Pastors & Leaders – History Makers Radio

Roger Poupart is the Senior Pastor of Wayside Chapel in San Antonio Texas. Roger has previously served as a Dallas Police Officer. He's on the Board of Dallas Theological Seminary, and has a massive heart for Missions. Matt Prater caught up with Roger in Uganda as they were part of The Renewal Summit at Gaba Community Church. Listen in to his story!

Warren Mckenzie is a Pastor and a Hip-Hop Artist based at Reformation Baptist Church (formerly Biota Baptist Church). He has served as a youth leader, associate pastor, and youth outreach worker. Raised on hip-hop culture, he has served in ministries where music was used to teach the gospel in outreach. These days, his time is spent preaching and shepherding the flock of RBC. He loves teaching people the Scriptures and helping others grow in obedience to Christ. Warren and his wife, Bridget, have two children. Listen in to his story!

Enoch Lavender was born in Australia, raised in Norway, spent time living in China and is now based in Melbourne, Australia. He has been studying Hebrew and the Jewish roots of our faith for the past decade, and has a keen interest in the Middle East from a Bible prophecy perspective. Enoch writes regular articles about current events as they relate to Bible Prophecy, and is a regular contributor to the Australian Newspaper Christians and Israel Today, as well as the international news web site Prophecy News Watch.  Enoch is an assistant pastor at Living Way Christian Network in Blackburn, Melbourne. Grace Buckman caught up with him recently, listen in to his story!

Pastor Murray Townsend has trained and equipped over 25 pastors and leaders in the Solomon Islands. He has also seen some amazing miracles and people being set free. Listen in to his story!

Maria Mason is a Pastor and Author from Byron Bay Australia. Alongside her Husband Phil, they Pastor "Tribe Church," a love-filled community that reveals the Heart of the Father. Maria brings much needed prophetic wisdom and breakthrough to change hearts and lead the Bride into the fullness of her calling to the world. Grace Buckman caught up with Maria for this interview, listen in!

Kyal Cumming is the Pastor at Kingdom Church Gold Coast. Kyal has a heart to see the Jewish people to come to know that Jesus is Messiah and for the nations to be reached and discipled according to scripture in preparation for the return of Jesus. In this interview Kyal shares about his faith journey and his passion to share the good news of the gospel.

Dave Twigg is the outreach Pastor at Bridgeman Baptist Church in Brisbane. He was invited to Church as a teenager, and was so amazed! He even asked the guy who took him if it's really free to attend! He has a great heart to reach people with the good news of the gospel. Listen in to his story!

Dave Quak is a Pastor and podcaster from the Gold Coast, Australia. He has a passion to see people fall in love with Jesus, and live missional lives in response to the gospel. He enjoys life and laughs a lot. He's been diagnosed with Bi-polar and has launched a podcast called Sunburnt Souls. Sunburnt Souls exists to help those living in the complicated intersection between faith and mental health.

Homer Hargrove is the Senior Pastor at Gravetop Church in San Antonio, Texas. He started with a broken life that was full of trauma, addiction and violence, and everything changed when he decided to tap into something greater than himself. He's started and developed ministries from the ground up and has made significant impacts within recovery centres, public schools, detention centres and other organizations. Grace Buckman caught up with Homer to hear his story!

Clayton King is an accomplished author, teaching pastor of a local church, and radio show host. As well as training and raising up young leaders and investing in pastors across a wide range of denominations. Clayton lives in Anderson, South Carolina and mostly spends his time traveling, preaching and speaking at churches, conferences, and leadership events. He loves good books, black coffee, four-wheelers, traveling, and anything that gets him outside and in the woods. Listen in to his story!

Phil Mason is an Author and Pastor from Tribe Byron Bay. In this interview he shares about how he came to Christ in the Aussie version of the "Jesus Revolution," and how he's seen many miracles and salvations at New Age Festivals around Australia. Phil has the Father's heart for Australia and has a deep desire to lead the Church into a revival and a heart revolution that will change the nation. He has also Authored a number of books, including a book about the prophetic songs of Bob Dylan. Listen in to his story!

