Campus A: Convention Center
Friday
- Registration Begins2:00pm
- Main Session7:00pm
Saturday
- The Culture Project9:30am
- Lunch Break12:00pm
- Main Session2:00pm
- Dinner Break5:00pm
- Main Session7:00pm
Campus B: Bethel Church
Friday
- Registration Begins4:00pm
- Main Session7:00pm
Saturday
- Main Session9:30am
- Lunch Break12:00pm
- The Culture Project2:00pm
- Dinner Break5:00pm
- Main Session7:00pm
$50 before Jan 16, 2012
$60 on or after Jan 16, 2012
Banning & SeaJay Liebscher are on staff at Bethel Church in Redding, California as the Directors of Jesus Culture, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing a generation to shape culture and transform nations. Jesus Culture was birthed out of Bethel's youth group where Banning was the youth pastor for ten years. Jesus Culture is impacting a generation through conferences, events, music, Campus Awakening, and the training of emerging leaders. Banning's passion is to see a generation of revivalists raised up who have encountered the extravagant love of Jesus and have given themselves for worldwide revival. He and his wife have three children, Ellianna, Raya, and Lake.
Mario Murillo is a native of San Francisco, a city not known for producing international Evangelists. His ministry was born in the drug obsessed, occult saturated 70’s in the epicenter of violent student revolution- Berkeley, California. Mario annually conducts approximately 50 outreaches, which are noted for the presence of God and exuberant worship. His IMPACT meetings are designed to be a power point to draw people together in unity for the purpose of prayer, worship and winning souls. Mario has authored several best-selling books such as Critical Mass, Fresh Fire, Fresh Impact, I Am the Christian the Devil Warned You About and his most recent release Edgewise
What is The Culture Project?
Our heart at Jesus Culture is to see a generation of leaders raised up to impact culture and transform nations so this year at Encounter we have dedicated one session of the conference to interview, interact with, and hear from various leaders who are doing just that; influencing the different realms of society. We will have people who are impacting business, education, government, entertainment, professional sports, and social justice join us for a session of interviews and even interaction from you where we can ask them what it looks like to be a leader who is impacting culture. This is what it means to be a catalyst! Check out this video from Jesus Culture Director, Banning Liebscher as he explains the heart behind The Culture Project.
The Jesus Culture band was formed organically through the momentum of a movement whose focus is to equip a generation to be influencers of society. It’s hard to separate the band from the movement, as they really are joined together with one focus: to bring people into an encounter with God’s love through worship and to disciple them to transform society. The Jesus Culture band is fronted by Kim Walker-Smith and Chris Quilala with Ian McIntosh playing keys, Jeffrey Kunde as the lead guitarist, Brandon Aaronson as the bassist, and Josh Fisher as the drummer. Each member of the band knows the weight of the call God on their lives and they live devoted to a lifestyle of worship, hoping that their music can help lead all those who hear it into an experience of His presence that won’t leave them the same.
Bryan and Katie Torwalt met in 2006 at the Bethel School of Supernatural Worship in Redding, CA. Bryan is from Canada and Katie a Californian. They both led worship separately while dating long distance for 2 1/2 years, Bryan in Canada and Katie at Bethel Church. They got married in 2009 and became worship pastors together in Fresno, CA. The experience of their worship together is a powerful and unique mixture of their anointing and history with God. They live to see the earth transform to Heaven’s likeness and for this generation to encounter the real Jesus. They believe that in God’s presence, sickness is healed, prisoners are set free, and minds are restored. Their songs carry hope and life that flow out of every note and lyric. Songs of thankfulness and praise reflect the spirit of their ministry together, and their anthems of prophetic declaration release the heart of revival.
Since she was 18 years old, Kristene Dimarco has been an active part of the prayer movement. She spent 6 months in an internship for IHOP KC, singing on the night watch teams and spending time in the prayer room. She then joined up with a group of young people, led by Lou Engle, and helped start the Justice House of Prayer in Washington DC. She gave herself to leading worship there for 10 months until in the fall of 2005, then Lou sent out a team of 8, led by his son Jesse, to start another JHOP in the heart of San Francisco. Kristene Spent 3 years living on Haight Street praying and worshiping over the city and ministering to the heart of God.
Derek Johnson is a singer-songwriter who has a heart to see young adults experience the power and extravagant love of God through music that carries God’s presence and anointing. He has been leading worship at Bethel Church in Redding, CA for the past 4 years, believing strongly in serving the local church and has been a featured worship leader for Jesus Culture conferences and Campus Awakening. His heart is to see people transformed by encounters with Jesus who then transform the culture they live in. Derek is a relevant voice to this generation with a strong anointing for bringing intimacy and the joy of the Lord through praise and worship.
