Evangelist Lance Alves is the founder and president of Alves Ministries, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With over 20 years of ministry experience, he serves alongside his wife, Heather, and their five children in passionately pursuing a God-given mission to reach the 426 million unreached people in Africa who have never heard the Gospel. A former missionary who lived in Africa, Lance has served in various roles including outreach, youth, and children's pastor. Empowered by the Holy Spirit, he has developed mobile stage trucks to bring the Gospel into remote regions and has preached to over a million people through radio and television. With a heart for innovation and a passion for aviation, Lance is committed to using every tool possible to carry the name of Jesus to the ends of the earth. using it as another means to bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth. 

Heather Alves is the co-founder and vice president of Alves Ministries, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Alongside her husband, Lance, and their five children, she serves with a heart fully devoted to God’s call to reach the unreached. A pastor’s kid and former missionary to Africa, Heather has a deep love for the nations and a passion for worship. She has served in various worship-leading roles, mentoring others to worship in spirit and truth and leading people into the presence of God. Heather treasures the privilege of ministering as a family; discipling their children while bringing the hope of Jesus to those who have never heard His name.