Israel Houghton

Leader, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ISRAEL HOUGHTON has seen his compositions become integral components for progressive now-generation churches. This Grammy & Dove Award winning recording artist, producer and songwriter challenges people all over the world to rise to a higher purpose. In addition, Israel also serves as a Worship Leader at Lakewood Church, with Pastor Joel Osteen in Houston, TX.

Jentezen Franklin

Through his experience as a pastor, teacher, musician and author, Pastor Franklin continues in the pursuit of helping people encounter God through inspired worship and relevant application of the Word of God in our daily lives.

Bishop Joseph Garlington

Senior Pastor of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, a multiracial and cross-cultural community, internationally recognized speaker and author. Bishop Garlington is an accomplished musician, recording artist and scholar.

Christine Caine

A sought after speaker around the world Christine Caine is passionate about reaching the lost, influencing emerging cultures, inspiring change, strengthening leadership and building the local church.
Together with her husband Nick she is part of the leadership team at Hillsong Church in Sydney Australia, and a director of Equip & Empower Ministries. She lives her life to the full as a wife, teacher, preacher, author and mother of two beautiful daughters, Catherine and Sophia. When the family isn't changing the world on the road they make their home in Sydney, Australia. Christine is the author of Stop Acting Like a Christian…Just Be One!, A Life Unleashed, and Youth Ministry – Principles for the 21st Century.

Peter Wilson

As one of the Executive Team at Hillsong Church London, Peter Wilson works directly with the Senior Pastors Gary & Cathy Clarke. Peter leads and pastors the Creative side of the Church in London.

With an absolute passion for the local Church, Peter strives to bring others to an understanding of who they are in Christ and who we are together as His body, the Church. He firmly believes that the Church is God's answer to a world in need, that together we are His hands and feet and that side by side we are the visible representation of Jesus to humanity.

Micah Stampley

Micah Stampley is a Minister of Music, a licensed minister, a husband, a father of five and one of gospel music's top male vocalists. In 2007, He and his wife, Heidi, founded Interface (formerly known as Levitical Records), a multi-platform entertainment company. Micah’s albums have risen high on Billboard’s Top Gospel charts, and he has received Stellar Award nominations for New Artist and Male Vocalist of the Year, Contemporary Male Vocalist and Praise & Worship CD of the Year. With a higher sense of purpose and ministry focus than ever before, he is poised to command even greater attention with Ransomed, his third live album.

Tommy Sims

Tommy Sims is a renowned bassist, producer and musician. He was the bassist of Christian rock band White Heart from 1987 to 1989. He was subsequently the bassist on the Bruce Springsteen and the "Other Band" Tour during 1992-1993. He is also a songwriter, who co-wrote Eric Clapton's "Change the World" with Wayne Kirkpatrick and Gordon Kennedy, which won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1997; other songs of his have been recorded by Bonnie Raitt and Susan Tedeschi, among others. He is also a record producer, who has worked with Rachael Lampa and others.

Sims grew up in Chicago and currently resides In Brentwood, Tennessee and is active in the Nashville music scene as a session musician and arranger. In addition to touring and producing, Sims also released a solo album in August 2000 entitled Peace and Love.

Freddy Rodriguez

Freddy is the Worship Pastor for Destiny Church in Cedar Hill, TX. Freddy leads this multicultural congregation in an energetic and passionate journey into the presence of God. His recording of Light in the Darkness is destined to become a church classic that’s brimming with congregational value and cross-cultural vibe for universal appeal. Freddy and his wife Julie have four beautiful children: Samuel Joseph, Sabrina, Michael, and Stephen.

Kari Jobe

A featured worship leader on Gateway Worship projects, Living for You and Wake Up the World, Kari Jobe recently released her self-titled debut through Gateway Create/Integrity Music. Whether leading worship at Gateway or in other settings around the country, for Kari, the work of ministry always comes back to people. She is moved by people’s lives and stories, and amazed by who God is and who He says that we are. She believes that music becomes a way to minister to people in times of trouble, to lead them to the feet of Jesus who can bring peace, life, hope and healing.

James Fortune & FIYA

In addition to opening for distinguished artists such as Kirk Franklin, Shirley Caesar, Yolanda Adams, Stevie Wonder, John P. Kee, Fred Hammond, Kim Burrell and others, James Fortune & FIYA have performed on shows such as BET’s “106 & Park Presents Generation Gospel.” FIYA has been nominated four years in a row for the Texas Gospel Youth & Young Adult Choir of the Year. James Fortune & FIYA are currently gearing up for The Transformation Tour in addition to celebrating their Stellar Award nomination for 2009 Contemporary Choir of the Year. “I Trust You,” the first single off The Transformation, has cemented James Fortune & FIYA’s reputation as some of the most fervent performers in the gospel world.

Erica Campbell of MARY MARY

Erica Campbell is a wife, mother, urban gospel star, and one half of the platinum-selling sister duo Mary Mary. They are Grammy, Dove, Stellar, MOBO, and American Music Award winners, and their studio albums—2000’s Thankful, 2002’s Incredible, and 2005’s Mary Mary—are either platinum or gold-certified. Beyond the music, Erica and Tina are entering a whole new phase in their career as they expand the Mary Mary brand. They are currently working on the launch of a bath and beauty line, a designer t-shirt collection, children’s books and music, interactive computer games, stage work, television, and much more.