Christ be Magnified!

Brian Heasley

Brian Heasley serves as the International Director of 24-7 Prayer, leading this global movement of non-stop prayer, mission, and justice across over 100 countries. 

With decades of experience in prayer ministry and church leadership, Brian carries a prophetic voice calling the global church to passionate perseverance in prayer, increased ambition and vision, and wholehearted obedience. 

His leadership has been instrumental in mobilising the Global Week of Prayer and establishing prayer rooms in cities worldwide. 

Brian brings strategic insight and apostolic vision for Asia's pivotal role in the global prayer movement. 

Brian Heasley is also the author of Be Still: A Simple Guide to Quiet Times. We love his heart for inspiring others to pray and his desire to communicate a valuable discipline in a way that helps a generation to pray and grow in their devotional lives. 

Adrian Eagleson

Adrian Eagleson is the Chief Growth Officer for 24-7 Prayer where he oversees the Apps team (Inner Room and Lectio365). These Apps help hundreds of thousands of Christians go deeper in their prayer lives each day.

Over the past 25 years Adrian has served in a variety of roles including National Director for Ireland, Chair of the International Board and more recently CEO of 24-7 Prayer. 

Adrian has a background in organisational psychology, change management and global experience of scaling commercial partnerships. 

Along with other senior business roles, Adrian has previously acted as a partner in Toward LTD, an executive coaching consultancy which provides coaching and leadership development for senior teams. 

Hernando Betita III

Hernando Betita III (fondly known as Nano), is the Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Malaysia. He is a seasoned commercial leader with a track record of leading teams and growing global B2C and B2B brands across Asia Pacific for large multinational FMCG and technology companies.

As a champion of innovation, he co-owns an AI tech startup that specialises in behavioural science and serves in the leadership team of The Apologist Project, a US-based non-profit that develops and deploys AI agents to empower missions and discipleship movements worldwide.

Outside of work, he is passionately involved in teaching, mentoring, music ministry, and writing projects. He is also a church planter and worship leader, and lead of the Council of Servants with Christ’s Commission Fellowship (CCF).

Philip Chang

Philip Chang is the Regional Director for South-East Asia for the Lausanne Movement. 

He is a corporate consultant, drawing from more than 30 years’ experience in key management positions in the stockbroking and investment banking sectors. He is a third culture kid and well-versed with cross-cultural ministries, having studied and worked abroad in the marketplace at different stages of his life.

He is also the Chairman of Interserve Malaysia and an associate of the WEA Missions Commission. Currently he sits on the boards of several private and public companies as well as non-profit organisations.

He has a passion for mobilising professionals and business people for cross-cultural missions and member care.

Melissa Chan

Melissa Chan is Peranakan—Straits-born Chinese—and everything about her work reflects that beautiful, blended heritage.

The Peranakan are known for taking the best of multiple worlds and creating something entirely new: intricate beadwork, fusion cuisine, hybrid architecture, cultural synthesis. In Melaka, the cradle of Peranakan culture, Melissa is doing the same thing—but with prayer, art, and community.

As the steward of The Bendahari, a creative cultural hub, Melissa has created a space that honours her heritage while pioneering new expressions of faith. With a BA in Philosophy, English, and Economics, she brings intellectual depth, creative imagination, and cultural sensitivity to her work with 24-7 Prayer.

As coordinator of a Boiler Room in Melaka, Melissa facilitates a space where non-stop prayer becomes the heartbeat of community transformation. Like her ancestors who built bridges between cultures, Melissa builds bridges between contemplation and action, tradition and innovation, beauty and justice.

Her Peranakan heritage taught her: nothing is wasted, everything can be redeemed, and the most beautiful things emerge at intersections. Through The Bendahari and the Boiler Room, she's showing what happens when cultural stewardship becomes spiritual warfare and when preserving heritage becomes an act of intercession.

Melissa believes prayer changes cities. And in Melaka, she's proving it—one creative space, one Boiler Room, one redeemed tradition at a time.

Terry Law

Terry Law sees what others miss: that prayer rooms should be as beautiful as the God we encounter in them. 

An award-winning designer and sculptor with a Fine Arts degree, Terry is the creative mastermind behind prayer station designs across 24-7 Prayer rooms in the region. 

As coordinator of the Boiler Room in Petaling Jaya, she doesn't just facilitate prayer—she designs encounters with God. 

Terry's inspiration flows directly from contemplating Scripture. For her, the Bible is a creative prompt, an invitation to co-create with God. Every prayer station she designs, every installation she builds, every art retreat she leads asks one question: How can we make encountering God as multi-sensory, interactive, and beautiful as possible? 

Her work is where theology meets aesthetics, where intercession meets installation art, where prayer becomes participatory. Through creative devotions, immersive prayer spaces, and art retreats, Terry is teaching the church that beauty matters, creativity is worship, and the most sacred art creates space for others to meet Jesus. 

Terry believes prayer rooms shouldn't be afterthoughts—they should be masterpieces. And she's proving it, one stunning installation at a time. 

Paul Kong

Paul Kong believes the best conversations about Jesus happen around tables, not behind pulpits—and for over a decade, he's been creating spaces where those conversations can happen. 

As National Director of Alpha Malaysia, Paul has spent 12 years equipping churches and communities to foster open, welcoming environments where people can explore faith without pressure, ask hard questions without judgment, and encounter Jesus through genuine conversation. 

