grandawakening

Karl House grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated with a Master of Divinity from Calvin Theological Seminary. Karl has planted a Christian Reformed Church near Toronto and a Vineyard Church in Tampa. He is back in Grand Rapids planting The Way MicroChurches—A new family of simple churches in Grand Rapids and beyond. Karl's passion is to pour into a new generation of disciples, leaders and...

Israel Wayne is a father of eleven who is passionate about defending the Christian faith and developing a Biblical worldview. He is the Director of Family Renewal, an international speaker, and author of the books Questions God Asks and Questions Jesus Asks, among others. More information may be found at www.familyrenewal.org. In this podcast, we talk about the joy, and actual benefit, of having a...

Geoff Eckart lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife Arianna. Together they have 3 daughters. He is the lead pastor of Daybreak Church and the founder and CEO of Never The Same, a national youth ministry. He also serves as Chairman of the Executive Board of the National Day of Prayer and leads America’s National Prayer Committee. In this podcast, Geoff tells of his recent visit to Asbury Universit...

Bill Elliff is the founder and National Engage Pastor of The Summit Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. His passion is to see both genuine revival and methodological renewal in the church—both new wine and new wineskins. He is a frequent conference speaker, writer, and consultant to churches drawing from his 50+ years of pastoring and revival ministry. Bill is also the Pastor/Church Director for OneC...

Geoff Eckart lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife Arianna. Together they have 3 daughters. He is the lead pastor of Daybreak Church and the founder and CEO of Never The Same, a national youth ministry. He also serves as Chairman of the Executive Board of the National Day of Prayer and leads America’s National Prayer Committee. In this podcast, Geoff shares about his call to ministry, particular...

Kevin Palau is President and CEO of the Luis Palau Association. Under his leadership, LPA has united tens of thousands of churches in hundreds of cities to love and serve their communities and clearly share the Good News of Jesus. During Kevin’s time at LPA he has also helped develop a global network of thousands of partner evangelists. Kevin helps lead TogetherPDX, a sustainable, united movement...

Jonathan Bergsma is the Pastor/Director of City Impact Outreach Center in Cedar Springs MI, 288 N Main St. Cedar Springs MI, 49319 Jonathan lives in Rockford MI, He has been married 25 years to his lovely wife Kelley. Together they have four children, 3 boys 1 girl, from ages 25 to 9. Jonathan was raised in Hudsonville MI, and was actively involved in church throughout his early life. However, lit...

Joshua and his wife Emily VanderKlok serve as the Lead Pastors of Resurrection Life Holland and Iglesia Vida. Pastor Joshua graduated from Rhema Bible Training school in Tulsa, Oklahoma and received a BA in International Business from Oral Roberts University. He has lived as a missionary in Mexico and served in Pastoral and ministerial roles for more than 20 years. The VanderKloks are an active fa...

Tom Olsson currently serves as the Lead Pastor of Calvary Church here in Grand Rapids, a role he has filled for the past 16 ½ years. Previous to that, Tom worked in the investment services industry and was in a law practice as a licensed attorney. He and his wife Jennifer have been married for 32 years, together they have three adult children, Jeffrey, Jonathan, and Kate who currently all live and...

Sara Blue, is currently the Director of Benevolence at Calvary Church here in Grand Rapids. She has an amazing background. In her distant past, Sara was herself addicted to hard drugs. But, through the grace of God, she now has been in long term recovery which means being off all opiates for over 15 years. Following her own freedom from drugs, Sara has done much to help many others find help. Sara...

Randy Hekman currently directs The Grand Awakening, an organization seeking revival and spiritual awakening in West Michigan. Previously, he was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and then served 15 years as a Kent County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge. Following that Randy directed a succession of Christian non-profits. Randy’s writing includes these books: Justice for the Unborn, Truth that Sets Am...

Randy Hekman currently directs The Grand Awakening, an organization seeking revival and spiritual awakening in West Michigan. Previously, he was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and then served 15 years as a Kent County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge. Following that Randy directed a succession of Christian non-profits. Randy’s writing includes these books: Justice for the Unborn, Truth that Sets Am...

