Life Summit 2017

Glyn and Sophia Barrett are the Senior Ministers of !Audacious Church in Manchester.

Married for 20 years, they are passionate about living life to the full and making memories along the way. Glyn & Sophia are the parents of two amazing children Georgia (15) and Jaedon (12).

!Audacious Church under the leadership of Glyn & Sophia has grown to 3500 people in 8 years, and have transitioned the church into a huge facility in the heart of Manchester.

In 1996 Glyn and Sophia moved to England to pioneer the youth and young adult ministry at Hope City Church in Sheffield. During their time there, they gave oversight to the student ministry, children’s ministry, ministry for young married couples, missions and the training of emerging leaders.

Sophia directed creative arts, which included some highly successful musicals and the training of musicians and singers. Glyn became Associate Minister in the last seven years of involvement in Hope City Church.

In April 2007 the Senior Pastors of Hope City Church released Glyn and Sophia to build a nation shaking church in the heart of Manchester, !Audacious Church.

Graham Power is the founder and Chairman of the Power Group of Companies, www.powergrp.co.za. Today the Power Group is one of Southern Africa’s leaders in the field of civil engineering construction, turnkey property development and infrastructure.

He is also the initiator and leader of the movement that has come to be known as the “Global Day of Prayer”, www.globaldayofprayer.com .  This movement has become the largest prayer gathering in recorded history, where people from every country in the world participate annually in the Global Day of Prayer on Pentecost Sunday.  It is estimated that over 400 million people participated in the year 2010.

Graham is also the founder of the Unashamedly Ethical Campaign. This campaign promotes ethics, values and clean living across all sectors of society. This campaign is currently sweeping South Africa, Africa and across the Globe and is bringing about a tangible change to the lives of individuals, and even whole companies, www.unashamedlyethical.com.

He is a published author and in May 2013 he received and Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree from Nyack College and the Alliance Theological Seminary in White Plains, New York.

Heinz Winckler is a born again, Holy Spirit filled follower of The Way of Jesus Christ, called to play a significant role in the entertainment industry for the Kingdom of God and for the glory of God. He is married to author, speaker and image consultant Aletté-Johanni, and father to three amazing boys, Lian, Simeon and Reuben.

His professional career started in 2002 when he won South Africa’s version of American Idol. This was preceded by 2 years of worship leading as a teenager and another 5 years of worship leading as a student. South African Idol kick started a whole new accelerated professional season in the singer’s life and brought about some impressive achievements, including:

4th place in World Idol; being a Disney soundtrack artist, 3 SAMA (South African Music Awards) nominations, 3 People Magazine Crystal Awards; 3 Ghoema (Afrikaans music) Award nominations; 4 Tempo Award nominations; winner of Bok Radio’s “Singer of the Year” award 2014; A single, 6 studio albums and 2 Live DVD’s – out of which he achieved Double Platinum, Platinum and Gold status sales; lead role in the North American and Japanese touring production of  RENT ’07-‘08; roles in the local soap opera, Binnelanders and drama series, Getroud Met Rugby; continuity presenter on the Kyknet channel, and lead role in “Jesus The Musical” at the Pretoria State Theatre; a lead role in the hit romantic comedy film, “Mooirivier” for which he wrote and co-produced the hit single “Meisie Van My Hart”; and 2015 saw him releasing his first book, “In Ritme Met God” (In Rhythm With God) – a testimony based book about identity and calling.