Presenters

Learn from Global Leaders

Drawing from around the world, presenters from every continent will bring fresh perspectives, challenge, and encouragement. We are excited about our current line-up with more coming on board every day. We already have presenters committed to join us from Australia, Brazil, Croatia, France, Kenya, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Syria, Togo, and the United States. You will be encouraged and equipped by these outstanding presenters!

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Alan Donaldson

Alan Donaldson

Alan Donaldson, the European Baptist Federation General Secretary, is a Scottish Baptist Minister.

Alex Ho

Alex Ho

Alex is currently a Campus Pastor of Asian Languages at Crossway Baptist Church, where he has served for over 16 years, overseeing the Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean congregations.

Allen Yeh

Allen Yeh

Allen Yeh is Dean and VP of Academic Affairs at International Theological Seminary located near Los Angeles.

Amanda Mukwashi

Amanda Mukwashi

Amanda Mukwashi has devoted 30 years to public service. She has worked in both intergovernmental and non-governmental spaces, bringing in-depth experience from across the development sector.

Andrew Meek

Andrew Meek

Andrew Meek has been an integral part of the pastoral team at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church in central Christchurch, New Zealand since 2019.

Anslem Warrick

Anslem Warrick

Rev. Warrick is the Senior Pastor of St. John’s (London) Baptist Church, Port of Spain, Trinidad and gives oversight at the Bon Air and Chaguanas Full Gospel Baptist Churches for 34 years.

Anthony dela Fuente 

Anthony dela Fuente 

Anthony dela Fuente is the pastor of Northside Baptist Church in Bacolod City, Philippines, and has been a teacher for more than 30 years at different seminaries and theological institutions. He is interested in the intersection of theology and popular culture,...

Brenda Harewood

Brenda Harewood

Brenda Harewood exemplifies a luminary missional leader within the Christian community, leaving a transformative impact through her unwavering dedication to servant leadership.

Brooke Rutherford

Brooke Rutherford

Brooke Rutherford is the Youth & Young Adults Pastor at Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne, Australia.

Bruce Webb

Bruce Webb

Bruce Webb has served as Senior Pastor at a number of churches in Texas and has been at First Baptist Church of The Woodlands, Texas since 2007.

Cesar Sotomayor

Cesar Sotomayor

Cesar was born in Mexico and is now a pastor in Austria. With his wife Simone, he has been serving in Austria for over 20 years, guiding many Afghans and Iranians to Christ.

Ceu Lian Thang

Ceu Lian Thang

Ceu Lian Thang earned his Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Myanmar Institute of Theology in Insein, Rangoon, in 1992.

Charlie Dates

Charlie Dates

Charlie Dates is blessed to have served churches in Chicago, the city in which he was born. In 2011, Rev. Dates became the youngest Senior Pastor to serve the historic Progressive Baptist Church,

Craig Vernall

Craig Vernall

For the past 30 years Craig has served as the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in New Zealand. During this time the church has grown to become the largest Baptist Church in New Zealand.

Dale Stephenson

Dale Stephenson

Dale Stephenson is the Senior Pastor at Crossway Baptist Church in Melbourne, Australia, the largest Baptist church in the country. Dale is committed to seeing Australian Christians empowered with simple and replicable means of empowering “Disciples that...

Dave Shepherd

Dave Shepherd

Dave Shepherd is the Lead Pastor of Hills Baptist Church, a multisite church community in Adelaide, with a vision to see Jesus glorified, lives transformed, and the hope of the Gospel revealed throughout the world.

David Ah Khi Ngwa

David Ah Khi Ngwa

David Ah Khi Ngwa is originally from Myanmar and holds a Master of Divinity from a theological institution in his home country.

Dr. Sasa

Dr. Sasa

Dr. Sasa is a humanitarian, medical doctor, Christian and visionary leader dedicated to building a peaceful and prosperous federal democracy in Burma (Myanmar).

Duli Asi

Duli Asi

Duli Asi is from Papua New Guinea. He has studied at Christian Leaders Training College (CLTC)

Elias Apetogbo

Elias Apetogbo

Elias Apetogbo, a Pastor from Togo, is the General Secretary of All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF). He is known by Guinos, a ministry that he founded to promote interaction with the Bible.  As a great visionary, Elias wants to challenge church leaders and see...

Elijah Brown

Elijah Brown

Elijah Brown is the General Secretary and CEO of the Baptist World Alliance and will speak at the 23rd Baptist World Congress.

Elijah Wanje

Elijah Wanje

Elijah Wanje is the pastor of Ridgeways Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya, and will be a speaker at the 23rd Baptist World Congress.

