Beyond These Walls 2025

Sarah Wanck has been serving as a Pastor for more than twenty years, passionately leading congregations in ministry to new generation and ever-focused on the church’s call to evangelism. Sarah is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with a Masters in Youth Ministry and a Masters of Divinity. She focused her Doctoral work at United Theological Seminary on church renewal and leadership. Sarah serves as Lead Pastor at Aldersgate Global Methodist Church in Marion, IL. Her husband Gabe and son Hudson champion her call and always encourage her to use her gifts to lead. Sarah has joined the staff of World Methodist Evangelism, working as a catalyst for evangelism at home and abroad.

Mawoussé, a citizen of Togo, West Africa, has a Masters Degree in Finance and Accounting from Lomé University. He worked for the Togolese Social Security Fund and two Togolese non-profit organizations. He also worked for Compassion International Togo as the External CIV Writer prior to becoming a Chalmers Lead Trainer in 2011. For the last five years, he has coordinated Chalmers’ most successful training operation in West Africa. He loves traveling, reading, and developing cross-cultural relationships.

Bishop Leah Hidde-Gregory provides episcopal leadership for the annual conferences in the Northeast, South Georgia, Bulgaria and the now emerging conference in Mexico.   In addition to her role as Bishop, Bishop Gregory serves as the Conference Superintendent of the Mid-Texas Conference.  Working with a start-up team, she was instrumental in the set-up and development of the Mid-Texas Conference.  

Prior to joining the Global Methodist Church, Leah served as a laywoman in the Oklahoma Conference and as a pastor in the North Texas and Central Texas Conferences of the UMC, as well as a District Superintendent for six years and Director of New Church Start and Church Growth in the CTC.  She was a member of the Transitional Leadership Council for the entirety of the transitional season of the denomination.    

Leah has a heart and passion for sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ across the globe.  She has spent much of her ministry in church revitalization, revival and church growth.  She is excited about the Global Methodist Church and the orthodox Wesleyan witnesses which is being awakened within our congregations.  

She holds a Doctorate in Ministry in Church Leadership Excellence from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.; a Masters of Divinity from Perkins School of Theology; and a Bachelors in Psychology and Sociology from Texas A&M Commerce. She is married to the love of her life, Stan.  They have two Grown daughters and son-in laws, and a son, Will who is still at home.

Rev. Dr. Kimba Evarista is a Bishop of the Global Methodist Church and lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  He graduated from Africa University with a Bachelor of Divinity and a Masters in Leadership and Governance. The then received his Doctor of Ministry from St. Paul School of Theology.  He has served President of Kabongo Methodist University and a Board Member of the International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities. (IAMSCU).  Kimba is leading a church planting movement in the DRC, last year planting 148 new churches, and has overseen construction and renovation of 178 Anglican, Pentecostal and GMC churches.   He has a special interest in the ministry of prayer, having experienced the miracle of healing.

Kevin M. Watson is passionate about raising up the next generation of leaders for the Church of Jesus Christ. In his academic and teaching ministry he has worked to unplug the ancient wells of the 18th and 19th century evangelical revivals so Christians today can drink from their living water. His research, writing, and teaching has particularly focused on the practice of small group formation through Wesleyan class and band meetings and the doctrine of entire sanctification. He has written or contributed to ten books, including The Class Meeting, Perfect Love, and Old or New School Methodism? Watson has fifteen years of experience in seminary education and pastoral ministry. Kevin is married to Melissa and they are the proud parents of three children. Connect with Kevin at: kevinmwatson.com.

Todd Ahrend graduated from Northeastern State University, has a Masters from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the founder and international Director of The Traveling Team, a national missions mobilization movement. He and his wife, Jessica, have spent over two decades traveling speaking to thousands 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.

Sonji Y. Pass is the Regional Director of Church Culture at TMS Global, Atlanta GA. Prior to joining staff she served as a cross cultural worker in Kenya for over 12 years. She is passionate about culture, hospitality, the nations and reconciliation. Over the past 20 years, she has trained and led numerous mission teams, co-founded a church planting/discipleship school in remote Kenya and spoken at various conferences and retreats across the globe.

