John Bevere

Marked by boldness and passion, John Bevere delivers uncompromising truth through his award-winning curriculums and bestselling books, now in more than 60 languages, including The Bait of Satan, Drawing Near and Driven by Eternity. He is an international speaker and co-host of The Messenger TV program broadcast worldwide.

John enjoys living in Colorado Springs with his wife, Lisa, also a best-selling author and speaker, and their four sons.

Mike Kai, Sr. Pastor
Hope Chapel West Oahu

Pastor Mike Kai is a regular guy with sky-high aspirations. You’d never guess he is Sr. Pastor of a thriving, young church: Hope Chapel West O‘ahu. He’s the guy playing a pick-up game of hoops & the dad on the sidelines yelling for his kids. He also leads Prayer Teams & spearheads Leadership Conferences. Mike is an everyday guy aspiring to God’s greatest goals. And his enthusiasm will sweep you up!

Mike & his wife, Lisa, have three beautiful daughters, Courtney, Rebekah & Charis.

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Ralph Moore, Sr. Pastor
Hope Chapel Kaneohe

Pastor Ralph Moore has a reputation for making the Bible easy to understand. He communicates deep spiritual truths in clear and often humorous language. He is easy to listen to, but you go away chewing on what he said.

He is the founding pastor of Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay. He, and his wife, Ruby, also planted Hope Chapel Hermosa Beach in California. Under his leadership, the Hope Chapels have multiplied to more than 700 churches located on six continents. He has two children, Carl and Kelly, and two grandchildren that light up his life.

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James “Tex” Texeira,
Sr. Pastor
Solid Rock Ministries

James “Tex” and Shelley are the founders and lead pastors of Solid Rock Ministries. Moving to Kona in 1990, they started SRM on July 17th of that year. God has definitely shown what He can do as the church has grown and continues to impact the community with the Good News of God’s grace through Jesus. Their dream, seeing people changed and turned on for the Cause of Christ!

Tex and Shelley have four sons and nine grandchildren. They enjoy spending time with the grandkids and are having fun spoiling them then sending them home. They love riding motorcycles, Shelley on back of course, and reside in Kailua Kona.

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Dave Barr, Sr. Pastor
New Hope Windward

Dave Barr is the Senior Pastor of New Hope Windward. He enjoys envisioning, equipping and empowering people to develop a personal, daily relationship with Jesus so they can live the fulfilling life He has planned for them.

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Ben Houston, Pastor
Hillsong Church – Northern Beaches

Ben Houston is one of the pastoral team at Hillsong Church in Sydney working under his parents, Brian and Bobbie Houston. Ben over sees the Northern Beaches Extension Service, which he planted in 2007. Ben is passionate about God and the Church and has a real heart to see people find life, hope, and answers in Jesus Christ. Ben is married to Lucille and has a beautiful one year old daughter named Savannah

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Norman Nakanishi,
Sr. Pastor
Grace Bible Church

Breakout: Leadership
Norman Nakanishi is the Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church, a growing multi-generational church committed to reaching people and equipping them to fulfill their destiny. He has a special heart for youth, which has resulted in a constant flow of young people and their families over the years.

Pastor Norman also is a member of the United States National Leadership Team for the Every Nation family of churches, an international movement with ministries worldwide. He is chaplain for the University of Hawaii Warrior football team. Norman along with his wife, Faye, and their family currently reside in Pearl City, HI.

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Randy Pacarro,
Worship Pastor
Grace Bible Church

Breakout: Worship
Randy has been involved with worship ministry for over twenty five years.  His life mission is to bring people into a life transforming relationship with Jesus Christ through the avenue of worship.  As a lead worshipper Randy has been blessed to travel to many countries ministering and teaching in crusades, conferences, and equipping schools. Presently he serves on the pastoral staff overseeing the worship and music ministries of Grace Bible Church.  He is married to Norma and has a daughter, Joelle. The Pacarro family currently reside in Mililani.

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Nolan Galido, College Pastor/ Graphic Designer
Hope Chapel West Oahu

Breakout: Media & Arts
Nolan Galido has been working in the graphic design field since 2001. Specializing in the Entertainment industry he has worked on projects for Fox, Myspace, Sirius Radio, Honda, and manymore. He now takes his experience and uses it for the Kindgom of God by creating graphics for Hope Chapel West Oahu and other ministries.

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Ben Giese,
Frontlines Director
Hope Chapel West Oahu

Breakout: Media & Arts
The Frontlines ministry consists of a team of gifted and excited Program Developers & Directors, Service Ninjas,  Lighting Techs, and Creative Artists in dance, drama, video and pro-presenter. Ben overseas our awesome leaders in each of these areas. Ben also heads up the programing  & creative video team, and has his own video company.

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Naomi Giese,
Creative Arts Director
Hope Chapel West Oahu

Breakout: Media & Arts
Naomi has been married to Ben for over 20 years.  She also loves to be a mom to their 3 teenage children.  She studied dance at UH, and has danced professionally for many years.  For the last 8 years, she has led various dance and drama ministries.  She enjoys doing couples conferences with her husband, Ben, and teaching and discipling women and couples.  She is also an avid watcher of the Food Network and FitTV.

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Vance Texeira
Sr. Pastor
Solid Rock Ministries – Oahu

Breakout: Youth
Pastor Vance was the youth pastor at solid rock ministires in kona for 10 years. During  that time the youth church grew from 8 to 400 young young people, with 4 youth services on friday nights in different locations around the big island. He and his wife moved to Oahu last year to start Solid Rock Minitries – Oahu. The church just celebrated its one year anniversary and they are loving  life.

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