Emil Rahimov

Emil Rahimov

Emil Rahimov serves as the Director of CALD Services for Queensland Baptists and as Senior Pastor of the Slavic Baptist Church in Brisbane.

Fernando Brandão

Fernando Brandão

Fernando Brandao currently holds a number of roles, including Executive Director of the Brazilian Baptist Convention and the National Mission Board of the Convention.

Filip Grujić

Filip Grujić

Filip Grujić is the pastor of Zagreb Baptist Church and a member of the Croatian Baptist Union executive committee

Filipe Espindola

Filipe Espindola

Filipe Espindola is the President of the National Baptist Convention of Brazil (CBN) and the pastor of Filadelfia Baptist Church. His Pastoring Pastors Project has helped pastors and pastoral families in Brazil and is also impacting other parts of the world...

Fred Astle

Fred Astle

Fred Astle (Tainui) works in a shared leadership model with Visionwest Waka Whakakitenga’s Tumu Whakarae/CEO.

Hugo Santos Zica

Hugo Santos Zica

Hugo Santos Zica is the Pastor of Plenitude Baptist Church in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil.

Igor Bandura

Igor Bandura

Igor Bandura is the Vice President for International Affairs for All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Christian-Baptists, the BWA’s member partner in Ukraine. He is a pastor, missiologist, expert in the field of global partnerships of church and...

Jason Elsmore

Jason Elsmore

Jason Elsmore has served in local church ministry for 29 years in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. He has pastored at Gateway Baptist Church, a thriving multi-campus church in Brisbane, for 20 years and has been the Director of the Queensland Baptist Movement since 2021, where he feels very privileged to serve alongside so many godly leaders across the state.

Jennifer Lau

Jennifer Lau

Jennifer Lau began her tenure as Executive Director of Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) in 2020, the first woman and layperson to hold that position in its 150-year history.

Jocksan Galeano Ulloa

Jocksan Galeano Ulloa

Jocksan Galeano Ulloa has been the General Secretary of the Baptist Convention of Nicaragua since 2018.

John Kim

John Kim

John Kim is the Executive Director of Good Steward, part of the Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC) in Korea. Dr. Kim studied in the USA and has planted churches in a number of places in Korea. He is an author and the founder of WAFL, a community...

John Ong

John Ong

John Ong has been the President of Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary since 1997.

John Robertson

John Robertson

John Robertson is the Chair of the Australian Baptist Ministries National Council and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Global Leadership Network Australia and New Zealand.

Juan Garcia

Juan Garcia

Juan Garcia, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico has studied in Puerto Rico and Virginia, USA.

Julio S. Guarneri

Julio S. Guarneri

Julio Guarneri is the current Executive Director for Texas Baptists. He was born in Mexico City and grew up in Monterrey, Mexico.

Jun Tan

Jun Tan

Jun Tan is a multicultural pastor and biblical teacher whose life has been a journey of transformation, shaped by his diverse experiences and deep faith.

Karen Wilson

Karen Wilson

Global President of Baptist World Alliance Women and an ordained Baptist minister, Karen is also the Founding Executive Director of the global Women Leaders Network which currently establishes and resources cohorts of women leaders across almost 40 countries.

Karl Henlin

Karl Henlin

Karl Henlin has been Pastor of the Gregory Park Baptist Church in Jamaica since 1987.

Kay Warren

Kay Warren

Kay Warren is the founder of Hope for Brighter Tomorrow, a Christian nonprofit strengthening families impacted by mental health challenges.

Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa

Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa

Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa, from Nagaland, India, came to Christ as a teenager, and since then has been involved in various kinds of Christian ministry and mission.

Kethozelhou Keyho

Kethozelhou Keyho

Kethoser (Aniu) Kevichusa, from Nagaland, India, came to Christ as a teenager, and since then has been involved in various kinds of Christian ministry and mission.

Keunsun Lee

Keunsun Lee

Keunsun Lee is a leader with a passion for church planting. He has planted churches in South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, mentored church leaders in China and Japan, and is currently planting another church in Brisbane, Australia.

Lina Toth

Lina Toth

Lina Toth is the International Director of Langham Scholars Program at Langham Partnership and Senior Research Fellow at the International Baptist Theological Study Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Originally from Lithuania, her ministry has grown over the...

Lisa Woolley

Lisa Woolley

Lisa Woolley is the Tumu Whakarae/CEO of Visionwest Waka Whakakitenga, one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest community services providers.

