for the last six years. He has led in multiple roles of training, advising, and instructing those that the Lord sends, while his wife, Dana, sings prophetically. Their daughters, Trinity and Mya, are growing up in an atmosphere where prayer and fasting are normal realities of life.
Guy Takashima is the Senior Pastor of Coast Christian Fellowship. He holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Westmont College and an M.A. in Church Leadership from Vanguard University. With more than twenty years of ministry experience and the merging of four congregations he has been uniquely equipped to lead God’s people. Guy is passionately committed to empowering his congregation to fulfill their God-given destiny to transform cites by the supernatural power of God. He and his beautiful wife, Chris, have four children: Kailee (15), Jacob (13), Elise (13), and Luke (8).
Chad Dedmon and Julie Dedmon are graduates of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. Chad and Julia were ordained as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ by Dr. Heidi and Rolland Baker, Bill and Beni Johnson, and Shawn Bolz. They desire to see the manifestation of the kingdom of God come on earth through the display of prophetic creative expressions and signs and wonders. Chad operates in an extraordinary gift of faith & healing, has a keen sense of leadership, and continues to captivate audiences with his fascinating accounts of marketplace miracles. Julia has a unique intuitive nature moving in passionate worship, prophetic ministry, soaking prayer, and inner healing. They currently travel as itinerant ministers, seeing His Kingdom come through deliverance, miracles, and healings in the nations.
David Sliker is currently the Student Ministries Director at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, where he lives with his wife and children. He is an instructor at the Forerunner School of Ministry, where he teaches classes about the End-Times. He is an intercessory missionary, divinely set by God on a wall of intercession as one who would give Him no rest until the passion of His heart is fully established on the earth. David considers his first calling to be a husband and a father. His covenant with his wife and his commitment to his children is far more critical than his commitment to build a prayer room and advance the prayer movement.
Rabbi Jason Sobel has always been appreciative of his Jewish heritage and his natural curiosity for spiritual things. His faith in Yeshua not only spiritually revolutionized his life but also made him a more committed Jew. He has come to the realization that the Good News of the Kingdom needs to be communicated in Spirit and in Truth. Maintaining the balance between Word and Spirit power is now a central characteristic of Jason and his ministry. Balance in his ministry is evidenced through spiritual transformation, miraculous healing, and supernatural provision. He is currently establishing Fusion, a teaching and outreach ministry committed to helping Jewish and Gentile believers understand the Jewish roots of their faith, uniting for the cause of Kingdom. Rabbi Jason has been married for nine years and has two adorable children.
Shara Bialosky’s joy inspires all around her to revel in the goodness of God as revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. She worships in a way that reflects a depth of insight beyond her 17 years, embodying a balance of playfulness and the urgency of this hour. With childlike sensitivity to God’s Spirit Shara acts as a prophetic voice, declaring God’s grandeur.
Charles Jones has been playing the piano ever since the age of two when his mother discovered him playing the song from a commercial he had just watched without a single lesson. Since then he has gone on to play, sing, and record with some of the best in the industry: Joss Stone, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Kelis, Lionel Richie, and Destiny’s Child, to name a few. In 2006, he performed in Dreamgirls with Beyonce Knowles and Jamie Foxx. Charles is currently on tour with Grammy award winning artist Raphael Saadiq.
Gabe Ahn has a heart for leading others into experiencing the fullness of their destinies in Christ. He seeks to build identity and community in the young people of Los Angeles. After graduating from Azusa Pacific University, Gabe responded to God’s call on his life to enter ministry. Gabe currently ministers within the Art and Entertainment industry as an actor. It is his dream to continue to serve as an ambassador of the Kingdom through producing, writing, directing, and acting and hosting the PROject Light conference for entertainment minded ministers at HRock Church annually.
Shawn Bolz’s passion is to influence Christians to take on their journey of intimacy with God wholeheartedly. He has used his prophetic ministry and his fresh Biblical perspective in his teaching/life coaching messages to help people come into a relational approach with God that is both organic and revelatory. Shawn has a burning heart to see the entertainment industry and the creative arts come into a revival. He has been influencing believers who are in performing arts for many years. He is currently working on television and movie projects. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.
Kenny Peavy is a husband, father, and missionary. He is also the worship leader for Harvest Rock Church, located in Pasadena, California. Kenny has a passion for missions to the nations as well as in the "back yard". He and his wife Rebekah have a burden to see Los Angeles revived and on fire for Jesus. Kenny has been leading worship for 18 years, and has directed numerous schools for worship leaders through the years. Through Raised2walk, a non-profit organization designed to train men and women to walk in their callings, he gives away the love of Jesus through community development, missions trips, raising awareness for injustices, teaching, worship, and mentoring. Kenny lives with his wife and their four children in Los Angeles, California.
David Larsen graduated from Oral Roberts University in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Literature and a minor in physics. It was during his time there that God began to give him a passion for the truth of Creation, both on the scientific level and in the Scriptures. Studies have indicated that possibly 90% of Christians now accept some aspect of evolution theory. God has instilled within David a passion to address this area of compromise within the Church and to see Christians return to a foundational belief in the complete veracity of the Word of God. He also desires to see the hold of evolutionary teachings over our schools and colleges broken. David has also made several trips to Mount Ararat in Turkey to search for Noah’s Ark.
As a college student, Cassie Campbell began visiting IHOP, KC every summer and winter break. There she forged strong relationships and found a venue to express her gifting. She places a high value on the transcendent worth of Christ; her commitment to Nightwatch prayer (12am-6am) is a reflection of this passion. She demonstrates the attributes and nature of Jesus through her worship. Her supreme sacrifice is her willingness to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit. She enjoys collaboration in the place of worship and intercession, because it reflects the way the kingdom operates.
Chris Lizotte is a well-known worship leader throughout Southern California. Currently he coordinates the music and worship ministry at Vineyard Community Church as a full-time staff member. Chris has released six solo albums for Metro Music and Vineyard Music, writing many of his own songs. His humble heart of service to the Lord is shown in all that he does. Chris and his wife, Kristy, are wonderful shepherds to the worship leaders, musicians, and members of their church. Chris currently lives in Laguna Niguel with his wife, Kristy, and their three boys: Dana, Lee and Shane.
Expression58 Children’s Pastor Aileen Foos has be teaching children for more then 5 years. She has her degree in psychology.
For 2 years she worked with Pastor Deanna Warner in the nursery at Bethel Church in Redding, Californina learning how to impart
Kingdom culuture to the little ones. God called her out of Northen California to do an internship with Global Children's Movement run by
Jennifer Toledo. After the intenrship and for the last three years she has been pastoring children at Expression58.
Aileen has also worked with children and teams in other nations releasing them in their destiny. Most recently she took a team of Bethel
school of ministry students to Bankok, Thailand to work with the children of the former prostitues as well as do outreach in the red light
district. Her heart in to see children and the body of Christ function in the fullness of what God has created them for through intimacy with
the person of Jesus Christ.