Speaker Reports from The Road: The Forge Podcast Network

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from three back-to-back events across Alabama and South Carolina. At a crusade in Alabama drawing around a thousand people, roughly two-thirds responded on night one and closer to three-quarters on the youth emphasis night — with hundreds giving their lives to Christ. At a men’s event in Hartsville, South Carolina, a pastor who had never met Adrian started out...

Forge Speaker Nathan Burd reports from Elko, Nevada — rural northeast Nevada — where a Life on Purpose laborers training drew 51 people, far more than anyone had anticipated. The response matched the attendance. One attendee told Nathan the training felt contagious. Another said she sensed it was the Lord’s pleasure that they were doing it. This is a firsthand snapshot of the laborers message reac...

Forge Speaker Hope Radebaugh reports from the Ignite Kids Fest in Denver, Colorado, where she joined Santi, Charlie, and the Forge family for the culminating Ignite event. Hope spoke at the kids’ session on Saturday morning — and what happened was more than anyone expected. Not just children, but entire families responded to the gospel together. And in the middle of a room full of kids, the Spirit...

Forge Firebrand Deandre Leith reports from Augusta Christian School, where he spoke to about 70 juniors and seniors across three sessions. The first two messages landed on hard hearts, and by the time the third session arrived, Deandre was feeling the weight of it. He prayed and gave it to God — and then a parent who happened to be there walked over and prayed over him before he went up. God refre...

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from a youth rally in South Carolina, where students and adults of all ages filled the room and the Spirit of God moved freely. Paul spoke on fear — how to name it, step through it, and live out the yes you’ve given Jesus. People around the room confessed the fears holding them back, then boldly declared trust in Jesus. People came to Christ. Others made signifi...

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from Columbia International University, where he and his wife led one of four chapel sessions equipping about 50 students to share their God stories and their faith. The room was marked by joy and excitement as students practiced sharing what God had done in their lives. Even students who came in saying they weren’t really interested ended up staying for convers...

Forge Speaker Santiago Fuentes reports from a Spanish-language Life on Purpose conference in Brighton, Colorado, where the Spirit moved throughout the weekend and attendees committed to being Kingdom Laborers by the close of the conference. Santiago also spoke three times that morning at Healing Place Church, where the Lord continued to move. One pastor pulled him aside afterward and said he had b...

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he partnered with Forge Speaker Britton Bishop for a youth group night. Paul came to add a spark to something God was already clearly building — a church with phenomenal leadership, students who genuinely love the Lord, and a community of adult leaders willing to get on the floor and pray over their young people....

Forge Speaker Melissa Motschenbacher reports from a MomCo event in the South Denver area — a ministry especially close to her heart because it was through MomCo, formerly MOPS, that she herself came to faith. The moms gathered were engaged throughout, laughing together, sharing stories, and receiving practical tools and Scripture to help them and their children encounter God and build monumental m...

Forge Speaker Nathan Burd reports from an online training call with about 100 believers in Bangladesh, facilitated by Forge's on-the-ground contact Ashish. Nearly half of those on the call responded — many recommitting their lives to Jesus, others committing to be Kingdom Laborers. But the scope of what's happening in Bangladesh goes far beyond one call. Nathan shares that upwards of 5,000...

Forge Speaker Olivia Humphrey reports from a Life on Purpose conference in Brighton, Colorado, where people from all walks of life, ages, and backgrounds showed up hungry for what God had next. A man drove an hour after seeing an ad on Facebook. A woman who had been walking through the worst years of her life had felt a growing call to share her story — but couldn't find the boldness to step i...

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from a Life on Purpose conference in Brighton, Colorado, where believers left equipped and re-ignited as Kingdom Laborers. But one moment stood out — a man who didn't attend the church, found the event on Facebook, and showed up not entirely sure why. He just knew he was looking for something. By the end of the conference, he knew exactly what it was. This i...

