1 Minute of Encouragement

Charlotte Gambill

International speaker and author, Charlotte Gambill, is best known for her practical and passionate application of God’s Word. She speaks at conferences across the world and her passion is to build the local church, to see people reach their full potential, and to develop and strengthen church leadership. She resides in Bradford England along with her husband Steve, and two children, Hope Cherish and Noah Brave.

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Francis Anfuso

Francis Anfuso was saved in a revival (The Jesus Movement), on Mother’s Day, 1972, (because of his mother’s prayers). He spends much of his time in intercession, uniting Christian leaders, and believing for a mighty move of God’s Spirit across the Sacramento region and throughout America. Francis is the author of 13 books, including Perfectly Positioned: When Perspective Triumphs Over Circumstance, Father Wounds, Church Wounds, Awakened, A City That Looks Like Heaven and his newest release, It’s a Supernatural Life! He is presently working on a 5-Part Biopic entitled: “IMPOSSIBLE – One Man’s Journey Into Life’s Greatest Adventure.” Francis and his wife Suzie have twin daughters, Deborah Giles, married to Daniel; and Havilah Cunnington, married to Ben. They are blessed with seven grandchildren.

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Francis Chan

Francis Chan has been a pastor for over thirty years. He is a New York Times–bestselling author of several books, including Crazy Love, Letters to the Church, and Until Unity. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married nearly thirty years and co-authored You and Me Forever. Currently, Francis is in Northern California teaching and discipling the next generation of pastors and leaders.

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Greg Laurie

Greg Laurie is a prominent American pastor, author, and evangelist, known for his dynamic and influential role in contemporary Christian ministry. Laurie has devoted his life to spreading the Christian message and leading people to faith in Jesus Christ. He is the founding pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, and the Harvest Crusades, large-scale evangelistic events that have reached millions of people worldwide. Laurie is a prolific author, having written numerous books that offer spiritual guidance and inspiration to a broad audience. His unwavering commitment to sharing the Gospel has earned him respect and recognition as a prominent figure in Christian ministry, impacting countless lives through his passionate preaching and writing.

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Jerel Bland

Jerel Paul Bland serves as the Lead Director of the Hope Church which focuses on student-centered impactful experiences, inner-city community needs, and venue space for positive driven events. After 25 years of ministry serving as a Lead Pastor, Youth Pastor, Family Director, and Chaplin, the Recording Artist and Author has found himself versatile and balanced in the task of sharing the Gospel. Along with his wife Rebekah, the father of 4 adult children, 2 teenagers, a son-in-law, and grandfather of 2, is now solely focused on using every resource, partnership, and skill that God has given, to do his part to share faith, hope, and love to whoever is willing to listen.

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Jud Wilhite

Jud Wilhite is a pastor and author who has served at Central Church since 2003. As Senior Pastor, he has helped Central grow from one location in Henderson, NV to a multi-site church with physical locations in Nevada, Arizona, Florida, Mexico, and Australia. Central also has a global presence through their online streaming platforms, reaching homes in every state in the US, over 120 countries, and 12 different prison facilities through their partnership with God Behind Bars. Jud is a best-selling author who has written several books, including Uncaged, The God of Yes, Pursued, and The Uncensored Truth Study Bible. He graduated from Dallas Christian College and holds a master's degree from Lincoln Seminary.  Jud lives in the Las Vegas area with his wife, Lori. Together, they have two children, Emma and Ethan.

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Levi Lusko

Levi Lusko was born in Colorado in 1982, moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1993. He grew up in a Christian family and has never known life outside of church. "I am so thankful that my parents raised me knowing the Scriptures and am trying to raise my children the same way," Levi says. These days, Levi is the lead pastor of Fresh Life Church – a multisite church located in Montana, Utah, Oregon, and Wyoming that he and his wife, Jennie, pioneered in 2007. Levi travels around the world speaking about Jesus. He takes pleasure in small things, such as black coffee, new shoes, fast Internet, and falling asleep in the sun. He and Jennie have one son: Lennox, and four daughters: Alivia, Daisy, Clover, and Lenya, who is in heaven.

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Louie Giglio

Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church and the Original Visionary of the Passion movement, which exists to call a generation to leverage their lives for the fame of Jesus.

Since 1997, Passion has gathered collegiate-aged young people in events across the US and around the world and continues to see 18-25-year-olds fill venues across the nation in pursuit of lives lived for God’s glory. Most recently, Passion hosted 40,000 college students and their leaders in four venues linked together across three cities at Passion 2019.

In addition to the collegiate gatherings of Passion Conferences, Louie and his wife Shelley lead the teams at Passion City Church, sixstepsrecords, Passion Publishing, and the Passion Global Institute.

Louie is the national bestselling author of Not Forsaken, Goliath Must Fall, Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God & Science, The Comeback, The Air I Breathe, and I Am Not But I Know I Am.

Louie and Shelley make their home in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Max Lucado

Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as Teaching Minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 145 million products in print.

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Tim Tebow