Repentance.
Reconciliation.
Renewal.

Fr. Mathias Thelen is a Catholic priest, theologian, pastor, and spiritual director. He is Cofounder and President of Encounter Ministries, which forms and equips people to live out the Gospel through the Holy Spirit and their spiritual gifts, and pastor of St. Patrick Catholic Parish in Brighton, Michigan.

Ordained on June 11, 2010, he earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome in 2016. He has served in several parishes and as a spiritual director and assistant professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. He is the author of Biblical Foundations for the Role of Healing in Evangelization and appeared in Fearless. A Eucharistic Preacher for the National Eucharistic Revival and a speaker at the National Eucharistic Congress, Fr. Thelen regularly leads healing services and conferences. His teaching emphasizes a vibrant, Spirit-filled Christian life and the Church’s mission.

Dr. John Gresham is a retired seminary professor who taught at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St. Louis and Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He holds a BA and MA from Wheaton College, a PhD from Baylor University, and a certificate from the Alleluia School of Spiritual Direction in Augusta, Georgia.

Baptized in the Holy Spirit as a teenager, John began his spiritual journey in the Jesus movement, spent time in charismatic and Pentecostal churches, and then joined the Episcopal Church before entering full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. He offers spiritual direction, teaches college and seminary courses as an adjunct, serves on the board of Pentecost Today USA, and remains active in ecumenical dialogue. He leads the Diocese of Venice Catholic Charismatic Commission, chairs the Alpha Core Team at St. Katharine Drexel Parish, and emcees a monthly charismatic prayer meeting. His books include Charles Finney’s Doctrine of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Jesus 101, and Holy Spirit 101.

Thomas Cogdell is a Protestant entrepreneur, evangelist, and cofounder of Christ the Reconciler, a Texas community dedicated to reconciliation between Catholic and Protestant traditions. Thomas and his wife, Amy, live in Central Texas and have five children and six grandchildren. Amy is Catholic and Thomas is Protestant, and their interchurch marriage is dedicated to reconciliation and unity.

Together they founded Christ the Reconciler, a community of Jesus-followers striving to live out John 17. Thomas also cofounded Day & Night Waters, a social venture and public benefit company that serves as the community’s economic engine. He works in the private sector for Athens Group, a maritime energy company, and serves on the boards of Christ the Reconciler, Day & Night Waters, Antioch Network, and Help for All Nations.

Dr. Charles R. Fox is a Brooklyn-born theologian, pastor, and author known for evangelical ministry leadership, biblical teaching, and public engagement on moral and cultural issues. He has more than 27 years of ministry experience as a pastor, evangelist, and seminary professor.

At Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia, he served in leadership roles including Faculty Chair of Religious Studies, Director of Urban Outreach, and Director of Field Education. His ministry has spanned Baptist and Mennonite churches and the Vineyard Movement. He is senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Bowie, Maryland, and founder of Victory Breakthrough Ministries, Inc. Through his revival leadership, he encourages pastors and leaders to preach the gospel, heal the sick, cast out demons, and minister to the brokenhearted.

Professor Matteo Calisi of Bari, Italy, is a Catholic academic, theologian, and ecumenical leader whose work encompasses Catholic Charismatic Renewal, worship, and Christian reconciliation. He and his wife, Giovanna, have two sons. Together they founded the Community of Jesus in 1983, a Roman Catholic community dedicated to worship, reconciliation, and evangelism.

His ministry was shaped by encounters with Cardinal Suenens and David du Plessis. In 1981, du Plessis gave him a symbolic “70 x 7” badge and called him an ambassador of reconciliation. Calisi began collaborating with the Pontifical Council for the Laity in 1996, and Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a member in 2008. He has spoken in more than 50 countries and worked with the Society for Pentecostal Studies, CRECES in Argentina, and the International Charismatic Consultation. His ecumenical ministry includes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and Kairos gatherings.

Originally from Austin, Texas, Clinton Scroggins studied Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. After graduating, he returned to Austin, volunteered in grassroots movements, and served underserved youth for several years before entering vocational ministry in 2015.

Since then, he has mobilized hundreds of young people across the nation for awakening, from Ivy League campuses in the Northeast to Christian and state schools in the South. He has provided servant leadership within Ignite Ivy/America, Campus Renewal at the University of Texas at Austin, Awaken the Dawn, and Ignite Movement. Clinton founded Glory Dwelling Builders to establish interconnected dwelling places for God, launch laborers into the global harvest, and prepare for the return of the King of Kings. He is pursuing a master’s degree in Theological Studies.

