Speakers confirmed so far
We are thankful to God for the following speakers who will be leading us through the History Makers: Going Deeper training
Laurel Bailey
Laurel is passionate about leadership development, mentoring and encouraging others on their faith journey. She is an active member of her home church in Huntsville, Alabama, USA and has led women’s bible studies for almost fifteen years, served in children’s ministry, and led many short-term mission trips around the globe. 

Laurel is also a businesswoman. She is a real estate developer, owning her own company, and is very involved in the real estate community, often speaking at industry events in North Alabama. 

Laurel has overcome many obstacles in her life including: health scares, new business ventures, and other personal struggles which have deepened her faith and made her increasingly passionate about supporting others through adversity. Her faith in God and his plan for her life have given her the strength to overcome difficulties in ways that give glory to God. 

Laurel is married to John, a United Methodist Pastor, and has two children. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, playing sports with her children and taking walks with her husband. 
Martin Durham
After spending 15 years employed by Barclays Bank PLC, Rev. Martin Durham received a clear call to leave banking and pursue the office of evangelist, becoming the founding director of Kerygma180 (K180) in May 2001. 
 
Complementing his call to actively proclaim the gospel ‘on the streets’ and to equip young evangelists and leaders, Martin presently chairs the UK 'Emerging Evangelists Institute' (an initiative of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association), and is the European Director of the 'International Leadership Institute', of which History Makers is a part.
 
Martin is ordained as a Baptist Minister (Evangelist) by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and lives in London with his wife Rachel, and daughters, Annie & Eliza.
Gareth Hides
Gareth joined the K180 team in 2012, and serves as the Proclamation Ministry Team Leader. His particular ministry passions are to proclaim the Gospel, both in word and song, and to equip and train evangelists in reaching out to this generation.

​Before joining K180, Gareth served as a youth pastor for 3 years in the Midlands and as an actor with Saltmine Theatre Company. He is ordained as a Baptist Minister by the Baptist Union of Great Britain, having recognised his calling as an evangelist.

Gareth lives in West London with his wife Sarah and their young daughter. You can download some of Gareth’s music for FREE from the K180 website.
John Kearns
Dr John Kearns is the Founding Pastor of Christ Harbor United Methodist in Northport, Alabama. John has pastored in various roles since 1985 and holds a Masters and Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky.
 
John has been married to Kathy since 1980; they have two adult children and five grandchildren.
Claire Rush
Dr Claire Rush is the youngest ever Vice-President of The Girls' Brigade International (GBI). Celebrating 128 years of mission and ministry, GBI partners with churches in 50 countries to help girls and young women discover life to the full through local community groups. Passionate about leadership development, Claire has led leadership equipping workshops & events in over 18 countries. Particularly passionate about mentoring female leaders, Claire co-curates Renovo, a new annual retreat style gathering, for female European mission leaders.
 
Claire has been part of the teaching faculty of History Makers Europe since 2012. As part of the team, she has been coordinator for HMUK and has also taught on teams in Iceland, Moldova, Macedonia, Azerbaijan and beyond.
 
Claire lives in Northern Ireland by the sea. She has recently completed running 100km in a month for charity – she could barely run 30 seconds a year ago!
Dan Slagle
Dan Slagle grew up in a believing home in Atlanta, Georgia. After working as an electrician for four years, he responded to a call to pastoral ministry. He received a BA in Theology from Toccoa Falls College and his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary. In 1992 Dan was ordained as a United Methodist pastor and has served in various capacities, including associate pastor and church planter. For the last 16 years Dan has worked at Faithbridge Church in Spring, Texas (faithbridge.org), serving as Care and Missions Pastor and a member of the preaching team. Dan is particularly passionate about leadership development and enjoys training pastors and other Christian leaders around the world.

Outside of church work, Dan enjoys exercising, painting, or reading something by or about J.R.R. Tolkien. Dan and his wife, Becky, have been married for 22 years and have four daughters: Georgia, Erica, Adeline, and Vivian.
Kevin Vickers
Kevin is pastor of All Nations Revival Church in Mitcham, south London. He is passionate about seeing God's Kingdom come and the Church rising up, uniting, and being mobilised to serve God's purposes at this time. Kevin has been involved with ILI, Christian to the Core, and History Makers for just over 12 years and loves being part of “this amazing discipleship and equipping ministry”. He is a 'Walk Through the Bible’ teacher for adults, and teaches a similar age related programme to children in local primary schools in the UK.
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His church is actively involved in the local community and heads up a social action programme mobilising Christians from across church denominations to be good news where they live and work. He has a background in banking and finance, and has been married to Jane for 33 years with three grown up children, and one grandchild.