Sonji has received extensive intercultural development training and holds a degree in Intercultural Studies. She brings the unique combination of experiences having served as a missionary, on staff at a church, and inside mission agencies as she helps awaken congregations to their important role in missions. Sonji believes that all people are created by God with purpose, value and intrinsic worth. Her great desire is for all humanity to see themselves through the eyes of the One who created them!

Brannon serves as Dean of the Faculty at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University, where he also teaches in the areas of worship, theology, and culture. He is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and serves his local church as part-time associate pastor and leads worship every week with his wife, Gloria (a graduate of Wesley Seminary!). Brannon studied English Literature and Music at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN, and completed his MTh and PhD at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. 

Pam Bone is a native of Columbus, Georgia and currently serves with One Mission Society (OMS) as the SE Regional Director for Church Partners.  Pam and her husband, Jimmy, have led a welcoming ministry for Chinese students for 12 years and have hosted many students in their home. Pam has served in church leadership roles for over 15 years, 8 on staff as Mission and Outreach Director.   Previous to that, she was a small business owner and worked in finance and operations in a regional bank in the Southeast. 

In her role with OMS, she brings her passion of coming alongside others (people and churches) as they pursue their unique calling in God’s mission, bringing practical help, encouragement and the resources of OMS.  She values partnership recognizing that each of us has unique experience, strengths, and resources that have synergistic value through cooperative and collaborative efforts.    

Rev. Dr. Ashley Goad’s spiritual heritage is a long one, going back to 1773 when her family planted Springfield Friends Meeting, a Quaker church in High Point, North Carolina. Ashley grew up surrounded by this heritage.

She eventually pursued graduate school, receiving a Master of Divinity from Liberty Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Global Perspective from George Fox Evangelical Seminary, where she studied in London, Cape Town and Hong Kong. In 2006, she became a recorded, or ordained, Quaker pastor in North Carolina.

Now at TWMC herself and an ordained elder and deacon in the Global Methodist Church, Ashley is excited about her role as Pastor of Missions. Ashley is married to Christopher Harbuck. Chris has two children, Palmer and Kit, both married. Kit and his wife have a son, Hank. Ashley’s son, Mac, who is from Haiti, now lives in The Woodlands with Ashley and Chris, as does their beloved black lab, Molly.

Kurt Kandler is the author of If You Really Want to Help – Redefining the war on poverty. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of The 410 Bridge – a Christ-centered, community-initiated community development ministry. Additionally, he is the Founder and Executive Director of the 410 Global Outreach Network – a peer-to-peer network exclusive to global mission leaders from the N.A. church. Before founding The 410 Bridge, Kurt had over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneurial leader in the private sector. His belief in redefining the war on poverty drives the mission of The 410 Bridge.

Kurt is committed to empowering the global poor to lift themselves out of poverty through Christ-centered, indigenously led, and sustainable development. The 410 Bridge currently operates in six countries in East Africa, Central America, and Indonesia. The 410 Global Outreach Network was created for global mission church leaders to share, learn, and network together, enhancing their effectiveness and impact around the world.

James Whitford is co-founder and executive director of Watered Gardens Ministries in Joplin, Missouri and True Charity, which exists to champion the resurgence of civil society in the fight against poverty. He is also the author of The Crisis of Dependency: How Our Efforts to Solve Poverty Are Trapping People in It and What We Can Do to Foster Freedom Instead. 

Sam, based in Greenwood, IN, has been a dedicated advocate and leader with OMS/Dynamic Women in Missions since 2007. Passionate about empowering and mobilizing women for the Great Commission, Sam plays a vital role in the Seed Sower training initiative, equipping women to lead and multiply churches around the globe. In addition to leading training programs, Sam facilitates conferences with church partners and organizes medical clinics that serve as evangelistic outreach efforts. Collaborating with Village Church Planting supervisors and DW Country Coordinators that represent 35 African countries, and 4 Latin Countries, Sam works to inspire transformation and growth within communities, fostering a ripple effect of spiritual and social impact.

Rev. Chuck Rapp joined OMS in December 2017, in the initial role of Church Multiplication Facilitator for northeast Africa. During the summer of 2019, he was asked to serve as Associate Regional Director for Africa, and he stepped into the role of Africa Regional Director in April 2020.

