AoG Conference 2023
“Welcome to our Assemblies of God conference 2023 website. These last four years of AoG have been an exciting time; from our final conference in Bradford, through the covid pandemic and then our gatherings here in Harrogate, there has been such a beautiful sense of community within AoG GB.
Thank you for your support as we have together made huge strides in ensuring that we are a movement with momentum. Leadership development (including our all new brilliant Missio Dei College), Church Health and Mission have created an immense platform for launching our church planting strategy in 2022. It was such a joy to see hundreds of you at the altar last year, committing to the journey of Church Planting.
These last 12 months have been a Roller-Coaster; we have many brilliant stories to tell you. Church plants to champion, missionaries and chaplains to honour, and that's before we start to unpack the next steps.
I'm looking forward to seeing you.”
Guest Speakers
Ps Jason Lozano
Ps Doug Clay
Dr Amy Orr-Ewing
Ps Russell Evans
Ps Glyn Barrett
Ps Jason Lozano
After growing up in a broken home, abandoned by his biological father and abused by his step-father, Pastor Jason Lozano never imagined that one day he would be completely restored and healed from the wounds of his childhood and multiple drug addictions. However, that all changed in the early 1990s when he attended a Christian concert while high on drugs.
Miraculously, Jason immediately sobered up as the presence of God overtook him, and he ran forward toward the stage to receive Jesus Christ in his heart without hesitation. A few years later Jason responded to the calling on his life when he heard God's voice speaking to him to reach the broken and the lost. He began evangelizing and leading young men and women groups throughout the Los Angeles area.
Since that time, his life has never been the same and the reach of his ministry has only grown. Freedom City Church (FCC) was born in a small art studio in Uptown Whittier, CA, and it has quickly expanded to the present two facilities Pastor Jason and his beautiful wife and co-pastor, Elizabeth, lead in Whittier, CA.
Ps Douglas Clay
Ps Doug Clay was elected chief executive officer of the General Council of the Assemblies of God at the 57th General Council in August, 2017. As general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, USA, part of the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, he is a member of the denomination’s Executive Leadership Team and Executive Presbytery. The church has more than 13,000 congregations in the United States with over three million adherents.
The U.S. Assemblies of God is part of a larger World Assemblies of God Fellowship with a membership of over 68 million. Clay has a passionate love for the local church; he is a church health enthusiast and he effectively equips leaders to grow in their calling. Clay is the author of Ordered Steps and Dreaming in 3D. He and his wife, Gail, have two grown daughters and seven grandchildren.
Dr Amy Orr-Ewing
Dr Amy Orr-Ewing is an international author, speaker and theologian who addresses the deep questions of our day with meaningful answers found in the Christian Faith. She is the author of multiple books including ‘Where is God in All the Suffering?’ and bestselling, ‘Why Trust the Bible?’.
Over the last twenty years, Amy has given talks and answered questions on university campuses around the world. She has also addressed Parliamentarians in the Speakers Rooms and Chapel at the UK Parliament and staffers on Capitol Hill, and at the West Wing of The White House. She regularly responds to invitations to speak in banks, businesses, and consultancy firms as well as churches and conferences. Amy is interested in the intersection of questions of meaning and faith with the marketplace, education and policymaking.
Amy holds a doctorate in Theology from the University of Oxford. She enjoys broadcasting in the media and giving public lectures. Amy is also the co-founder of REBOOT, an innovative youth initiative aimed at helping teenagers think deeply about faith, which now runs in countries all over the world. Amy lives in Oxford with her husband ‘Frog’. They have three boys, JJ, Zach and Benji.
Ps Russell Evans
Pastor Russell Evans is one of the leading international Christian communicators of this generation and is highly sought after. He has a rich, multi-generational ministry heritage that enables him to effectively communicate to people of all ages and church backgrounds. His style of preaching is highly relatable and disarming while delivering profound truth and revelation gained through personal experience and encounters with God. He is very sensitive to spiritual atmospheres and carries an anointing to bring breakthrough and freedom.
Pastor Russell carries a distinctive apostolic anointing and a genuine desire to collaborate with others to build the Kingdom of God together in unity. As a result, he enjoys close relationship with many leading ministers around the world and is especially committed to seeing young leaders identified, encouraged and empowered to rise up in the church at large. He is passionate about empowering all generations to impact their world for Jesus through daily encounters with God, spiritual impartation and discipleship. He is also integrally involved in social justice initiatives both locally and internationally.
Ps Glyn Barrett
Pastor Glyn is the National Leader of Assemblies of God Great Britain, a 600 Church Strong Pentecostal denomination and co-chair of Empowered21 for Western Europe. Glyn & his wife Sophia are also the Senior Pastors of !Audacious Church, a multi-site, multi-generational church with 4 campuses in Manchester and Chester, England.
A powerful and sought-after communicator, Glyn's messages and motivational teaching continue to inspire people of all generations throughout the world. He and Sophia have two children, Georgia and Jaedon. As far as passions go - Glyn is fanatical about Manchester City Football Club. He also loves his motorbike, his family and did we mention Manchester City Football Club?
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Harrogate Convention Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA
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