Lone Møller-Hansen

Lone Møller-Hansen

Lone is from Denmark and she has pastored a Baptist church on the Danish island of Bornholm, located in the Baltic Sea since 2001.

Lynn Green

Lynn Green

Through her ministry, Lynn Green is passionate about inspiring in others a longing for God, a longing for mission and a longing for relationships

Marsha Scipio

Marsha Scipio

Marsha Scipio, originally from Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Brooklyn, NY, serves as the Director of Baptist World Aid.

Melinda Cousins

Melinda Cousins

Melinda Cousins is the Director of Ministries for Baptist Churches of South Australia and the Northern Territory. She has served as a local church pastor and as a theological college lecturer in Biblical Studies, teaching Old Testament intensives in Zambia,...

Merlyn Hyde Riley

Merlyn Hyde Riley

Merlyn Hyde Riley is an ordained minister with 25 years of pastoral experience. She currently serves as the General Secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union

Micheline Makkar

Micheline Makkar

Micheline Makker is a distinguished lecturer and speaker, recognized for her contributions to numerous international and national conferences with a particular focus on the Arab world and Europe.

Min Cheol Im

Min Cheol Im

Rev. Min Cheol Im holds a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Korea Baptist Theological University and Seminary and a Master of Theology (M.Th.) in Homiletics from Sydney Divinity College.

Noemí Janson Lidak

Noemí Janson Lidak

Noemí Janson Lidak is a Christian leader, educator, and Baptist minister known for her impact on the evangelical community in Colombia and internationally.

Paul Msiza

Paul Msiza

Paul Msiza is a native of South Africa, born in Mamelodi one of the townships of Pretoria the capital city, growing up in South Africa during the difficult times of the Apartheid.

Ralph West 

Ralph West 

Ralph West is the Pastor and Founder of The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church, Houston, Texas). The Church Without Walls began with 32 members and now embraces thousands of families meeting each Sunday, meeting in three locations and...

Rick Warren

Rick Warren

Rick Warren is one of the founders of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California.

Ronald Bobo

Ronald Bobo

Ronald Bobo Sr, the chair of this 23rd Congress Program Planning Committee, is Senior Pastor of the First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church of Flint, Michigan, USA.

Sai Lian Thang

Sai Lian Thang

Sai Lian Thang is currently serving at Melbourne Chin Church as Senior Pastor. He was born in Tinam village in Chin State, Myanmar. He obtained his BTh degree at Chin Christian University in Chin State.

Samson Aderinto Adedokun

Samson Aderinto Adedokun

Samson Aderinto Adedokun is an author, speaker, preacher, and the lead pastor of New Dawn Baptist Church in Victoria Island, Lagos (Nigeria). He is a certified John Maxwell Leadership Team member, certified Human Resource Manager, Chairman of...

Samson Fatokun

Samson Fatokun

Dr. Samson Fatokun is a Nigerian, born into a Baptist family but came to know the Lord on Easter Sunday of 1987.

Samuel Reeves

Samuel Reeves

Samuel Reeves is an inspiring man with a hope-filled vision of faith, a powerful community leader, a theological scholar and a transformational pastor.

Stewart Pieper

Stewart Pieper

Stewart Pieper grew up in a small farming community in Queensland, Australia, and has been involved in Baptist churches all his life.

Tamiko Jones

Tamiko Jones

Tamiko Jones is the Executive Director-Treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas and an Associate Minister of the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, Texas. She appreciates all opportunities to minister to God’s people and has participated in...

TaNikka Sheppard

TaNikka Sheppard

TaNikka Marie Sheppard is a visionary leader and a passionate leadership development specialist and coach who is committed to equipping faith-based leaders, churches, and organizations around the world to live, lead, and inspire others with excellence.

Tim Costello

Tim Costello

Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership, and ethics.

Valérie Duval-Poujol

Valérie Duval-Poujol

Valérie Duval-Poujol is a French Baptist theologian. Passionate about the Bible and the author of several books, she holds doctorates in History of Religions and Theology and serves on various theological faculties. A Bible translator, she was also the chief...

Wissam Nasrallah

Wissam Nasrallah

Wissam Nasrallah is the Chief Operations Officer of Thimar, a non-profit organization based in Lebanon dedicated to strengthening the witness of the church. In 2017, he and his wife, Sophie, relocated from France to Lebanon to support Thimar’s...

Yong Suk Chon

Yong Suk Chon

Yong Suk Chon is the Senior Pastor of the Korean Baptist Church in Brisbane. He has studied in the USA and lecturers at the Australian College of Christian Studies (SKTC).

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