Influence | Speakers
At this year’s Influence Conference, you’ll be challenged to “Be The Cause” by leaders whose lives and leadership have inspired movements that have impacted our culture for Christ:
- Matthew & Tommy Barnett will challenge you to find your cause
- Dino Rizzo will help you discover the purpose of your cause
- Rod Loy will share lessons from his experience taking risks for the cause
- Lisa Bevere will inspire you to live and lead with the heart of the cause
Session 1 - Monday, August 1, 6:30 PM
Tommy Barnett - Pastor (Phoenix First Assembly)
Tommy Barnett is the senior pastor of one of the largest growing churches in America, Phoenix First Assembly of God in Phoenix, Arizona. The church is known as The Church with a Heart, because of its 260+ outreach ministries. With an average weekly attendance of over 17,000, Phoenix First is a soul-winning church, committed to reaching the city, country and world for God.
Session 1 - Monday, August 1, 6:30 PM
Matthew Barnett - Pastor (The Dream Center)
Matthew Barnett, best-selling author of "The Church That Never Sleeps” and “The Cause Within You,” is pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in America and is the son of Pastor Tommy Barnett. The Dream Center began as a typical local church, but has grown from 39 members at its conception in September 1994 to reaching more than 30,000 people each week in the Center's 40 services and nearly 200 ministries.
Session 2 - Monday, August 1, 8:15 PM
Rod Loy - Pastor (First Assembly North Little Rock)
In 2007, Rod Loy, senior pastor at a large church, sensed God calling
him to move out of his comfortable church bubble. Rod became a volunteer in a low-income, academically challenged first grade class and a lifeguard at the local water park. Rod's continued experiences in the real world give him a fresh perspective on life's challenges and God's grace. Rod leads First Assembly of God in North Little Rock, Arkansas, a 99 year old church with an average weekend attendance of more than 3,000 on four campuses.
Session 3 - Tuesday, August 2, 9:00 AM
Lisa Bevere - Author, International Speaker
Passionate. Edgy. Relatable. Powerful. Funny. These words describe Lisa Bevere —international speaker, best-selling author and co-host of The Messenger television program, which broadcasts in more than 200 countries.
In her transparent style, Lisa shares God’s Word woven with personal experiences to empower lives with freedom and transformation. Her heart breaks over social injustice, and as an advocate for change, she rallies others to be an answer to desperate problems near and far.
When she’s not out changing the world, Lisa begins her days with mochas and ends them laughing around the dinner table with family. She enjoys riding her Ninja motorcycle with the love of her life, husband John Bevere, and spending time with their four sons, stunning daughter-in-law and adorable G-baby.
Session 4 - Tuesday, August 2, 10:45 AM
Dino Rizzo - Pastor (Healing Place Church)
Dino Rizzo and his wife DeLynn started Healing Place Church in 1993 with the single focus of being a healing place for a hurting world. Starting with just 12, it has now grown to over 7,200 people gathering every week in eight locations from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Maputo, Mozambique.
Healing Place Church has been listed as one of America’s Top 25 Most Innovative Churches. That innovative drive is expressed in a passion to serve the poor and hurting – wherever they are, and whatever it takes.
Rizzo’s book “SERVOLUTION” exposes his passion to see believers join together in a revolution of serving others – Jesus style. He co-founded the Association of Related Churches, a growing group of Close churches devoted to planting hundreds of new churches across the country. He is a strong believer in the irreplaceable value of the local church – in the USA and across the globe. He also believes that as believers we can do more when we are together, leveraging each other’s strengths to build the Kingdom. As a result, some of his greatest assets are deep relationships with others.
Conference Co-Host
Scott Williams - Chief Solutions Officer (Nxt Level Solutions)
Scott Williams served as a key leader and campus pastor at LifeChurch.tv, one of the largest and most innovative churches in America. In less than 3 years and under his leadership the NW Oklahoma City Campus grew to an average weekly attendance of over 3,500 people. Prior to ministry, Scott served in various leadership roles as an entrepreneur, lobbyist, professor, and leadership consultant. He is the Chief Solutions Officer for Nxt Level Solutions, a consulting company he founded to help businesses, non-profits, ministries and individuals go farther faster.
He is an avid blogger at BigIsTheNewSmall.com, which is a popular blog for leaders, pastors and individuals from all facets from around the globe. Scott leverages social media to make a kingdom impact. Scott is passionate about leadership development, unity in the body of Christ and diversity in the church. He is the author of “Church Diversity – Sunday The Most Segregated Day Of The Week.” Scott is married, a father of two, and lives in Oklahoma City, OK.
Conference Co-Host
Scott Wilson - Pastor (The Oaks Fellowship)
Scott Wilson has been in full-time pastoral ministry for more than 20 years. He is the Senior Pastor of The Oaks locations in Dallas, Red Oak and Mesquite, Texas. In the last three years, the church has experienced robust growth, nearly tripling in size now ministering to more than 3,000 people each week. Wilson is the author of three books: “The Next Level” (Baxter Press), “Steering Through Chaos” (Zondervan) and “Act Normal” (Influence Resources).
Worship Music
Shane & Shane
Shane has cemented its status as one of contemporary Christian music’s most consistent, compelling and successful artists for nearly a decade. A staple on the fickle college circuit, the acoustic guitar-wielding duo has averaged 250-300 shows per year for most of its career. Between independent recordings, six studio releases and a combo CD/DVD live project, its tally hovers around a half-million records sold. It would be easy to let these statistics overshadow the essential reason Shane & Shane has come so far in the first place, but “the ministry of Shane & Shane is to just tell people about Jesus.”
