Speakers' Bios
Janet Sewell
Director of Gathering Support
Janet serves as the Director of Gathering Support for the Lausanne Movement and serves on the regional leadership team for Lausanne Europe.
Janet spent 14 years in Greece as a missionary with Hellenic Ministries where she worked as an event coordinator, IT support, sailor, photographer, sound engineer, and web developer.
She holds an MA in Contemporary Missiology with a European focus where she researched missiology and ecclesiology within virtual reality. She is also a graduate of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and holds a CTPS from Oxford University.
Now based in London, Janet and her husband, Mehran, are engaged in church planting among Iranians. Her passion is to see lives transformed by Christ throughout Europe.
Joseph W Handley, Jr.
Catalyst for Leadership Development
Joseph W Handley, Jr is the president of Asian Access. Previously he was the founding director of Azusa Pacific University’s Office of World Mission and lead mission pastor at Rolling Hills Covenant Church. He co-led one of the first multi-national high school mission congresses in Mexico City in 1996 and is a contributing blogger for the Billy Graham Center’s Gospel-Life Blog. Joe serves as co-catalyst for the Lausanne Movement in leadership development and on the advisory teams for the Nozomi Project, BiblicalTraining.org, and DualReach, as well as on the board for ReIgnite Hope. Joe strives to accelerate leaders for mission movements. Learn more about Joe: https://www.asianaccess.org/senior-leaders/bio-joe-handley