Introducing our 2025 Plenary Speakers:
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Andrew Goodman
Andrew Goodman is from the U.K. and is married to Shona. Together they have been serving in Southeast Asia with OMF International, among transnational, unreached Buddhist peoples for more than 25 years. He has a passion to see God’s glory in places where conflict, darkness, and instability are daily realities for millions of people. Andrew has seen people who were previously lost catch the vision for their own people, and even for people who were once enemies. Andrew will be speaking on:
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Brian Hogan
Brian Hogan and his wife, Louise, have served in missions since 1987. From the Navajo Tribe to Outer Mongolia, their passion has been to see Jesus glorified and lifted up among those who have never known Him. From 1993-1996 their team pioneered a church planting movement in Erdenet, Mongolia that continues to grow under fully indigenous leadership to this day. Their Mongolian disciples are now training and sending out their own missionaries to other unreached people groups. The story of the work in Erdenet can be read in Brian’s book: There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub and in the case study article – “Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans” – included in the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement Reader. Brian Hogan is a Church Planting Coach and Frontier Mission leader with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Brian trains disciple makers (church planters) worldwide to launch new movements of rapidly multiplying indigenous churches among peoples who have never before experienced life with Jesus Christ. He also is a major mobilizer of this work force through his yearly teaching in over 50 Perspectives On the World Christian Movement classes (locations) across North America. Brian Hogan will be speaking on:
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Nard Pugyao
Nard Pugyao was seven years old in 1956 when a Wycliffe Bible translator arrived in his mountain village of Dibagat in the Philippines. When Nard encountered a risen Christ who had victory over sin and death, he finally understood God’s sacrificial love, dropped to his knees and gave his heart to Jesus. Before long, Nard felt God’s call to Bible translation and aviation. He studied Bible and aviation at LeTourneau College and Moody Bible Institute, then served as a JAARS airplane and helicopter pilot/mechanic. Nard’s dream was fulfilled on June 24, 1982, when he landed in Dibagat with the first 500 copies of the Isnag New Testament and placed them in the hands of his people. On January 30, 2017, at age 68, Nard had to hang up his mission flying after 40 years as a missionary pilot and over 8,000 flight hours. “It’s been truly a privilege orchestrated by God,” says Nard, “to go from a jungle hut to being a jungle pilot.” As God and health allow, he continues to share the transforming power of God’s Word in the heart language. His passion is to challenge believers everywhere to join him in giving God’s Word to those still waiting. Nard will be speaking on:
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