Authors

Dr. Arto Hämäläinen (DMin), is founding chairman of the World Missions Commission of the Pentecostal World Fellowship (PWF), the Pentecostal European Mission (PEM), the Asia Pentecostal Mission (PAM), and the Africa Pentecostal Mission (APM). He is serving also as chair of the Pentecostal Commission on Religious Liberty (PCRL) and as Mission Associate in the Mission Commission of World Evangelical Alliance (WEA). He has the Chair of Mission Studies in the Continental Theological Seminary (CTS) in Belgium. He lives in Finland serving globally. He is author of The DNA of the Spirit-Empowered Christians and Churches (2023) as well as several books and articles published in about 15 languages.

Bret Hammond, MA, is the Senior Minister at Kansas Christian Church. LinkedIn

Henry A. Harbuck, Ph.D., Th.D., is General Overseer and President of AEGA Ministries International. He is an author, pastor, conference speaker, educator, and certified naturopathic physician. Seeing the need for truth and accountability in Christian leadership, he co-founded the Association of Evangelical Gospel Assemblies in 1988 as a fellowship that would provide spiritual and legal covering for independent ministers, ministries and churches. The AEGA now has members in 50 countries and networks in over 65 nations around the world. Dr. Harbuck completed a study aide in 2023 entitledThe New Millennia In-Depth Bible. aega.org

Lisa Sharon Harper is a speaker, author, writer, and activist. From Ferguson to New York to Germany and South Africa, Ms. Harper leads trainings and helps mobilize clergy and community leaders around shared values for the common good. She is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us (launching online Fall 2017), a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by convening forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action toward a just world. Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican...or Democrat (The New Press, 2008), Left Right and Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics (Elevate, 2011 & 2016), Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith (Zondervan, 2014), and the critically acclaimed, The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right (Waterbrook, a division of Penguin Random House, 2016). The Very Good Gospel, recognized as the "2016 Book of the Year" by Englewood Review of Books, explores God’s intent for the wholeness of all relationships in light of today’s headlines. LisaSharonHarper.com. Facebook. Twitter: @LisaSHarper. Instagram.

Jim Harries, PhD (University of Birmingham), is professor of religion with Global University and adjunct faculty with William Carey International University. He works closely with a wide variety of churches in western Kenya in informal theological education. These include many African founded churches, Pentecostal churches, and the Coptic Orthodox church. Jim uses indigenous languages, and local resources in his ministry. He chairs the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission and is the author of Vulnerable Mission: Insights into Christian Mission to Africa from a Position of Vulnerability (William Carey Library, 2011), Three Days in the Life of an African Christian Villager (New Generation Publishing, 2011), Theory to Practice in Vulnerable Mission: An Academic Appraisal (Wipf and Stock, 2012), Communication in Mission and Development: Relating to the Church in Africa (Wipf and Stock, 2013), Secularism and Africa: In the Light of the Intercultural Christ (Wipf and Stock, 2015), New Foundations for Appreciating Africa: Beyond Religious and Secular Deceptions (VKW, 2016), The Godless Delusion: Europe and Africa (Wipf & Stock, 2017), and a novel African Heartbeat: And A Vulnerable Fool (2018). Facebook: Vulnerable Mission. Twitter: @A4VM. www.jim-mission.org.uk

Antipas L. Harris, D.Min. (Boston University), S.T.M. (Yale University Divinity School), M.Div. (Emory University), is the president-dean of Jakes Divinity School and associate pastor at The Potter’s House of Dallas, TX, and the founding dean of the Urban Renewal Center in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the Criminal Justice System Director for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) and president of the Global Institute for Empowerment & Leadership Development, known as GIELD. He has additional experience as an educator, academic lecturer, itinerant preacher, pastor, youth director, motivational speaker, and Christian musician. He is the author of Is Christianity the White Man's Religion?: How the Bible Is Good News for People of Color (IVP, 2020), The Holy Spirit and Social Justice: Scripture and Theology (2019), Holy Spirit, Holy Living: A Practical Theology of Holiness for Twenty-first Century Churches (Wipf & Stock, 2013) and Unstoppable Success: 7 Ways to Flourish in Your Boundless Potential (High Bridge Books, 2014). AntipasHarris.com | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Tania Harris, PhD, is a pastor, speaker, educator, and the founder of God Conversations, a global ministry that equips people to recognize and respond to God’s voice. With a diverse history as church planter, pastor and Bible College lecturer, her ministry is known for its biblical depth, practical wisdom and “God-stories.” She is the author of The Church Who Hears God’s Voice: Equipping Everyone to Recognise and Respond to the Spirit (2022) and God Conversations: Stories of How God Speaks and What Happens When We Listen (2017). Tania is an ordained minister with the Australian Christian Churches. She resides in Sydney, Australia. LinkedIn Twitter

