Russell Evans

Prior to founding Planetshakers Church in Melbourne, Australia, Russell Evans served under his father’s ministry at Paradise Church in Adelaide, South Australia. He has also served as the national leader of Australia’s Youth Alive movement and as one of his denomination’s state executives.

In February 2004, Russell and his wife, Sam, founded Planetshakers Church. It has since grown to 12,000 members. Their annual conference, which has grown to over 25,000 attendees, donates millions of dollars each year to promote and sustain social justice around the world.

Planetshakers is a global ministry that has sold hundreds of thousands of praise and worship albums worldwide. As founder and director of Planetshakers, Russell has an uncompromising desire to see every person make a difference in their world. Click here to learn more about Russell Evans.

Sam Evans

In 1997 Sam Evans began the journey which is now known as Planetshakers with her husband, Russell. What started as a humble youth conference with the mandate to ‘empower generations to win generations’ has now grown and developed into a global ministry and church ministering to millions of people all over the world through dynamic preaching and passionate praise and worship music with an emphasis on personal encounters with God.

Sam has the privilege of serving her local church as co-lead pastor in Melbourne where the first Planetshakers Church was started in 2004 and has grown to more than 12,000 members. Her main involvement is with discipleship and training, the various conferences they host, music and worship and implementing the vision of Planetshakers locally and globally. Click here to learn more about Sam Evans.

Chris Durso

Chris Durso and his wife, Yahris, are the youth pastors at Misfit NYC, where together with their team passionately lead the next generation of New York City every Friday night from Christ Tabernacle church in Queens, NY. Chris and Yahris currently reside in New York City with their two children, Dylan and Chloe. Their passion for bringing the gospel to the next generation of NYC is best explained by Romans 12:1-2 (The Message):

“Take your everyday, ordinary life– your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life–and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God.”

At Misfit NYC, they seek to make the truth of Jesus Chris famous, relevant, and attractive. Every Friday, their team of young people pursues this goal through their talents and gifting’s used in the countless ministry opportunities offered at Misfit NYC. Click here to learn more about Chris Durso.

Bishop T.D. Jakes

Bishop T. D. Jakes is a charismatic leader, visionary, provocative thinker, and entrepreneur, who serves as senior pastor of The Potter’s House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member church located in Dallas. Through his nexus of charitable works, Bishop Jakes is known for extending a hand of help to the needy, heart of compassion to the hurting, and message of inspiration to the disenfranchised. His worldwide impact is also felt through high profile conference series such as MegaFest, which recently drew more than 75,000 participants and an empire that spans film, television, radio, best-selling books, and the T.D. Jakes School of Leadership. Celebrating 32 years of marriage, Thomas Dexter and Serita Jakes are parents to five children and three grandchildren. He credits his own parents as the source of his perseverance and sense of self-reliance. After more than 36 years in ministry, Jakes continues to be a leading voice of innovation, inspiration, and influence in Christendom today. Click here to learn more about Bishop T.D. Jakes.

John Gray

After accepting Christ into his heart at the early age of seven, John Gray has gone on to become an unstoppable evangelistic force. Utilizing all the gifts God has given him—music, acting, comedy and preaching—John Gray has had the opportunity to preform alongside stars such as Kirk Franklin, DC Talk and Out of Eden. He has also had the privilege to make an impact for the kingdom through directing, producing and co-producing award-winning films, releasing two musical albums, a comedy DVD and appearing on hit TV shows “Sister, Sister” and “Tyler Perry’s The House of Payne”.

John has traveled around the world sharing the Gospel of the Kingdom in unique and uncompromising ways, and currently serves as an Associate Pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas under the leadership of Joel Osteen. Click here to learn more about John Gray.

Jentezen Franklin

Jentezen Franklin is the Senior Pastor of Free Chapel, a multi-campus church with a global reach. His messages impact generations through various outreaches and his televised broadcast, “Kingdom Connection.” Jentezen is also a New York Times best-selling author and he speaks at conferences worldwide. He and his wife Cherise have five children. Click here to learn more about Jentezen Franklin.

Banning Liebscher

Banning Liebscher and his wife, SeaJay, are the Directors of Jesus Culture, a ministry mobilizing a generation of revivalists and reformers who will shape culture and transform nations. They are also the Senior Leaders of Jesus Culture Sacramento located in the capital of California. Their passion is to see nations awakened to the love and power of God and for a generation to fully give themselves for the cause of Christ in the earth. Banning and SeaJay heart is to do family really well and get together with some friends to change the world. Click here to learn more about Banning Liebscher.

Creflo Dollar

Creflo Dollar is the founder and senior pastor of World Changers Church International (WCCI) in College Park, Georgia, which serves nearly 30,000 members; World Changers Church-New York, which hosts over 6,000 worshippers each week; and a host of satellite churches, located in Los Angeles, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Washington, D.C.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleveland, Ohio; Dallas and Houston, Texas; and Carrollton, Norcross, Macon, and Marietta, Georgia. As mandated by God, Creflo Dollar’s goal is to establish 500 satellite churches around the world. With 30 years in ministry, Creflo Dollar is committed to bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to people all over the world, literally changing the world one person at a time.

A much sought-after conference speaker and best-selling author, Dollar is known for his practical approach to the Bible, and has encouraged thousands to pursue a personal relationship with God. Creflo Dollar and his wife, Taffi, have five children, and they live in Atlanta.

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