Senior Leadership Team

Ryan Wyatt

Ryan Wyatt is the host of the TV show “Abiding Glory with Ryan Wyatt”, as well as the Founder and Senior Leader of Abiding Glory Church and International Ministry Base, located in Knoxville, TN, which includes:

• Abiding Glory Church
• Abiding Glory TV
• Abiding Glory Kingdom Network (an apostolic network of ministries, and churches)
• Abiding Glory Kingdom Institute (Bible college)
• Cry For Justice (pulling women and children out of modern-day sex slavery)
• The Love War (youth and young adult movement)
• The SOZO Center (wholeness center for spirit, soul and body)
• and more to come...

Ryan has an apostolic calling to raise up an army of believers to establish and expand the Kingdom of God, “on Earth as it is in Heaven”. His church and ministry is marked by a strong miracle-healing anointing as well as a unique and inspiring prophetic teaching gift that launches believers into new dimensions of intimacy, power and supernatural lifestyle with God while also establishing a healthy balance and foundation in the Word of God, with Godly Character.

Ryan believes that the same presence, power, love and character that Jesus manifested in His single human body He will also manifest through His corporate body, the church. There is a church that Jesus is building and that He burns with passion for. Ryan has a heart to see the church become all she is destined to be! To this end, Ryan focuses on training both ministry leaders and believers so they can be equipped for the work of ministry, and released as a mighty army, establishing and expanding the Kingdom of God in every sphere of culture, all throughout the Earth.

Ryan, his wife Kelly, and their three sons live in Knoxville, TN.

If you would like to invite Ryan Wyatt for a ministry engagement, please follow the instructions on the "Invite a Speaker" page in the Events & Itineraries section of AbidingGlory.com.

Connect with Ryan Wyatt on Facebook or Twitter.

Kelly Wyatt

Kelly Wyatt is the co-founder of Abiding Glory Church & International Ministry Base along with her husband Ryan. Kelly is also the Director for Abiding Glory Church. Her hearts desire is to see the body of Christ walk out the destiny that God has purposed for their lives individually and as a corporate body. As a body, we want to see the Knoxville area/region and beyond impacted by those who are advancing the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. 

Kelly is the Founder and President of Cry For Justice. This area of ministry was founded to help take action against modern day sex slavery in America. Children from all over the world are being forced to live in this horrific lifestyle. Kelly’s heart is to bring awareness to this growing issue among American children as well as provide healing and restoration to their lives.

Sue Mead

Sue Mead serves on the Senior Leadership Team for Abiding Glory Church & International Ministry Base, overseeing many areas such as Inner-healing & Deliverance, Women's Ministry, and Ministry Teams. She has been in full time ministry since 1992. Since that time, she  has directed two different residential homes for women with life controlling issues: one for drug addicts and prostitutes in the heart of New York City, and the other a home for unwed moms in the mountains of Wyoming. During that period of time, she also was youth pastor in a local church. Sue has served as Dean of Women and Director of Pastoral Care at the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry, and also was a faculty member. She then helped establish an international training center to teach and equip people to do inner healing and deliverance. She is the founder and president of Safe Haven, a ministry to the brokenhearted. Sue also travels nationally and internationally, teaching and equipping the body of Christ, raising up teams of people to do inner healing and set the captive free. She also is an associate in independent practice at The Sozo Center in Knoxville, Tennessee and sits on the board of directors to several internationally known ministries. Sue is a mother of two and a grandmother of four.

Vince Gibson

Vince Gibson serves on the Senior Leadership Team  for Abiding Glory Church & International Ministry Base, both as the Senior Worship Leader and overseeing CONNECT, the connecting, relational, and community facet of the ministry. Vince has worked in ministry for 23 years in various capacities. Vince has a passion to lead others into the tangible presence of God and encourages the body to engage in the realms of the Spirit through worship. Vince longs to see the sounds of Heaven released here upon the earth to usher in the Kingdom.

Vince has a Hegai mandate from the book of Esther to prepare the bride of Christ for an encounter with the King and lead them to the chamber doors. Vince longs to equip the entire body of Christ to bring people into deeper places with Him. Vince loves to speak on bringing Heaven to earth, returning to the garden, and seeking out the pre-fall walk. As Vince teaches he is always looking for that moment when the wind blows and we are caught away into an intimate encounter with our Love.

Vince is married to Leslie Gibson, who serves as the Kid's Pastor and Product Manager for Abiding Glory Church & International Ministry Base.

Jeremy Caris

Jeremy Caris serves on the Senior Leadership Team for Abiding Glory Church & International Ministry Base, overseeing GROW, the discipleship, training, and equipping facet of the ministry. Jeremy longs to see the body of Christ demonstrating both the character and power of Jesus which flows from the surrendered life. His passion is to train and equip the Church to function as the warrior bride of Jesus, fulfilling the original mandate that God gave mankind to extend the rule and reign of His Kingdom throughout all of creation. He typically operates in a revelatory teaching anointing with bold demonstrations of healing, miracles, and prophetic ministry. Jeremy and his wife Mandy have been married for more than ten years and live in Knoxville, TN along with their two sons.

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If you would like to invite Jeremy Caris for a ministry engagement, please follow the instructions on the "Invite a Speaker" page in the Events & Itineraries section of AbidingGlory.com.

Connect with Jeremy Caris on Facebook or Twitter, visit his personal website at JeremyCaris.com, or view his current itinerary.

Scott Hughes

Scott Hughes serves on the Senior Leadership Team for Abiding Glory Church and International Ministry Base, both as the Chief Operations Officer and overseeing DO, the mobilizing facet of the ministry. In addition to his operations work, Scott has many years of ministry experience in leading teams of people that are operating with the Kingdom Mandate of seeing Heaven invade Earth. Scott's main gifting is an apostolic/governmental anointing with a strong desire towards Social Justice issues. Scott has been an active participant in the pro-life community for nearly a decade. His heart beats for the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth, for social justice issues, and for the depths of the Father to be experienced in the lives of believers. As a result, Scott typically teaches on apostolic/governmental issues of the Kingdom, the Foundations of the Kingdom, Spiritual Disciplines in the everyday lives of believers, and on Social Justice issues relating to the Church.

Scott has been married for 12 years to Raychel Hughes. Together they have four children and reside in Knoxville, TN.

If you would like to invite Scott Hughes for a ministry engagement, please follow the instructions on the "Invite a Speaker" page in the Events & Itineraries section of AbidingGlory.com.

Ministry Directors

Steve Wyatt