Chuck is a retired engineer with careers in technical sales, IT Quality, and engineering and project management.

He and his wife, Pam, will soon celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary. They have three adult children and five grandchildren.

Pat Dragon is an Indiana Hoosier serving as a One Mission Society (OMS) missionary for the past 16 years. She and her husband, Mike, serve as members of the Asia Pacific Regional Hub. Pat's previous experiences of being a home school teacher, Girl Scout leader, karate instructor, school media manager, and children's ministry director has uniquely prepared her for her role as an OMS missionary. She is passionate about equipping and mobilizing women to fulfill the Great Commission. Pat has organized a movement through raising up Seed Sowers trainers in ten countries in Africa and three in Asia. That work continues to grow and multiply and is now spreading to South America.

Zach Szmara is the Founder and Executive Director of Immigrant Connection, an organization that provides access to immigration legal services through a church-based model that is scalable, sustainable, and centered on the needs of immigrants. Under his leadership, Immigrant Connection has trained over 100 legal representatives and launched more than 45 church-based offices in urban, suburban, and rural communities across 25 states.

Zach holds a BA in Intercultural Studies and Biblical Studies from Indiana Wesleyan University, as well as an MA in Intercultural Studies, Anthropology, and Ethics from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is also accredited by the Department of Justice as an immigration legal representative. His cross-cultural experience includes time spent living and serving in Papua New Guinea and Mozambique.

In addition to his work with Immigrant Connection, Zach is an ordained Wesleyan minister and serves as the pastor of The Bridge, a multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual church located in Logansport, IN. He is married to Lyndy, a special education administrator, and together they have one son, Isaac.

Kyle Frohock is ordained in the Wesleyan tradition (Global Methodist Church) and has served in diverse roles, including pastoring, teaching, and urban ministry in his twenty years of ministry. He is the director of development and intercultural engagement for The Wesley Heritage Foundation (www.wesleyheritage.org), working to develop leaders of thriving churches across the Spanish-speaking world. Kyle is also a PhD student in intercultural studies at Fuller Seminary researching missional hermeneutics and Paul’s intercultural missiology. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Tess, and their four daughters.

Rev. Meshack Habib is a missionary with World Gospel Mission (www.wgm.org) serving as the Multicultural Ministries Director at the Richardson (Texas) Church of the Nazarene.

Meshack is an ordained minister of the Africa Gospel Church (Kenya) and has served in Kenya as a senior pastor, Denominational Director of Church Planting, and the Denominational Director of Discipleship and Urban Ministries.

In this session, Meshack will help churches navigate the challenges of ministry to the diaspora and migrant communities in with an practical, effective and wholistic approach.

He and his wife currently live in the Dallas area where she is finising her Ph.D. and he is finishing his M.Div.

They have pioneered ministries in Kenya for rescuing women trapped as commercial sex workers. Currently their focus is on Diaspora ministry in a multicultural congregation.

Nathan Mayo earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Economics from the US Military Academy at West Point. Upon completion of his service in the Army as a Captain, Nathan and his wife, Abigail, spent two years in Haiti building up a network of Haitian-run churches and schools before joining True Charity in 2020.

True Charity equips a national network of churches and nonprofits with practical ways to make their poverty alleviation programs more empowering—moving past perpetual crisis relief to long-term development. 

Nathan is inspired by solving challenging problems with data and translating the insights of experts into applications for practitioners. In his role as VP of Programs, he recruits, equips, and connects poverty-fighting organizations so they can continuously improve their approaches and outcomes. His work has appeared in CNN Business, the Washington Examiner, and Real Clear Policy.

Dr. Pete Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He is an interdisciplinary theologian teaching, researching, and writing at the intersection of theology, philosophy, and the sciences. Dr. B is an ordained Elder in the Global Methodist Church. He is a prolific author of 12 books. Dr. Bellini is also an itinerate revivalist and has ministered on the person and power of the Holy Spirit across the world. He is known as specialist in deliverance and exorcism. Dr. B is married with two adult children and a granddaughter. In his spare time, he is an owner-operator of a boxing club ministry.

