Focus Talks
2025
BIG TOP am TALKS
Dr amy orr-ewing
Dr Amy Orr-Ewing is a best-selling author, international speaker and public theologian. She has preached in more than 40 countries and is currently working to see Christian women in banking, AI, tech and the law be empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfil their callings. Amy is the Founder of Advocate Collective and host of the Lead Podcast. She is married to Frog and they have three sons.
XENIA JAMES
Xenia is a North London born and raised content creator. She is part of The Way UK - a digital youth ministry on social media and is a host of the new Alpha Youth Series. Xenia is passionate about her faith, the Bible, creativity, and seeing young people discipled on their walk with Jesus. She attends Hillsong Church in London and serves as a youth leader.
Mark Varughese
Mark Varughese is the Founder and Senior Leader of Kingdomcity – a growing, vibrant church movement in multiple locations around the world. Along with his wife Jemima and a rising, gifted team of passionate pastors and strategic leaders in multiple nations, Kingdomcity is quickly expanding into a global movement with seeds now in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Australia – in first-world and developing world settings..
BIG TOP pm TALKS
Archie coates
Archie Coates is the Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and head of the HTB Network. Prior to which, he was the Vicar of St Peter's Brighton for 13 years. He studied Theology at Oxford University, and was Associate Vicar at HTB before planting to Brighton in 2009.
Pastor agu
Agu Irukwu is a law graduate of the University of Warwick, UK. A former investment banker and partner in a law firm; he is now the Senior Pastor of Jesus house for all nations London. He is the founder of the Mandate Men’s Ministries, a ministry which seeks to empower, equip, encourage and raise Godly men. He is also a key member of the One People Commission of the Evangelical Alliance. A body set up to integrate ethnic minority churches more fully into the Evangelical Alliance.
Mark Varughese
Mark Varughese is the Founder and Senior Leader of Kingdomcity – a growing, vibrant church movement in multiple locations around the world. Along with his wife Jemima and a rising, gifted team of passionate pastors and strategic leaders in multiple nations, Kingdomcity is quickly expanding into a global movement with seeds now in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Australia – in first-world and developing world settings.
Stephen foster
Stephen leads St Aldates in Oxford, a growing church with many young adults, students, and families, which is seeing lots of people come to faith in Jesus. Stephen read law at Oxford and theology at Cambridge and worked as a Barrister for a number of years. He is married to Beth, and they have four daughters. Stephen is also an advisor to Alpha.
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JONNY GUMBEL
Jonny Gumbel is the Rector of Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro, having moved there with his wife Tara and their four children. Previously they lived in Brighton, where he was the Associate Vicar of St Peter’s Brighton and thought theology as part of the Peter Stream at Saint Mellitus College. He is author of Loved and Called.