Open Heavens Conference News 2024

Bill Johnson is the Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California.

Bill is a fifth-generation pastor with a rich heritage in the Holy Spirit. The present move of God has brought Bill into a deeper understanding of the phrase “on earth as it is in heaven.” Bill and the Bethel Church family have taken on this theme for life and ministry, where healing and miracles are normal. Bill teaches that we owe the world an encounter with God and a gospel without power is not the gospel Jesus preached. Bill is co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM).

Bill serves a growing number of churches partnered for revival. This apostolic network has crossed denominational lines in building relationships that enable church leaders to walk in both purity and power. Bill and his late wife, Beni, have three children and eleven grandchildren. Their three children and spouses are all involved in full-time ministry.

Kris and Kathy Vallotton are the Senior Associate Leaders of Bethel Church in Redding, California, and have served on Bill Johnson’s apostolic team for decades. They are both co-founders of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM) and Moral Revolution. For over 20 years Kris and Kathy have helped thousands of Believers realize their identity as sons and daughters of God.

Kris is a noted prophetic voice worldwide. As a bestselling author, he has written more than a dozen books and training manuals to help prepare believers for life in the kingdom. He’s a highly sought-after international speaker equipping people to successfully fulfill their divine purpose. Kris has a diverse background in business, counseling, consulting, pastoring, and teaching. He loves to both teach to the masses and advise leaders one-on-one, utilizing his experience and his prophetic gift to assist world influencers in achieving their goals. He commonly provides counsel to governmental and business leaders on practical strategies for cultural transformation and has unique expertise in economies and building prosperous communities.

Kris and Kathy are also successful entrepreneurs who co-owned 9 businesses in the automotive industry. Together, they direct KV Ministries and have traveled the world teaching and preaching about the goodness of God and the power of the Kingdom.

Kris and Kathy have been married for over 45 years and have four children and ten grandchildren.

Bobby Conner has been ministering worldwide as a seasoned prophet of God for over five decades. Bobby is uniquely anointed with a profound, passionate love for the Lord Jesus Christ and a fervent desire to discern and herald God’s voice to prepare the Lamb’s Bride to establish the Kingdom of God. Specifically, Bobby is called to sound the alarm and awaken the warriors to arise and contend for the true faith.

Bobby’s prophetic words—life-changing encouragement and exhortation for individuals, churches, regions, and nations—are documented the world over for their precision, accuracy, humor, and transformational power. Supernatural demonstrations of the miraculous, including physical and emotional healings, deliverance, signs, and wonders, follow Bobby’s prophetic ministry wherever he goes, revealing the loving heart of our Father God, glorifying the Lord Jesus Christ, and establishing believers in their destiny, gifting’s and identity.

Having survived a failed abortion attempt and rescued by the hand of God from drug dealing and suicide, Bobby Conner lives in close, abiding intimacy with the Spirit of God and follows heaven’s mandate to set the captives free by imparting anointed revelation to the Body of Christ. Bobby is beloved throughout the world. He is honored for his extreme sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and vast knowledge of the Scriptures. Bobby’s messages are almost exclusively comprised of Bible verses, explicated with fresh revelation—a “now” Word from God—and a depth of wisdom and insight resulting from decades of study and friendship with God. Highly esteemed as an international prophet and conference speaker, Bobby has ministered in more than 50 countries and throughout the United States (speaking, on average, five times per week for more than four decades).

Bobby served as a Southern Baptist pastor for 27 years with his beloved wife, Carolyn. Together, they founded Eagles View Ministries, a global ministry mandated to establish the Kingdom of God through the demonstration of God’s power (1 Corinthians 2:1-5). They are also called to empower and equip the Body of Christ to take dominion. Bobby and Carolyn strive to raise an overcoming generation (transcending age and gender) by boldly proclaiming God’s highest standards of purity and Christ’s resurrection power—the keys to the transformation of nations.