David Harvey, D.Min. (Westminster Theological Seminary), serves as the Pastor of Preaching at Four Oaks Community Church (EFCA) in Tallahassee, FL and is the Founder of AmICalled.com. Before coming to serve in Florida in 2013, Dave pastored at Covenant Fellowship Church (Glen Mills, PA) for 27 years, serving as senior pastor from 1990 to 2008. He serves as the Chairman of the board of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation, as well as the Chairman of the Board of the Sojourn Network. During his time with Sovereign Grace Ministries (1995-2012), Dave was responsible for church care, church planting, and international expansion. Dave’s books include Am I Called?: The Summons to Pastoral Ministry (Crossway, 2012), Rescuing Ambition (Crossway, 2010), When Sinners Say “I Do”: Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage (Shepherd, 2007), and he contributed a chapter to Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World (Crossway, 2008). LinkedIn. Twitter: @RevDaveHarvey.

Paul Hattaway, a native New Zealander, has been a Bible courier and missionary for most of his life. He is an expert on the Chinese Church and author of The Heavenly Man, Operation China and many other books. He is the founder and director of Asia Harvest (www.asiaharvest.org), a mission organization dedicated to serving and equipping churches across Asia to complete the Great Commission.

David Hernandez is a young aspiring evangelist. Dramatically saved at thirteen, he began to preach at fourteen and has since traveled internationally and spoken with hundreds about their need to know God. He comes from a family of ministry and serves as a youth teacher in his local church. His vision is to preach to many through gospel crusades. www.davidandtheking.com Twitter Facebook Instagram

James D. Hernando, Ph.D. (Drew University), is Professor of New Testament at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He is author of Dictionary of Hermeneutics (Gospel Publishing House, 2005), the commentary on 2 Corinthians in the Full Life Bible Commentary to the New Testament (Zondervan, 1999), as well as numerous articles and papers. www.agts.edu/faculty/hernando.html

John L. Hiigel earned his Ph.D. from Fuller Seminary and is Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota. Previously, he served more than two decades as a pastor and musician in Los Angeles. He is the author of Leadership in First Corinthians (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003) and Partnering with the King: Study the Gospel of Matthew and Become a Disciple of Jesus (Paraclete Press, 2013).

Adrian Hinkle is an Assistant Professor in the Bible/Theology department at Southwestern Christian University in Bethany, OK. She graduated with an M.A. in Theology from Southern Nazarene University and is now working towards a Doctorate of Ministry from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. She is an active member of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church along with her husband and two children.

Jeff Hittenberger, Ph.D. (University of Southern California), serves as Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs at Vanguard University. He previously served as Director of Graduate Studies at Evangel University and as Dean of the School of Education at Vanguard University. He served as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar at Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morocco, has served as a consultant and researcher in Cameroon, Mali, South Africa, Israel, and Haiti.

Grant Hochman, a teacher with the Surrey School District in B.C. Canada, wrote his Master of Christian Studies thesis (Regent College, 1992) on “A Christian Response to the Cults: An Aid for the Lay Person.” He gives guest lectures and Sunday school courses on cult apologetics as well as on every member ministry (Eph. 4:11-16).

H. Murray Hohns went home to be with Jesus on November 28, 2012. He was on staff at the largest church in Hawaii and served on his denomination's investment committee from 1999 until his death. Hohns held two degrees in Civil Engineering, an MA in Theology from Fuller Seminary, and served as an instructor at Foursquare's New Hope Christian College (formerly Pacific Rim Christian College) in Honolulu. He wrote six engineering books and hundreds of articles in every type of newspaper, magazine and journal.

Bethany Hope has worked with the underground house church of China for several years, serving as UK Director of Back to Jerusalem and spending time working on the mission field. She also acts as co-founder and editor of Underground Publishing House.