SPEAKERS

Art Pereira | Director of Ministries and Events at Revoice

Art Pereira is a community builder, church trainer and minister who is passionate about helping the local church provide practical support for the eternal ways of Jesus. Having spent a decade working in local church youth ministry, Art has a passion for dynamic discipleship and accessible teaching.

Kavan Rogness | Discipleship Director, Faith Covenant Church

Kavan Rogness is passionate about helping people engage deeply with Scripture, serving as Discipleship Director at Faith Covenant Church in Burnsville, MN since 2021. With a diverse professional background spanning construction, IT, education, healthcare, and food service, he brings rich life experience to ministry. Holding an MA in communication studies and an MDiv, Kavan authored the novel God’s Other Children in 2023. As a side B Christian who came out in 2014, he has experienced significant personal healing and growth. Committed to social causes, he raises money for clean water through marathon running with Team World Vision, sharing hope and transformation through his unique perspective. 

Rev. Michelle Sanchez Th.M. | Executive Director, Revoice

Michelle Sanchez has served in full-time ministry for over a decade in campus, local church, and national denominational settings. As former Executive Minister of Make and Deepen Disciples for the Evangelical Covenant Church, she launched Embrace, a suite of resources on Christian discipleship and human sexuality. A graduate of NYU (B.S. International Business) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div., Th.M.), Michelle has also trained in spiritual direction at Boston College and studied the life of Jesus at Jerusalem University College.

She is the author of Color-Courageous Discipleship (and companion editions) and a frequent conference speaker whose work has appeared in Outreach Magazine, Faith & Leadership, and more. Michelle lives with her husband and two children in the Chicago area.