Bobby and Carolyn have been married for over 50 years and have two sons and five grandchildren. Bobby is the author of numerous books, each inspired by divine revelation and written with a burning passion for spreading the uncompromised message of the Kingdom of God to every nation.

Jeremy Riddle is a lover and servant of Jesus Christ, devoted husband to the amazing Katie Riddle, and proud dad of their five children. Throughout the years he has been a songwriter, pastor, worship leader, and author. Jeremy is most passionate about the church becoming the fullness of what Christ intended her to be in the earth. He loves working with his hands, building things, and doing life with people who are wholehearted in their pursuit of Jesus.

Hayley Braun is the Overseer of the BSSM Third Year program in Redding, California.

Born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Hayley moved to Redding to attend BSSM in 2008, where she met her husband, Ryan.

Growing up in the church, Hayley started serving in many different spheres of the church at a young age and finding her passion – serving the Bride of Christ. She has a deep desire to see the people of God walk in true freedom, living a life liberated by the gospel and in connection with one another. Hayley and her family burn for revival and long to see the nations encounter God in a real and transformational way. Prior to being asked to pioneer the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry Online, Hayley spent 10 years leading in Bethel’s Second Year School of Supernatural Ministry.

Hayley and Ryan have three children – Aiden, Liberty, and Ash and love to spend quality time at home or traveling together as a family and with their community.

Dave Ward burns for revival, aches for more of Jesus, and wants his life to look like the Bible — miracles on the street, not just in church. Dave has been on staff at Bethel since 2013, serving in BSSM Second Year as both a Revival Group Pastor and Associate Overseer. In 2022, Dave stepped into leading and overseeing our Twin View Campus.

Born and raised in the UK and South Africa, Dave met his wife, Bea, at Bristol University while studying Theology. They have been married 13 years this October. Dave prefers beaches to mountains, baths to showers, and movies to TV shows. His favorite thing to do other than spending time on his own, is to hang out with his wife and their four rascals: John, Lucy, Lily and Olivia.

Richard Gordon was raised in South Africa where he married his beautiful wife, Libby, and completed his BSc in Computer Engineering and MA in Electronic Engineering. He has had the privilege of working alongside some of the world’s best tech companies. Richard and his wife pastor at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM). Richard is also the Revival Group pastor over Bethel School of Technology. His dream is to raise up world-changers and influencers like Daniel who will shape and shift culture, encountering and ushering in the presence of God wherever they go. He comes alive, igniting the potential in people around him and seeing the Glory of God move across the earth!

Steve is on the Senior Leadership Team for Bethel Church. Steve has a few roles at the church. He is the Lead Pastor of Bethel Online and the Overseer of BSSM Online along with his wife Ruth, and is the Chief Operating Officer for the Church. Steve is deeply committed to seeing Jesus's Kingdom coming on Earth as it is in Heaven. Steve is passionate about seeing the body of Christ step into their identity in Christ and to be equipped to live a naturally supernatural life. Steve and Ruth travel with their family and speak at various churches and organizations. Steve also has a heart to see leaders raised up in the marketplace to usher in the presence of God in every sphere of society.

Steve is originally from Ohio. He and Ruth have three young children - Hannah, Jack & Olivia. Steve has a Master’s in Business Administration from Anderson University. Steve loves going on adventures as a family, the beach, and is a big supporter of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League.

Ruth is on the Senior Leadership Team for Bethel Church and is the Lead Pastors for Bethel Online and the Overseer of BSSM Online along with her husband Steve. Ruth is passionate about equipping the body of Christ to live naturally supernatural. Ruth was miraculously healed through a love encounter with Jesus. Her own healing catalyzed her passion to see the world encounter the radical transformative power of the love of God. Steve and Ruth travel with their family and speak at various churches and organizations. They have a heart for cultivating healthy families, activating leaders and carrying hope. Ruth is originally from the south of England. She and Steve have three young children - Hannah, Jack & Olivia. Ruth has a First-Class Honors Degree in Psychology from the University of Bath. Ruth loves creating fun memories as a family, the beach, and playing pickleball.