Dr. Joel R. Beeke was converted at the age of 14, and has pastored for more than forty years in three churches. Currently, he is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (since 1994), a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan (since 1986), editor of Puritan Reformed Journal and Banner of Sovereign Grace Tr...

Art Remington, Jr., despite being in ministry for over 55 years, describes himself as a “footwasher for Jesus.” He is the Pastor and National Ambassador-at-Large for Promise Keepers, a ministry he has been involved with since 1994. Art also currently serves in two other capacities: he is a staff pastor for Project 200, a disciple-making ministry; and he is a pastor/partner at Come Behold Israel mi...

John “Barney” Barnes grew up in East Tennessee graduated from Carson-Newman University in 1968. Barney then joined the Navy as an Aviation Cadet earning his commission as a Naval Officer in April of 1969. He then completed his flight training, earning his Navy “wings of gold” in April of 1970. Barney fought in the Vietnam War effort, flying helicopters there in support of navy SEAL teams, Swift Bo...

Richard “Dick” Brill is a business owner of a flourishing irrigation company here in West Michigan called H2Oasis. While raised in a Christian family, Dick himself says he gradually came to faith in Christ, but made sure of that reality at a Promise Keepers event in 1997. Since then, he has grown to be a mighty man of God who gives generously of his time, talents and treasure for the cause of Chri...

Jim Samra serves as the senior pastor of Calvary Church where his main responsibility is to lead others in worship of God. In addition to published articles and book reviews, he is the author of several books. His most recent publication is an allegory style novel entitled “Passage to the House of Power: a Prophetic Parable” Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Univer...

Randy Hekman currently directs The Grand Awakening, an organization seeking revival and spiritual awakening in West Michigan. Previously, he served 15 years as a Kent County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge and then directed a succession of Christian non-profits. Randy’s writing includes these books: Justice for the Unborn, Truth that Sets America Free, and Sweeter by the Dozen: Making Jesus the Lord...

Randy Hekman currently directs The Grand Awakening, an organization seeking revival and spiritual awakening in West Michigan. Previously, he served 15 years as a Kent County Probate-Juvenile Court Judge and then directed a succession of Christian non-profits. Randy’s writing includes these books: Justice for the Unborn, Truth that Sets America Free, and Sweeter by the Dozen: Making Jesus the Lord...

Cameron Smith is the CEO of the Triptych Foundation whose mission is to promote a more virtuous society through investments in media, business, and public policy, laying the foundation for sound cultural leadership. Prior to that, Cameron served as the Executive Director of the House Republican Policy Committee in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, he provided counsel to Governor Bill Lee as part of...

Kevin DeVries is the Founder and on-going President of Grace Explorations, a ministry with a mission to reach more men through Gospel-centered storytelling events. Kevin’s personal story is totally fascinating that includes years of feeling shame and failure, ultimately finding his heart and voice, climbing some of the highest mountains in the world, surviving a near-death experience, and much, mu...

Chad Peck is an aspiring Pastor/Preacher who has a heart of passion for the Lord Jesus Christ. Chad has preached at several different churches and events throughout his time serving the Lord. He currently intends to plant a church in the Reformed denomination in Genesee County, Michigan sometime next year. Chad has a large following on social media, now reaching hundreds of thousands of people eac...

Bill Elliff is the founder and National Engage Pastor of The Summit Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. His passion is to see both genuine revival and methodological renewal in the church—both new wine and new wineskins. He is a frequent conference speaker, writer, and consultant to churches drawing from his 50+ years of pastoring and revival ministry. Bill is also the Pastor/Church Director for OneC...

Julián Guzmán, an ordained minister of Church of God-Anderson, IN, is the director of the Urban Church Leadership Center (UCLC) and founder pastor of Iglesia Vida Plena, a local Hispanic congregation in Wyoming, MI. Throughout his years in ministry, Guzmán has held numerous leadership positions in the church, including as an elected bishop for the Council of Missionary Churches of Christ Inc., ove...

Chris Cooper led a team that founded the Mapping Center for Evangelism and Church Growth in 1997 and currently serves as President. BlessEveryHome.com is the primary project of the Mapping Center and a major movement to fulfill the Great Commission throughout the United States. More than 87,000 Lights for Christ have signed up to live Pray-Care-Share lifestyles with 3.3 million neighbor homes. The...