Speakers

John Bevere is a minister known for his bold, uncompromising approach to God’s Word. He is also an international bestselling author who has written more than 20 books that have, collectively, sold millions of copies and been translated into over 130 languages.

Along with his wife, Lisa, John is the co-founder of Messenger International, a ministry committed to revolutionizing global discipleship. Driven by a passion to develop uncompromising followers of Christ, Messenger has given over 60 million translated resources to leaders across the globe. To extend these efforts, the MessengerX app was developed, providing digital discipleship resources at no cost to users in more than 120 languages. MessengerX currently has users in over 20,000 cities and over 235 nations.

When John is home in Franklin, Tennessee, you’ll find him loving on his g-babies, playing pickleball, or trying to convince Lisa to take up golf.

Bubba is the college pastor at Church of the Highlands. He and his wife Brittany have four beautiful children at their home in Alabama. With a heart for the next generation, Bubba spends his time ministering to local college students at the University of Alabama. He has also expanded his college ministry to include activities like movie nights and basketball tournaments.

Pastor John and his wife Michelle founded Victory Family Church in 1993 to see people experience God in everyday life. He loves seeing lives changed and families restored! That’s what fuels him.

Pastor John and Michelle have three adult children. He’s an avid golfer (though he’d tell you that doesn’t mean he’s a “good” golfer) and is constantly working on impersonations. He does a pretty great Don Corleone from the Godfather (we are Victory Family Church, after all). John roots for the Steelers, but if you’re a Browns or Ravens fan, he promises to go easy on you.

He considers every interaction with every individual a once-in-a-lifetime privilege, and if you’ve never met him, he’d love the opportunity to meet you.

Rod and Jill Windham are the lead pastors of Movement Church.

After serving as pastoral staff in central Florida for 20 years, Rod and Jill were beginning the transition of taking the lead pastorship of the church they had been serving in. At that time, they were in a season of real unrest, knowing something new was coming on the horizon. Seth and Lori Adgate were also on staff at the same church, serving as youth pastors. Little did the Windhams know, the Adgates felt the same season of change beginning in their own hearts. As the changes became clearer, Rod, Jill, Seth, and Lori began to feel the desire in them to begin a new work –

And to begin it in Madison, Alabama.

On June 2, 2014, Movement Church was born. Movement Church exists to move people into a fulfilling relationship with Jesus. We are determined to do this in very practical, non-religious ways, so that North Alabama sees a God who really wants to connect with them, right where they are.