Flame 2024
Meet Our Speakers
Nathaniel Cox
Rob Haynes
Christ Wesleyan Church & WME
Rob Haynes is an author, speaker, teacher, pastor, theologian, and missiologist. His work focuses on local and global mission and evangelism, forming disciples for missional service, leadership development in new and existing church communities, and fostering new spaces for conversations on faith and culture.
Matt Hook
Huron River Methodist Church
Dr. Matt Hook loves the local church. He has served as pastor for 33 years. Matt’s passion in the church is for preaching, worship, the power of fellowship, men’s discipleship, and evangelism.
Paulo Lopes
World Methodist Evangelism
Paulo Lopes serves as the Director of Emerging Leadership for World Methodist Evangelism. He is passionate about helping people and ministries become clearer and better at what they do.
Marcellus Norris
AME Church
Rev. Norris, a third generation A.M.E. preacher, currently serves as the pastor of St. Luke AME Church, Nashville, TN, and as Executive Director of Church Growth and Development of the AME Church.
Luther Oconer
Asbury Theological Seminary
Luther Oconer is Associate Professor of Global Wesleyan Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary and President Pro Tempore of the Mega Manila Provisional Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church.
Kim Reisman
World Methodist Evangelism
Kim Reisman is an author, pastor, teacher and theologian, focusing her work on evangelism, spiritual formation, leadership development, and the intersection between faith and culture.
Dave Smith
True North Ministry
I’ve been a professor of Bible for the last 3+ decades. Just like John Wesley, I travel from Wesleyan Church to Wesleyan Church pouring my life into the life of local church pastors.
Sarah Wanck
Aldersgate GMC & WME
Sarah Wanck is the Lead Pastor at Aldersgate Global Methodist Church. She is also the Leadership Development Lead for WME. Sarah, a proud member of the Order of the Flame, has been a guest author for The Wake Up Call, and Firebrand Magazine.