WORLD CHALLENGE
SPEAKERS
GARY WILKERSON
President of World Challenge
Gary Wilkerson is an author, public speaker and the president of World Challenge Inc., an international ministry organization founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He has traveled to speak at evangelistic and church leadership conferences for over 100,000 pastors in 70 different countries. As the leader of World Challenge, he has supported church planting and evangelism among the most unreached people on earth in addition to sending aid to the poorest of the poor.
JOSHUA WEST
Pastors Network Director
Joshua West comes from a background of addiction. While in jail, he was radically transformed by the saving power of Christ. He was the pastor at Sonrise Adult & Teen Challenge in Oklahoma as well as director of the Berean School of Ministry. He is now a director and a preaching voice at World Challenge.
JOHN BAILEY
Vice President of Ministry and Operations
Pastor John Bailey is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at World Challenge. After giving his life to Christ in the Tampa City jail, John felt that the Lord placed in him a great hunger to know Christ and study God’s Word. John spent 12 years discipling young leaders and then was called to pastor and evangelize in Western Europe for 10 years.
EVAN WILKERSON
In 2013, Evan Wilkerson felt the Lord’s call to be a minister and evangelist, preaching and teaching the Word of God. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Colorado Christian University and currently works with his father, Gary Wilkerson, at World Challenge as director of NextGen Ministries where he lives out his passion to bring sound doctrine and apologetics to the next generation.
MARK RENFROE
Chief Missions Officer
Mark was asked to serve as the Area Director for Assemblies of God World Missions in 2007. As part of his role, he led missionaries and interfaced with national church leaders in the 18 countries of the Arab World. In 2017, Mark created Reaching Africa’s Muslims, an initiative to mobilize, equip, and deploy indigenous African missionaries to reach Muslims on the continent. He currently serves as the Chief Missions Officer for World Challenge in Colorado Springs.