2023 Missions Conference
On the Move

Dr. Jerry Kulah

The Reverend Dr. Jerry P. Kulah is an Elder in the United Methodist Church (UMC) serving with the Liberia Annual Conference in West Africa. He is an Evangelist, Educator, Pastor and Administrator. For more than 25 years, Dr. Kulah has served in various capacities, including local pastor, Superintendent, member and leader of a multitude of committees, councils, and university Dean positions. Currently, Dr. Kulah serves as Vice President of Graduate Studies at the United Methodist University, Monrovia, Liberia.

Dr. Kulah holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Leadership from the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, USA (class of 2010). Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Theology at the Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Theological Federation, UK.

Dr. Kulah's passion for leadership development and missions has led him beyond Liberia, preaching, training and equipping leaders for the evangelization of the nations, revitalization of the church and transformation of society.

He is married to Ruth Kulah, and they have four children- Joshua, Jonathan, Jerrut and Jerry P. Kulah, II.

Kimberly D. Reisman

World Methodist Evangelism - Executive Director

Rev. Dr. Kimberly Reisman is an author, pastor, teacher, and theologian, focusing her work in the areas of evangelism, spiritual formation, leadership development, and the intersection between faith and culture. She received a Bachelor of the Arts from Emory University (Atlanta, GA), a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School (New Haven, CT), and a PhD from Durham University (Durham, UK). She is a frequent speaker and has written numerous books, most recently, Embrace: Showing and Sharing the Love of Jesus (2019).

Kim is married to John and they have three adult children - Nathan, who is married to Sarah, Maggie, and Hannah, who is married to John Watkins. In all her work, Kim seeks to serve God by awakening, strengthening, and enlivening the faith commitment of individuals, as well as empowering communities of faith to become visible witnesses to the love of Christ for the world.

Prasanth Bethu

Prasanth Bethu currently serves as a pastor of Krupa Samajam, one of the fastest growing churches in Mangalagiri, India.

Prasanth earned an undergraduate degree in Computer Science and completed his Master of Divinity at Southern Asia Bible College, Bengaluru, India. In 2018, he graduated with a Master in Leadership from the Asbury Theological Seminary. After graduation, Prasanth worked as a pastoral intern at Mt. Horeb Church. With a deep burden to serve his people in India, Prasanth moved back to India in 2019. His passion is to reach young people and equip them to reach the unreached people in the country of India.

Prasanth is married to Anusha, and they are blessed with two wonderful girls, Vihitha and Vishita, affectionately known as Betty & Pretty to all of their American family and friends.