EVENT STAFF

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Shelly Butler is the visionary and founder of All Generations Festival and the non-profit Shelly Butler Ministries. 

She has been an exhorter to men and women around the world for over 30 years traveling throughout the United States, Africa, China, India, and many other countries sharing the Gospel through her powerful testimony of healing and victory.

She has been a teacher and mentor for women at the Nashville Rescue Mission and she currently ministers at Tennessee Prison For Women with a team dedicated to helping women who have been incarcerated. She is a mentor through Project Connect, a ministry helping the poor find jobs and housing.

Shelly is a published author of The Girl In The Hallway: Out Of The Shadows And Into The Light.

April Potter, President and Founder of April Potter Entertainment is a full-service entertainment company specializing in tour scheduling, artist management, social media, event planning, branding and marketing. April has over 25 years of experience in the music and entertainment industry working with some of the largest artists and festivals in the US.

Located in Nashville, Tennessee,  their broad array talent roster has performed at arenas, stadiums, auditoriums, churches, fairs, festivals, schools, casinos, city events, corporate events, coffee-houses, conferences and theme parks, cruise ships and many other venues. The April Potter Entertainment has worked with artists in many genres including Rock, Country, Christian, Gospel, Bluegrass and most recently making a name in the tribute band world working with some of the most well-known artist in the world. 

One of the highlights of her career, came in 2020, writing the original story and coordinating the publicity of her own father, Terrell Potter’s kidney journey story which ended up going viral world-wide making headlines in every major news and print network in 27+ countries. The story was unique in the fact that Potter, a retired police officer was given a kidney from a girl whom he had arrested years earlier. The story was originally picked up by Rick Karle of channel 13 news in Birmingham, AL and went on to air on the  World News, NBC Nightly News, Fox News, Guideposts, Woman’s World, New York Post, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Voice, People, Police1, NDTV, Tamron Hall Show, iheart Radio, India Times, The Logical Indian, The Today Show,  GOD TV, OnStar, Daily Star, Police Magazine, Opera News Africa, The Western Journal, Dr. Oz Show and numerous others. 

John and Jeanette Bush began serving the Lord together in 1980. After living and serving in the Midwest, Southern California, and Alabama, they now call South Carolina home. They founded Across Festivals ministry in January 2003 and continue to follow God’s calling and invite others to join in as they work alongside one another to share the Gospel and enlarge the Kingdom of God.

John Bush, spends countless hours at each location to help the local churches and communities prepare for their event. He helps cast the vision, enlist and train area team leaders, assist in the fund raising, lead in training counselors, and general promotion of each event. His wife, Jeanette, assists in administrative duties for the ministry, helps with planning,  and serves in coordinating volunteers at events when possible.

As a former member of the award-winning, multi-platinum country band Confederate Railroad, I spent 16 years with the band. Life in the music business can be hard, and even the most grounded person can lose himself with all of the pressures that come along with stardom. During that time I thought I had it all until I found myself completely lost and in the middle of a $70,000/year cocaine addiction. After hitting rock bottom, I eventually went into rehab where I had to admit I had a problem and was in need of a Higher power to help me.

After rehab, and I found myself at Bayside Baptist Church in Harrison, TN and heard a message on Jer. 29:11-13. Convicted by the word of God, I was led to the altar by one of God’s saints, where I totally

surrendered my life to Christ.

Since He has changed my life, my heartbeat is about sharing what I found in and through Jesus Christ. Many conversations over the years have led to opportunities to lead people to Christ or pray for various

needs.

For the past 22 years, my team and I have been serving in churches, crusades, revivals, prisons, and rehab centers all over the US.

With the ability to connect to people of any age group, culture, or background, evangelist Ken Freeman lives with a passion to bring people to know Christ and to make a deeper, more intimate, commitment to Him.

He has a passion for his ministry and he’s had an enormous amount of opportunities to do what he loves most, lead people to Christ.  All of this being said, it’s important to note, Ken’s life has not always been this way.

The son of an alcoholic mother and an absentee father, Ken’s life was filled with abuse and neglect.  Often times he and his sister would be left for days while his mother satisfied her addiction to alcohol and possible other drugs.  Other times she’d leave them with a boyfriend who would physically and sexually abuse them.  There were times he thought about suicide.  Other times he thought about murder.  His life seemed out of control.  Ken spent his life running, trying to survive.  He was bitter, hurt, and alone.

Despite a horrifying childhood, Ken defied all odds with one choice that would change his life forever, his decision to accept Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.  With that one choice Ken’s years of mental and physical abuse turned from a useless mess, to a powerful message.

Ken’s approach to evangelism allows him to grab the attention of his audience through humor and his down to earth personality.  His message, then, is always delivered in a fresh, easy to understand manner that roots itself in God’s word.  Ken’s ability to be versatile allows him to communicate well in any setting, traditional or contemporary, school auditorium or church staff meeting, a large convention or an intimate retreat.

One thing is certain; God has given Ken a passion for the lost and the brokenhearted that is evident within his ministry and his everyday life.