Brondon Mathis is a Christian minister, author, and missions leader based in Columbus, Ohio. His biblical teaching, prayer, and ministry focus on Jesus, Israel, the nations, and the hope of Christ’s return. Through outreach and prayer retreats, he helps people engage Scripture, deepen their faith, and respond to God’s call.

He directs Yeshua Life Center, which trains watchmen, intercessors, worshipers, and forerunner messengers for citywide prayer, worship, and evangelism in pursuit of racial reconciliation and regional transformation. He also directs Hope for Columbus, an initiative to establish 24/7 prayer rooms throughout Central Ohio. Brondon is committed to building God’s house of prayer for all races and praying for the fullness of God’s purpose in Columbus and abroad. He has authored 13 books on urban transformation and racial reconciliation through prayer, worship, and evangelism in at-risk communities. He and his wife, Noe, have five children: Shekinah, Israeli, Imanuel, Aharon, and Hannah-Aliyah.

Robert “Bob” Garrett served as Overall Coordinator of the Alleluia Community in Augusta, Georgia, from 2010 to 2025. His involvement in this ecumenical, charismatic intentional community spans 50 years, giving him firsthand experience in community life, ecumenism, spirituality, and discipleship.

Bob has worked for Christian unity at citywide, national, and international levels. He has served as vice president of the Charismatic Leaders Fellowship and on the board of the Gathering in the Holy Spirit, a Catholic and New Charismatic Church dialogue in Rome. He has spoken on unity at Vatican-sponsored CHARIS events on several continents and with the European Network of Communities. A board member of the Forum for Unity and Renewal, Bob brings a longstanding commitment to Spirit-led, ecumenical living and service. He and his wife, Sue, have five children.

Born in Vienna, Austria, in 1956, Deacon Johannes Fichtenbauer holds an MA in Catholic theology and served as head deacon in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna under Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. He and his wife, Christi, were involved in the beginnings of Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Austria and cofounded an ecumenical charismatic covenant community in Vienna.

Johannes is past president of the European Network of Communities. He chairs the Round Table for Path for Reconciliation, an Austrian grassroots ecumenical initiative, and serves on the Steering Committee for Together for Europe. He is an international leader of Toward Jerusalem Council II, an initiative for repentance and reconciliation between Christians and Messianic Jewish believers, and has participated in dialogue between Messianic Jewish and Catholic theologians since 2000. He was instrumental in founding the International Partnership of Ecumenical Charismatic Communities in 2023.

Dr. David J. Rudolph is an American scholar and Director of Messianic Jewish Studies at The King’s University, where he is Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies. He has written books and articles on the New Testament, Second Temple Judaism, Messianic Jews, intermarriage, and Jewish–Christian relations.

Born and raised in the greater Washington, D.C., area, he earned master’s degrees in Old Testament and Biblical Languages from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a PhD in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. He directed the School of Jewish Studies at the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute and served as scholar-in-residence at its Center for Jewish-Christian Relations from 2008 to 2011. He served as rabbi of Shulchan Adonai Messianic Synagogue in Annapolis, Maryland, and Tikvat Israel Messianic Synagogue in Richmond, Virginia. His work advocates for the inclusion of Messianic Jews in Jewish–Christian dialogue.

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs is a Latvian Catholic prelate appointed Archbishop of Riga in 2010. Born in Lejasciems into a family of Polish descent, he earned a diploma in engineering from the Riga Polytechnical Institute in 1978. Before pursuing religious studies, he worked for 12 years, first at a naval center and then at a bank, and served as vice president of the Polish Union of Latvia.

Following the fall of communism and the restoration of Latvian independence, he entered the seminary in Lublin, Poland, in 1990. He studied philosophy and theology at the Catholic University of Lublin, received a master’s degree in theology in 1996, and was ordained on June 16 that year for the Archdiocese of Riga. He also served in leadership at Riga’s Seminary Institute of Religious Sciences. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Archbishop of Riga on June 19, 2010, and he joined the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in 2012.

Dr. Ann Friemel is a missionary who served 27 years as a consecrated sister and ministered across Europe, Israel, Africa, and beyond. Based for many years in Austria, she assisted Fr. Peter Hocken in his ministry. She holds graduate degrees in education and theology and has received a Doctor of Ministry with a focus on Messianic Jewish–Catholic relations.

Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela was ordained a priest in 1980 and consecrated bishop in 1997. He leads the Diocese of Verapaz, Guatemala, and serves as President of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala. He is active in ecumenical leadership through CELAM and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity.

Bishop Andrzej Siemieniewski was ordained in 1985 and consecrated bishop in 2006. He leads the Diocese of Legnica, Poland. Holding doctorates in spiritual theology and theological sciences, he has been active in Catholic Charismatic Renewal and ecumenical dialogue and is the author of numerous books on spirituality and theology.