Staff + Speakers

Barry Wissler is the president and senior apostolic leader of HarvestNet International, a network of churches and ministries spanning several nations. Barry’s passion is to produce churches that are faithful to sound doctrine while also being receptive to the work of the Holy Spirit. Barry and his wife, Cheryl, reside in Ephrata, PA and have two grown children.

Steve is HarvestNet International’s strategic coach. He has taught in mission and leadership training schools, colleges, and graduate schools in the areas of missions, church planting, and leadership development. Steve and his wife, Rose, reside in Strasburg, PA and love spending time with their grandkids.

Bonita is the Director of the Gateway House of Prayer in Ephrata, PA and has been serving in this role since 2017. Prior to that, she served as an assistant director for 2 years, and served on the Board of Directors from Gateway’s beginning in 2005. She is married to the love of her life, Brent Keener, who was both her junior high and high school sweetheart. They have 4 amazing children and 2 precious granddaughters.

Kevin Eshleman is the senior pastor of Ephrata Community Church. He also serves on the Apostolic Council of HarvestNet International. Kevin has a master’s diploma from the Wagner Leadership Institute and a Master of Divinity in World Christianity at Evangelical Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two children, Hannah and Daniel.

Jimmy is the founding and lead pastor of Lifeway Church. He also serves on the Apostolic Council of HarvestNet International. Jimmy, along with his wife, Lydia, have a passion to reach the lost with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ, equip God’s people, develop leaders, and plant life-giving churches. Jimmy and his family reside in Myerstown, Pennsylvania.

Sheri Hess pastors alongside her husband, David, at Christ Community Church in Camp Hill, PA. She is a motivator, engaging people with her transparent style of communication. Encouragement and enthusiasm pour out of her life. As a teacher and compassionate voice to this generation, her greatest desire is to see people step into their God-given destiny. Sheri and Dave have three adult children and two precious grandchildren.

Wayne is a clear prophetic voice with a pastor’s heart towards the body of Christ. A significant portion of his time is spent traveling nationally and internationally equipping leadership and the body to do the work of the ministry. He also serves on the Apostolic Council of HarvestNet International.Wayne and his wife, Jan, reside in Ephrata PA, and have three sons and three grandchildren.

Floyd Zook is owner and president of Zook Interiors, LLC, which is a metal stud drywall company that he founded in 1991. He has a passion for effective leadership and to see the Kingdom of God integrated into the marketplace.  Besides leading his business, he is a husband to Kim and the father of four energetic children, serves on two nonprofit boards (including HNI), and coaches leaders.

Cheryl has a passion to teach and share what she has learned with others in hopeful expectation that they will be better equipped and positioned for Kingdom impact. She is highly motivated to engage with others and empower individuals through innovative problem solving, coaching and strategic vision casting. Cheryl strongly believes that most people have barely tapped into their full potential, therefore, she is committed to impact their lives in ways that intentionally motivate them to develop their potential through her passion to mentor, disciple, and develop leaders.

Dave currently serves as senior pastor of Christ Community Church, a vibrant fellowship of Jesus-followers in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Hope Beyond Reason, Hope Beyond Disappointment, and Side by Side: Men and Women Leading Together in the Church. Dave and his wife, Sheri, enjoy ministering together, and spending time with their three married children and grandchildren.

Vern serves as Lead Care Pastor at Lifeway Church in Lebanon, PA. His passion is to teach, mentor, and equip aspiring leaders to lead well in our families, churches, or businesses. Vern lives in Lebanon, PA with his wife, Alicia, and their four children.

Renee and her husband, Gary, moved to Annville, PA in 2015 to help plant Lifeway Church, where Renee serves as the Discipleship Pastor. Renee directs the CORE Discipleship Intensive and enjoys exhorting the body of Christ through her writing and speaking. She is passionate about imparting hope to those around her.

Joel is the Digital Communication Coordinator at PULSE, and the Resource Evangelist at Ephrata Community Church. He helps train others to live free and release the Kingdom of God to the lost. Joel, his wife Amy and children currently live in Lancaster, PA.

Larry serves as the international director of DOVE International, a worldwide network of small group based churches and micro churches.  A featured speaker at conferences and churches, he travels extensively training Christian leaders.  Larry and his wife, LaVerne, live in Lititz, PA.

Sue Ferrari, the executive director of Breath of Life Ministries International, Inc., has been counseling since 1998. She has received extensive training in counseling and education. Sue loves equipping the next generation of counselors through teaching and mentoring internships. She and her husband, Frank, now deceased, have both served as pastors and missionaries. She now resides in Willow St. PA with her family.

Matt is the Pastor of Discipleship at Ephrata Community Church. With a passion for the presence of the Lord, Matt loves to equip people on how to hear the voice of God, discover their identity in Him, and enter into His promises. He and his wife, Misha, live in Ephrata and have 3 children.

Charles is a spiritual explorer, a world traveler, a gifted prophetic speaker, an adventurer, and a grandfather. He has been stirring passionate people to follow Jesus to the ends of the earth for over 30 years. Charles and his wife, Anne, lead and inspire Life Center, a simply unique apostolic center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Jim is the Executive Pastor of Advancement at Ephrata Community Church and the Director of the HarvestNet School of Ministry. Before that, Jim served several years as the Executive Director for both Love146 and Yale University’s World Christianity Initiative. In that role he aided both Yale University and the Western Church at-large in its engagement with the explosive growth of the worldwide Church. Jim resides in Lebanon, PA with his wife, Rachel.