With a background in community work and communal living, David Joey writes about the human experience through a blend of comedic strolls, nature walks, and justice marches. From haiku to freestyle: expect a spiritual, lyrical performance that will leave you entertained and charged for change. He’s also the first-ever Big Church Bless Offs champ and is buzzing to be at Spring Harvest.

Luke Whiting is a serial entrepreneur, three-time exited tech founder and CEO of Hailo, a pioneering faith-tech platform serving churches globally. His calling is to build redemptive technology that equips the church to flourish in a digital age and ensure emerging technologies ultimately serve people, community, and the Kingdom of God.

Mercy Ships is a pioneering international health charity. We bring free, life-changing surgeries to women, men and children facing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. We train healthcare professionals and build stronger medical services for everyone, creating change for decades to come. Our hospital ships are powered by your love and support.

4Front Theatre is one of the UK’s leading Christian theatre companies, and they use performance to entertain, inspire and put faith at the 4Front. Bringing the Bible to life through foot-stomping music, interactive story-telling and lots of laughs, be sure to catch ‘Fisherman’s Tail' as four fishermen get caught in the whirlwind of being Jesus’ first disciples!

Stephen has a degree in computer science and an integrated masters with AI. He's been heavily involved in integrating large language models (Gen AI) into a SaaS platform and has a deep understanding of how generative AI works in practice. Stephen is passionate about ethics surrounding AI and technology, particularly how AI influences people's relationships and Christianity.

Stephen will be speaking in the Curious session on Tuesday evening.

Lyn is driven by a deep passion for justice and mobilising the Church to live out Jesus’ call to love our neighbours with joy, courage and compassion. Currently the chief partnerships officer at Compassion UK & Ireland, Lyn’s journey has taken her from two decades in global banking to ordained ministry, as well as leading teams at Christians Against Poverty (CAP) and the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) - championing disciple making, justice and releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name.

Patty Lundy is the manager of emerging markets for Christian Copywrite Licensing International (CCLI), whose global office is in the US.

Ellie is CEO of Kintsugi Hope, partnering with churches to support people’s mental and emotional wellbeing. With over 20 years’ leadership experience in the Christian charity sector, she brings particular expertise in HR and People & Culture, shaped by a deep commitment to seeing people flourish through her faith in Jesus.

OTC offers a wide mix of hip hop, Afrobeat and pop. They aim to empower their listeners to let them know that they are significant, valuable and that they matter. OTC dedicate their craft to reaching young people with a message of hope and freedom based on their Christian beliefs and work as part of the Message Trust touring nationally, performing and visiting schools and colleges. The band are passionate about important topics such as county lines, knife crime, mental wellbeing and identity.

OTC will be performing performing within the Base, our late night youth only venue. Please see the digital programme for details.

Angela was once trapped in addiction, but rescued and set free by Jesus. She now serves as a pastor at Lighthouse Church and leads Our Father’s House Recovery Ministry in Leeds. Angela is passionate about sharing His hope with those facing addiction, homelessness, mental health struggles, and hardship—helping people find real joy, real recovery, and real transformation in Christ.