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from an International Pentecostal Holiness Church men's ministry conference, where the Spirit moved freely and the response was strong. The leaders were so encouraged they said they wanted Adrian speaking at their nationwide events going forward. This is a firsthand snapshot of a door opening and a message landing in new territory.

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from a men's conference at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, Tennessee, where two-thirds of the men responded to the invitation and about a third gave their lives to Christ. But the moment that stood out most happened before the event even started. A 17-year-old named Cooper — who had gotten saved at a Smoky Mountain Outreach event the previous summer thr...

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from two back-to-back events in South Carolina. The first was a wild game banquet hosted by dear friend Rick Swift — a house full of men and women where about three-quarters of the room responded to the message. The second was a high school event at his own son's church, where his son was running video. After an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 sermons across 36...

Forge Speaker Chris Prather reports from Crossover Church Youth Camp in Spokane, Washington, where he stepped into a unique week — the church's youth pastor and his wife welcomed their second baby in the early morning hours of Sunday, meaning Chris led the camp alongside a volunteer team and pastoral staff carrying it all without their youth pastor present. They did it without missing a beat....

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from Roxbury Holiness Camp — a place with deep Forge roots going back to 1988, where the fingerprints of Dwight Robertson, Adrian Despres, Santiago Fuentes, and others are woven into the fabric of the camp's history. Paul describes the week as marked above all by prayer — and the peace of God that settled over the entire camp as a result. People were saved a...

Forge Speaker Mick Veach reports from Brown City Camp, where around 3,000 people gathered and the altars filled at every single service across six sessions. The stories that came out of those moments tell the full picture. A woman finally forgave her stepfather for things done to her family in childhood — and felt free in Jesus for the first time. A woman in her eighties said she's no longer a...

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from Peachland, North Carolina, calling in on his drive home in the middle of the night. Several youth groups gathered for the event — and what God did was, by Adrian's account, unmistakably His work. Almost everybody in the room ended up on their faces before the Lord. A crowd filled the back room giving their lives to Christ. Adrian credits the prayers of...

Forge Speaker Chris Prather reports from Mancelona Bible Camp in Mancelona, Michigan — a family camp running youth camp, teen camp, adult Bible studies, and morning prayer simultaneously. Chris was brought in to preach the evening sessions, and by the final nights, the power of God was unmistakable. Before one session even started, a man who had been watching the live stream all week drove to the...

Forge Speaker Adrian Despres reports from a men's conference at Utica Baptist Church in Clinton, Mississippi, where three generations gathered — teenage boys through senior adults — cooked their own food, grilled their own steaks, and sat down together to hear from God. When the invitation came, every generation was represented. Several men gave their lives to the Lord, and many committed to b...

Forge Speaker Paul Epperson reports from a multi-church high school camp in Lexington, Nebraska, where he reunited with longtime friend and camp director Tim Wilkins eight years after his last visit. What unfolded over the week was, by Paul's account, simply God showing up — and not quietly. People were saved. Others returned to Jesus fiercely and passionately. There was weeping, sobbing, joy,...

Forge Speaker Michaela Wickham reports from Welcome Wesleyan Church in Seneca, South Carolina — a congregation that has supported her journey as an itinerant since her college years. Preaching as part of their ongoing series in First John, Michaela unpacked what it means to truly love one another from 1 John 3:11–24, challenging the congregation not just to say they love each other but to put that...

Forge Speaker Hope Radebaugh reports from Riverside Bible Camp in Amherst, Wisconsin — her third time serving there as a Forge itinerant speaker. She describes it as a place that does an exceptional job helping kids have fun in the midst of encountering Jesus. Over two evenings, Hope felt the Lord prompting her to extend a call to know Him. She couldn't count every hand — but somewhere between...

Forge Speaker Chris Prather reports from Get Well Church's high school beach trip in Panama City Beach, Florida — a group that has walked through a lot of hurt in recent years. When spiritual warfare hit mid-week, Chris sent out prayer requests to the prayer team. The night those requests went out was the night God broke through. One evening, Chris simply asked if anyone felt powerless — over...