Alexander Venter was ordained to the ministry in 1975 in the Assemblies of God and moved into the Vineyard in 1982 when he spent 8 months working with John Wimber. He has planted and pastored churches in Zimbabwe, Cape Town, Soweto, and Johannesburg. He travels broadly teaching at conferences, leading spiritual retreats, and doing leadership consulting and training. Alexander and his wife, Gill, have two adult children and currently live in Ballito, South Africa. He has authored five books, Getting to Know the Real Jesus, Doing Church, Doing Reconciliation, Doing Healing, and Doing Spirituality. He has also authored Praying the Psalms Volume One: Learning to Pray.

Kyle Howard is a singer, songwriter and worship leader from Central Illinois. Since his early teenage years, it’s been obvious to those around Kyle that he would be making a huge impact in the worship culture of his generation. He began leading worship at The Vineyard Church of Central Illinois at the young age of 14 and continues his leadership today as the Worship & Creative Pastor. In the last few years he has been featured on multiple Vineyard Worship albums and is flourishing in his gift of songwriting. One of Kyle’s deepest passions is to see rooms full of people giving their highest praise to Jesus all together in one voice. During his free time, Kyle loves to play golf, hangout with friends, and travel. Kyle lives in Champaign Illinois with his wife Shelby and their son, Beau.