Dr William Vun is the Senior pastor and also the founder of Glory Christian Centre, in Malaysia. He was called into the ministry through an open vision at the age of 17. Known as a man of vision, Rev. Dr. William carries the apostolic mandate to bring a freshness of expressions to the Church of today.  Rev. Dr. William's ministry has impacted Churches in many nations.

Patrick Mcfall is the Senior Pastor at New Hope Hawaii Kai. He grew up in California, and has served for many years as a youth and young adults pastor, and has a connection to the Jesus Movement in his testimony. He loves to surf and has a heart to reach Hawaii Kai with the gospel, listen in to his story!

Pastor Wayne Alcorn is the National President of the Australian Christian Churches, leading over 1,000 churches and over 3,000 pastors across Australia. Together with his wife Lyn, Wayne pastors the thriving multi-campus Hope Centre in the South-East corner of Queensland. He is one of Australia's foremost Christian communicators and is committed to making disciples, building the Church and seeing lives transformed as people come to know Jesus. He's recently released a book called, "My Father's Son." Wayne has seen the radical life-change that happens in men as they embrace the love of God the Father. And he has seen that love heal and transform men's lives - his father's, his own and the countless men across Australia he has talked to and helped heal. This book is about his - and their - story. And the story of how God's love transforms generations. A story that just might change your life.

Mitchael Curtis is a well known speaker and Farmer from King's Farms, a 3rd Generation farm based just south of the community of Katherine in the Northern Territory. The Curtis family are heavily involved in the local Katherine community and are actively involved in supporting Missions in the Pacific and south east Asia. Mitchael served as a Pastor for many years, before taking on the family farm. Listen in to his story!

Revd Dr Don Hardgrave has served as a pastor, church-planter, denominational leader, author and educator since 1974. His passion for spiritual awakening has contributed to the revitalisation of numerous congregations and the commencement of more than 30 new churches in Australia. In this interview Matt and Don also discuss the Youth camps Don has been involved in, they also chat about the Camp where Matt gave his heart to the Lord!

Phil McCallum is the Senior Pastor of Evergreen Church in Seattle. In this interview, Phil shares about his faith journey, their massive Christmas lights outreach, his heart for Israel, and how the Alpha course is reaching many with the Gospel in Seattle. Phil is also the Founding Pastor of New Hope Brisbane. Listen in to his story! (I’m very grateful that Phil believed in me, and gave me an opportunity to become a Pastor over 18 years ago! – Matt)

Dr. Wayne Cordeiro is the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu. New Hope is also listed as one of the top ten most innovative churches in America by Outreach Magazine, listing them as one of the "top five churches to learn from." New Hope has seen over 110,000 first time decisions in Hawaii since its inception in 1995. He is a church planter at heart with over 150 churches planted in the United States and around the world. Wayne has over 40 years of ministry leadership experience, authored twelve books, and is general editor for the Life Connect Bible. He is now Pastor at New Hope West and is President of New Hope Christian College based in Eugene, Oregon.

Dean Briggs is part of the team at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City. Formerly a pastor and church planter, Dean serves the Body of Christ as an apostolic teacher and strategist, consulting movements, ministries, and coaching leaders and executives across five continents. He is in Australia to assist in promoting the World Prayer Assembly to be held in Perth in October this year.

Pastor Glenn Bleakney is an author and speaker based in the USA. Having previously Pastored in both Canada in Perth, Australia, Glenn has a heart for the nations. He has hosted miracle crusades and Kingdom endeavours in Asia via both the Church and their own ministry network known as 'Awake Nations'. The vision of Awake Nations is to take the Gospel of the Kingdom to the world demonstrating Christ's love and power to those who do not know Him. Awake Nations does this with uncompromising conviction and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Many lives have been saved and transformed through the power of God manifesting through signs and wonders. Listen in to his story!