Josh McDowell
Josh has been at the forefront of cultural trends and groundbreaking issues for over 58 years. Well known as an articulate speaker, he has authored over 151 books including More Than a Carpenter and Evidence that Demands a Verdict.
Josh appeared virtually at our 2021 conference, and his topic was 50 Shades of Love. Unfortunately, numerous technical issues prohibited production of a usable audio or video file of his presentation. He graciously provided us with his PowerPoint slides from the presentation which can be accessed here
Ben Bennett
Ben joined Cru staff in 2011. For many years, he experienced deep anger, shame, porn addiction and mental health issues like anxiety and depression before finding hope and healing through biblical, neuroscientific, and psychological solutions. He now serves with Josh McDowell Ministries as a author, speaker, and the Director of Uprising--a new national initiative helping youth overcome hurts and unwanted struggles, and also live a thriving life.
Ben was a virtual speaker at our 2021 conference, and his topic was The Seven Longings of Thriving. Ben and Josh were on the same format, so numerous technical issues prohibited production of a usable audio or video file of his presentation.
Transcript of Ben's Q&A at Transformational Truth are here
Ben's slides from our event are available here
Ben's blog can be accessed here
Ben's video Sexual Wholeness in a Pornified World is available here
Katy Faust
Katy Faust is Founder and Director of Them Before Us, and the author of Them Before Us-Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement. She publishes widely on the rights of children and is a regular contributor at The Federalist. Katy is the Washington State leader for the grassroots marriage movement CanaVox, and currently appears in their video series “Dear Katy.”
Katy spoke in person at our 2021 conference, on the topic of The Victims of the Sexual Revolution. Unfortunately, the video file from the presentation was linked with Josh and Ben's, so it was unusable.
Katy's PowerPoint slides are available here
Katy wrote responses to all questions asked during the conference that can be accessed here
Dr. Michael Brown
Michael L. Brown is the founder and president of AskDrBrown Ministries and of FIRE School of Ministry, and host of the daily, nationally, syndicated talk radio show, The Line of Fire. He also hosts TV shows on GOD TV, METV (in Israel and the Middle East), and NRBTV. He became a believer in Jesus in 1971 as a sixteen year-old, heroin-shooting, LSD-using, Jewish, rock drummer. Since then, he has preached throughout America and around the world, bringing a message of repentance, revival, reformation, and cultural revolution.
Dr. Brown was a virtual presenter at our 2021 conference, on the topic of Ministry Resource Selection and Review. Click below for the video--be prepared! The video starts immediately.
Dr. Katherine Rafferty
Katherine Rafferty (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) conducts research in interpersonal health communication with a focus on how patients and families manage and cope with chronic illness and end-of- life care. She is primarily a qualitative scholar, but also uses quantitative methods to examine research questions about family health communication needs. Katherine is an assistant teaching professor at Iowa State University where she teaches several undergraduate communication courses and mentors undergraduate students in their independent research projects. She is also an Associate Scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute. Prior to earning her PhD, Katherine worked as a Health Communication Specialist for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Rafferty spoke virtually on her recent qualitative research study on chemical abortion. A copy of the study is available here
Charlotte Lozier Institute link
Dr. Rafferty's Personal Research Lab website for updates on research is here
Copies of her PowerPoint slides from Transformational Truth are here
Jennifer Thorne
Jennifer Thorne came to Christ in 1984 and never looked back. She married Karl in 1988 and together they have raised five children, 4 boys, and 1 girl. In 1990 while at Bible college, the Lord gave her a vision for Christian discipleship which she has walked in ever since. God continues to direct what that looks like in each new season of life. Jen's life verse comes from Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds."
As an in person presenter at our 2021 conference, Jennifer's print materials can be accessed here.
Laura Perry
Laura Perry is a former transgender whose message of transformation through Jesus Christ to restore her feminine identity can relate to those who struggle, those who have transitioned, parents and loved ones, and those in the church who want to reach them. Her story has been covered on CBN’s The 700 Club Interactive, and various radio programs and articles. She has shared her story at several women’s conferences, Freedom March, churches, youth groups and more. After more than three years of discipleship, women’s studies, and meeting many other transgenders, she has learned and can relate many of the underlying issues that lead to transgenderism, the truth about the agenda, and how to help others out of it through the power of Jesus Christ. She recently published her autobiography, titled Transgender to Transformed, available on her blog website, transgendertotransformed.com or on Amazon. Laura is also currently a full-time staff member at First Stone Ministries in Oklahoma City.
