AYC'10 - Go with purpose, passion + power

The Speakers for the Cairns AYC 2010 are listed below.

Peter Gregory (Director - IONA Missions)
Peter Gregory was born in South Korea. At the age of 12, he immigrated to the U.S. But unfortunately he joined the wrong crowd, and began breakdancing at the age of 14. He was known on the streets, where he had spent much of his time, as "King Cobra" until a dramatic event took place in his life. He visited a Seventh-day Adventist church one morning. His eyes were opened to the Bible truths and his life has never been the same since he realized the purpose of living in this world. He became a Seventh-day Adventist Christian at the age of 17. Since then, he has traveled to over 45 different countries evangelizing and preaching the Three Angel's Message. Presently he is the director of IONA Missions, a center which focuses on training young people to become missionaries and Bible workers for the Lord's service.

Pr John Lomacang (Musician and Pastor Thompsonville SDA Church, Illinois, USA)
After being abandoned as a child John grew up in the city of New York. In his new family he developed a love for music and as a teenager he sang for the church prison ministry and later in church. John began his professional singing career in 1984 as a tenor for the Heritage Singers. Since then he has traveled throughout the world sharing his gift of preaching and singing. John has sung for a number of major evangelists including Doug Batchelor, Mark Finley and the Voice of Prophecy. John is also a regular presenter and singer on the 3ABN Television network.

Pr Louis Torres (President of Guam-Micronesia Mission)
Pastor Louis Torres is an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, trainer, and musician. Before giving his life to the Lord Pastor Torres was the lead bass player for the rock band "Bill Haley and the Comets." Since devoting his life to the Lord's work Louis has worked as a Pastor, Evangelist, Church Administrator, and Trainer. Currently the Pastor is President of Guam-Micronesia Mission in Guam.

Pr Jay Rosario (Associate Pastor - Cambrian Park and Los Gatos SDA Churches, California, USA)
Jay Rosario, 25, though originally from Miami, Florida it was in Anchorage, Alaska where he encountered the Lord Jesus and was later baptized. Sensing a call to ministry, he attended the Mission College of Evangelism. After graduating he has travelled all over from the congested streets of New York City to the dry deserts of New Mexico involved in youth evangelism. Today he is currently serving as an associate pastor in a two-church district in the city of San Jose for the Central California Conference. Prior to this he spent five years in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada involved with a youth led evangelistic group called the Radiant Living Team. Today he continues to travel all over USA, Latin America, and Europe sharing with young people about his best friend, Jesus.

Pr E Bruce Price (Retired Pastor – Waitara Church, Division departmental director)
Pr E B Price pastor Waitara Church for 16 years and had seen "235 souls were baptized, and a further 18 were reclaimed and rebaptized." He has served the church as division departmental director. He iss an expert in reaching out to Jehovah's Witnesses and has conducted lay evangelism training in Australia, Europe and USA.

Johnny Wong (Business Professional & Small Group Specialist)
Johnny is an Elder at the Gateway Adventist Centre in Melbourne. As a layperson Johnny is one of the foremost leaders in Australia in the area of church planting and small groups. Johnny has shared many seminars on effective small groups and he will demonstrate how to ensure a small group effectively wins souls for your church.

Pr Geoff Youlden (Evangelist - Australian Union Conference)
Pr Youlden is well known throughout Australia as the foremost presenter and evangelist in the church. After a number of television appearances, Geoff has recently been focusing on following up contacts from his DVD series "The Search". Geoff loves the SDA church, message and mission and this conviction flows through each of his presentations.

Charissa Fong (Youth Evangelist – Waitara SDA Church)
Charissa is a young lady who is a powerful preacher. As a school student Charissa conducted her first evangelistic campaign at the Sydney Adventist Hospital resulting in over 30 decisions for baptism. From her earliest years Charissa has dreamt about being an evangelist and all those who attended the 2008 and 2009 conferences in Sydney will remember her powerful presentations.

Lyle Southwell (Director It Is Written Oceania Field School of Evangelism & Bible Worker Instructor Fountain in the City)
Lyle has over 10 years experience as a Bible Worker and teacher of Bible work. Lyle has attended the Amazing Facts College of Evangelism and has also taught students at the same college. Lyle has brought nearly 300 people into the SDA church through his Bible work and Evangelism and Lyle is currently leading the planting of a church in Sydney's suburb of Marrickville. Lyle has a gift in training people on how to share the Bible and lead souls to Jesus Christ.