Shawn Bolz :: Director of Expression 58
Shawn’s passion is to influence Christians to take on their journey of intimacy with God wholeheartedly. He has used his prophetic ministry and his fresh Biblical perspective in his teaching/life coaching messages to help people come into a relational approach with God that is both organic and
revelatory.
Shawn has been in ministry since 1993, speaking at conferences, schools, and television programs, all with a heart for training and equipping people in their lives to further pursue God, and mentoring people in their spiritual development.
Shawn was involved in different types of leadership with Metro Christian Fellowship with Mike Bickle for eight years and then made the transition to the International House of Prayer in Kansas City for four years. While there he taught in the Bible School, ministered to thousands of leaders in the body of Christ from every Christian denomination, and mentored many people. He was also known as one of the prophetic voices in Kansas City where he was involved with Shiloh and prophetic leadership.
He joined the leadership team of WhiteDove Ministries in January of 2003. In his participation with the WhiteDove, he developed a leadership training internship, and helped with the team to develop their training school, along with establishing the base of ministry in Foley, Alabama. He left the WhiteDove team in 2006 to pursue starting Expression58 Ministries.
In October 2006, he founded Expression58, a missions base and church focused on training and equipping, the creative arts, the poor, and loving people in the entertainment industry. The base is now located in Hollywood, California.
Shawn has written two books: The Throne Room Company, and Keys to Heavens Economy, An Angelic Visitation from the Minister of Finance. He has also written articles for Streams AWE Magazine, the Elijah List, Morning Star Journal, Voice of Today Magazine, and WhiteDove Ministries monthly online newsletter from 2003-2006, and many other Christian publications.
He has traveled across denominations, cities, countries, and age gaps on thousands of destinations. The ministry has taken him throughout Europe, South America, Canada, and the United States. He has also made television appearances on Daystar, TBN, The Miracle Channel, Extreme Prophetic, and others.
Shawn and one of the Expression58 leaders: Sally Robson, also launched an hour long daily radio show in 2008 called: Your Life with Shawn & Sally on Hosanna Broadcasting Network.
Shawn has a burning heart to see the entertainment industry and the creative arts come into a revival and has been influencing believers who are in performing arts for many years. He is currently working on television and movie projects. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.
Jonatan & Jennifer Toledo :: Associate Directors
Jonatan and Jennifer are the directors of Global Children’s Movement, a ministry birthed out of compassion for children at risk around the world. Their vision is to equip and release children into the fullness of the kingdom. They have ministered extensively throughout many different nations, seeing transformation come to communities as they embrace generational unity. Their passion is to see a whole generation truly fall in love with Jesus and be released to partner with heaven. They long to see the simple undiluted gospel restored in the church, and for the kingdom of heaven to manifest on behalf of the poor. Jonatan and Jennifer are now living in Los Angeles with their daughter Malaika and son Josiah.
Jesse & JoAnna Grim :: Associate Director and Creative Arts Director
Jesse graduated from Gordon College with a B.A. in Biblical and Theological studies, and B.A. in international affairs. Jesse and JoAnna are founding members of Expression58 Ministries. His heart is to see the body of Christ trained in the full expression of the Holy Spirit here and abroad. He has a special grace for healing ministry and has seen hundreds of people healed in radical manifestations of miracles. Jesse has spoken at conferences, seminars, and events as well as been a part of worship teams, healing teams, and prophetic teams. JoAnna has a heart to see heaven’s expression manifested on this whole generation. Her speaking, music, and dancing reaches into heaven to bring it upon the earth. She moved at an early age to join the WhiteDove internship and after graduating did an intensive internship with Shawn Bolz where she traveled on many trips and participated in prophetic, teaching, dance, worship, and leadership ministries. Joanna moved down to the Alabama WhiteDove base and worked with the creative arts and dance ministry at several of their conferences. Now Joanna is part of the staff of Expression58 leading especially in the creative arts, and being a voice to this generation.
Paula Benne :: Associate Director of Expression58
Everything Paula does is out of a deep desire to see Jesus made famous. She has had a rich journey of hearing His voice and then partnering with Him through thousands of trips. Although now most of her trips are public ministry, many of them throughout the years were intercessory missions that helped birth God’s purposes. Paula is a founding member of the Expression58 team as well as co-host to Shawn Bolz on an exciting new show that will premier in 2009 called “The Shawn and Paula Show.” In Paula’s early years, she was an athlete winning national competitions for High Jump, and even trying out for a spot on the Olympic volleyball team. Paula currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Chad and Julia Dedmon: Pastoral Team and Directors of Kingdom Activation Center a new school of Expression58 coming in September 2009! They have three years of full-time pastoral experience working with youth and young adults. They are part of the Expression 58 leadership team, based out of Los Angeles, CA. They are graduates of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry.Julia is a graduate of the Bethel School of Supernatural Worship and holds her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Azusa Pacific University. In May of 2008, Chad and Julia were ordained as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ by Dr. Heidi and Rolland Baker, Bill and Beni Johnson, and Shawn Bolz.
Together, as partners, they desire to see the manifestation of the kingdom of God come on earth through the display of prophetic creative expressions and signs and wonders.
Chad operates in an extraordinary gift of faith & healing, has a keen sense of leadership, and continues to captivate audiences with his fascinating accounts of marketplace miracles. Julia has a unique intuitive nature moving in passionate worship, prophetic ministry, soaking prayer, and inner healing.
They currently travel as itinerant ministers, seeing His Kingdom come through deliverance, miracles, and healings in the nations. See http://www.encounteringjesus.com/ for their personal ministry website!
Loni McIntosh :: Youth Department Director
Aileen Foos :: Children's Department Assistant Director
Nichole Feeley :: Missions and Training Department/Pastoral Team
Tyler Ward :: Ministry Team/Shawn's Assistant
Stacey Hernandez :: Counseling Pastor/Resources Department
Sally Robson :: Entertainment Department Director
Rikki & Yodi Alakija :: Pastoral Team
Ian & Jen Kilpatrick :: Family & Parenting and Pastoral Team
John & Charity Marquis :: Outreach and Pastoral Team
Patrice Patrick :: Pastoral Team
Colin Benward :: Worship Leader
Joe & Jlynn Gleason :: Outreach and Pastoral Team
Kevin Michael Gray :: Worship Leader
Matthew Schroeder :: Ministry Team
Jennifer Bolz :: Ministry Team
Justin and Abi Stumvoll :: Ministry Team
Zane & Kristen Ptolemy :: Worship Leaders