David F. Watson is Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He has authored or edited a number of publications, including Key United Methodist Beliefs (with William J. Abraham), Wesley, Wesleyans, and Reading Bible as Scripture (edited with Joel B. Green) and has written a variety of articles and book chapters. His most recent book is Scripture and the Life of God: Why the Bible Matters Today More than Ever (Seedbed, 2017). At present he is working on a book on Methodism and the Bible. He serves as Lead Editor of Firebrand and is one of the hosts of the Firebrand Podcast.

David is an elder in the Global Methodist Church and serves on its Transitional Leadership Council. He and his family attend Stillwater Church in Dayton, Ohio.

John Muehleisen is the Vice President for Global Strategy and Training at World Gospel Mission. John, a graduate of Asbury University and Wesley Biblical Seminary, has served as a missionary with World Gospel Mission in East Africa for 37 years.

He currently serves as the VP for Global Strategy and Training for WGM.

Rob Lim is passionate about empowering a generation for Kingdom influence in the global marketplace. He serves as Assistant Professor of Business at Asbury University (KY, USA), is a marketplace evangelist, and co-founder of the social entrepreneur group, MATES for Change (Melbourne, Australia). Most recently he was a industry leader in mortgages as Global Head of Home Lending at one of the world’s largest banks, accountable for over $300 billion worth of assets across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. In 2012, Rob was elected as one of five young leaders internationally to be a council member on the World Methodist Council. He is married to Ruth and has four sons: Jared, Noah, and twins Jude and Benji.

Dr. Mathew George Mulavelil, a Dentist by profession, worked at a Rural Mission hospital, in Bihar from 1993 – 2013 - The Duncan Hospital, a unit Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA). Along with his wife Latha, a dentist too, he pioneered the dental work in EHA. As its Coordinator of Oral Health Services, he oversaw the setting up of 14 dental units across the network of EHA Hospitals. The last tenure at EHA was the Managing Director of the Duncan hospital.

From 2013 to 2019 he was with the Evangelical Medical Fellowship of India (EMFI) heading its Missions Department. He oversaw its various Mission training programs and developed new paradigms and directions in healthcare missions.

Presently he heads a ministry called the “Companions of Grace International” (COGI) that seeks to Challenge, Teach and Empower healthcare professionals to be “On Mission”.

He has a passion for teaching, training and mentoring students and young graduates and has strengths of envisioning and strategic planning. Over the last 30 years he has spoken at conferences, training programs, churches and many groups of healthcare students and professionals in India and many countries across the globe.

Latha and Him have a 27 year-old daughter Rachel who is pursuing a her PHD in Neuroscience in the US.

Born and raised in Mexico City, Enrique grew up in his family’s tradition without exposure to the Bible or the gospel. At age 16, he was challenged to seek not just a religion but a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. When he accepted the salvation Christ offered, his life was transformed.

That same year, he sensed a calling from God to pray for the Turkish people. Later, God called him to go to Turkey. After six years of preparation, he went as an ESL teacher and ministered to Muslims in Turkey and across several countries in Europe for three and a half years.

Upon returning to Mexico, he served as a speaker and missions mobilizer, earned a bachelor’s degree in theology from Seminario Metodista Juan Wesley, and joined the leadership team preparing for the arrival of the missionary ship Logos 2. He was later invited to serve as missions adviser to the Methodist Bishop and as a pastor. During this time, he helped lead the adoption of the Pame del Norte (Xi’yiui) ethnic group, resulting in the establishment of four indigenous churches.

He and his family were later sent as missionaries by the Mexican Methodist Church to serve the Hispanic community in Middle Tennessee. He earned a Master of Arts in Missions from Briercrest Seminary (Secunderabad Campus, India), and has served for the past seven years as a pastor in English-speaking churches in Tennessee and Kentucky. He also spent nearly three years with the Asbury Latino Center, serving as a recruiter and adjunct professor for the LMFP program based out of the Orlando campus.

He currently serves as the Associate Director for Global Formation among bilingual students at Asbury Theological Seminary.

He is married and has two daughters and a son-in-law.