Armed with degrees in Marketing, Theology, Ministry, and Mission, plus an MBA, Paul brings both strategic insight and pastoral sensitivity to his work. He understands that evangelism in the 21st century requires more than programs—it requires hospitality, authenticity, and spaces where seekers feel safe to be skeptical. 

Those who've known Paul since his college days (like Chrisanne!) have watched him grow, mobilise and lead for years—whether rallying students on campus or now equipping churches nationwide. His gift has always been the same: bringing people together and helping them discover Jesus in community. 

Married to Joyce, Paul and his wife share a love for spicy food and unwinding with their favourite Korean dramas—proving that kingdom leaders can be both passionately missional and delightfully human. 

Paul's conviction is simple: Every church can create a culture of welcome. Every believer can invite friends to explore faith. And Alpha isn't just a course—it's a posture of hospitality that transforms how we do evangelism. 

After 12 years with Alpha Malaysia, Paul is still mobilising, still equipping, still believing that the best way to share Jesus is over a meal, in conversation, with an open heart. 

Joseph Ting

Joseph Ting has spent three decades mobilising the church for missions—and now, as National Director of OM Malaysia, he's bringing that passion home.

Growing up in Sibu, Sarawak, Joseph's missions journey began with a short-term course at Methodist Theological School in 1993 that turned into a full-time calling. A two-week trip to Taiwan in 1994 through OM's 'Love Taiwan' conference lit a fire that has never gone out.

From 1995-1997, Joseph served on the legendary OM ship MV Doulos, gaining hands-on cross-cultural missions experience. After earning his Bachelor of Theology, he rejoined OM Malaysia as Chinese Ministry and short-term coordinator, where for seven years he led the 'Out of the Comfort Zone' missions conferences—challenging thousands of comfortable Christians to step into God's global purposes.

In 2009, God called Joseph and his family—wife Janice and children Joel (now 22) and Joey (now 21)—to Taiwan. As field leader of OM Taiwan for 11 years, Joseph mobilised Taiwanese churches for world missions, re-registered OM Taiwan as a local association, organized 'Step Out' missions conferences, and trained generations of long and short-term workers.

After completing his Taiwan assignment, Joseph came full circle. In July 2020, he was appointed National Director of OM Malaysia—bringing decades of international missions experience home to mobilise the Malaysian church.

Joseph's conviction is clear: The Great Commission isn't optional. Missions isn't for the elite few. Every believer—whether they go, send, pray, or give—has a role in reaching the nations. And Malaysia, with its diversity, strategic location, and growing church, has a critical part to play in God's global purposes.

After three decades on ships, in conferences, across cultures, and now leading nationally, Joseph is still asking the same question: Will you step out of your comfort zone and into God's mission?

Chrisanne Chin

Chrisanne Chin believes prayer changes nations—but her passion is simple: helping disciples love Jesus more.

What drives her? Watching people look more and more like Jesus—whether they're kneeling in a prayer room or building a business that honours God. 

As National Director for 24-7 Prayer Malaysia and Steward for 24-7 Prayer Asia, Chrisanne leads with both spiritual depth and marketplace experience. 

With a CFA, an MBA from Bath University, and years in stockbroking and investment banking, she's never fully left the marketplace. Through training and consultancy work in finance, she believes in empowering believers economically, championing entrepreneurship and financial literacy as kingdom work. 

For Chrisanne, prayer, justice, mission, and economic empowerment aren't separate callings—they're woven together. She champions religious freedom, mobilises intercessors, establishes prayer rooms, and trains believers in financial stewardship, believing that flourishing disciples build flourishing communities. 

Because it's all about Jesus. It always has been. 

Brother S

Brother S is a religious freedom advocate with firsthand experience navigating the legal complexities of religious identity in Asia.

Through research and practical advocacy, he assists individuals facing challenges when changing their official religious status, addressing systemic barriers and injustices.

His session will explore religious freedom issues across Asia, featuring insights from ADF International ("Alliance Defending Freedom") and examining where freedom of belief requires both wisdom and courage.

Brother S works strategically to expand space for religious freedom while promoting community harmony.

Thermina Arora

Tehmina Arora serves as Director of Advocacy, Asia with ADF International, specialising in constitutional law and human rights. Since joining ADF International in 2012, Tehmina has focused on working with allied lawyers across South and Southeast Asia, providing legal support, training, and advocacy to help Christians and churches targeted for their faith.

Tehmina has led her team to over 100 victories before India's Supreme Court and various high courts, including successfully challenging an Indian law requiring religious converts to register with the state, securing compensation for victims of communal and targeted violence, and reopening places of worship that had been arbitrarily shut down.

Prior to joining ADF International, Tehmina played a critical role in establishing the first legal assistance centre in the violence-hit district of Kandhamal, Odisha, extending vital legal support to victims in over 200 cases from 2008 to 2011. She also co-founded the Christian Legal Association, a national network of Christian lawyers, serving as its General Secretary from 2005 to 2010.

Beyond the courtroom, Tehmina has provided expert testimony on the worldwide persecution of Christians before the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs and writes frequently on religious freedom and female foeticide in Asia for national dailies and international journals. She serves on the board of several charities, including the Religious Liberty Partnership, Advocates International, and the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies.

In recognition of her tireless advocacy, Tehmina received the Champion of Human Rights Award from the Delhi Minority Commission in 2018.