Speakers & Leaders
CHRIS JESSE
CO-FOUNDER @
ROOFTOP FRIENDS INTL.
Co-founder of Rooftop Friends International, Chris Jesse left a successful business career to utilize his leadership talents to develop a new generation of spiritual leaders and servants of Christ. The author of the critically-acclaimed novel Scars of Truth and spiritual guidebook ...is less, Jesse dynamically delivers a message of God's desire to be #1 in your life and to lead His beloved to greater places of intimacy with Christ. Jesse speaks with authority, practicality, and humor, while fully esteeming the Lord and engaging his listeners.
JANET PASCHAL
GOSPEL ARTIST
Janet Paschal is an inspirational gospel vocalist and writer, often hailed as one of the most soulfully versatile voices in Christian Music.
From the pulpit of her grandfather's church in Reidsville, North Carolina, to the world's most renowned stages, Janet Paschal's journey is marked by passion and dedication. With more than twenty recordings to her credit, Janet's passion and vulnerability are evident in her inspiring music, including her latest release, Beginnings. Her recordings have earned numerous Grammy and Dove Award nominations, and she is consistently named among Gospel Music's favorite soloists by the genre's top trade magazines.
GINA KIDD-JESSE
CO-FOUNDER @
ROOFTOP FRIENDS INTL.
Gina Kidd-Jesse, co-founder and host of Rooftop Friends International, frequently ministers at regional gatherings and local churches. Kidd-Jesse not only has a heart for God, but also a heart for His people. Operating in the prophetic, she preaches and teaches God's Word with conviction, passion, and power. She enjoys writing about matters of faith and has developed an e-mail devotional. Kidd-Jesse launched God's Leading Ladies, a monthly gathering of spiritual leaders, in 2015.
DIANE DAGGERHART
LEADER @
ROOFTOP FRIENDS INTL.
Serving for many years as a Prayer Ministries Coordinator in her local church, Diane Daggerhart, serves as a leader at Rooftop Friends International. Daggerhart regularly speaks to church groups and womens gatherings about Christ and her passion for the Word of God. Daggerhart currently hosts an evangelistic outreach and co-hosts God's Leading Ladies. Diane is the author of the Holy Spirt inspired worship drama, From Ashes to Glory.
CHERYL KING
LEADER @
ROOFTOP FRIENDS INTL.
Cheryl King, a leader of Rooftop Friends International, is a women with compassion for God's people. Her warm, open, friendly, and witty communication style, coupled with her inspiring personal testimony help many feel comfortable to open their hearts to the Spirit. God has used her to lead many to Jesus's saving grace. An expert in organizational and administrative management by vocation, King listens for and acts on God's call, as she keeps the wheels turning at Rooftop Friends.
DEBBIE TIREY
INTERCESSOR & TEACHER
Bringing wisdom about God's love and intercession to the conference, Debbie Tirey brings her passion and enthusiasm for Jesus everywhere she speaks. The leader of a successful women's ministry for seventeen years, Tirey has served God's people in the mission field, in prisons, in the community, and within her home church. An engaging speaker, she longs to see revival, and is enthusiastic about teaching others.
LINDA BURROUGHS
HOUSE OF FORDHAM
Founder of the House of Fordham, Linda Burroughs understands that when God calls you to do something big, He can make the impossible happen! Through faith, she answered God's call to help her struggling city neighbors. By purchasing buildings and homes to arranging a program that feeds 15,000 people a month, Burroughs and her staff not only provides a home and sustinance to those who need it; she provides spiritual food as well. Full of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and humor, Burroughs's testimony will truly define the brilliance of God and the Gifts of The Spirit.
BILL AND NENA GULBRANDSEN
PASTORAL TEACHING
Spiritual pioneers Bill and Nena Gulbrandsen discovered early in their adult life at Rhema Bible College the divine purpose God had for them as a couple. Proficient in teaching God's Word in a way applicable to daily life, the Gulbrandsen have led their own congregation and many others beyond their doors to a closer relationship with the Lord. Serving with excellence and joy, the Gulbrandsens bring a fresh perspective to pastoral teaching and an engaging style as they work together to deliver their message gleaned from experience and faith.
JOHNATHAN D.MORGAN, SR.
PASTOR AND EVANGELIST
A crusader for God in every sense, Jonathan D. Morgan, Sr. plants churches in unreached areas of the world and lead people to Christ. A graduate of East Coast Bible College, Morgan is no stranger to the mission field domestically and internationally. He has conducted crusades in over 20 countries around the world, and has planted churches in many nations. Morgan's fresh, annointed, Word-based approach has delivered thousands from the bondage of sin. He has witnessed the healing power of Christ, and has seen thousands saved.
