Director of Digital Platforms at Grace to You | Co-host of the ‘Just Thinking’ podcast | Author | Speaker | For booking and/or media inquiries, please contact Charles Dorris & Associates, LLC at charlesdorris@gmail.com
Virgil Walker
Vice President of Ministry Relations for G3 Ministries. Vital operations professional with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Theological Studies (MTS) from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
George Barna
George Barna is a Professor and the Director of Research at Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center. He has conducted groundbreaking research on worldview, cultural transformation, ministry applications, spiritual development, and elections. In addition to providing research and strategy for several hundred parachurch ministries, thousands of Christian churches, the U.S. military, and Fortune 500 companies, he has conducted polls and provided strategy input for four presidential candidates and various federal and state candidates. He has conducted more than 1,000 surveys which have interviewed more than one million Americans. Barna has written or co-authored 60 books, including his new bestseller, Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind and Soul. His books and articles typically address cultural and religious trends, leadership, spiritual development, church dynamics, and societal transformation.
Jaci Velasquez, Author
Multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist Jaci Velasquez shares how she overcame the challenges of early fame and a failed marriage and trusted God to turn her broken pieces into priceless treasures.
After the release of her first album at the awkward age of sixteen, Jaci Velasquez found sudden fame. Five of the songs reached number one, and she became the first and fastest-selling solo artist in Christian music history to reach gold status with a debut album. Despite her initial success, however, her career stalled, and her young marriage ended after little more than a year, leaving her feeling broken, used up, and sometimes useless. But God repurposed those experiences for a greater plan as her renewed faith carried her through a resurrected career, the adventures of a second marriage, and the ups-and-downs of being a wife and mother of two boys, including one diagnosed with autism.
Through a blend of personal narrative, practical strategies, and the truth of God’s word, Jaci invites readers to rewrite their own stories and dream new dreams for their lives. Her life-transforming insights will guide readers in not only overcoming challenges, wrong turns, and often painful circumstances, but also in growing from those experiences and becoming equipped and empowered to help others.
Allie Stuckey
Allie Beth Stuckey is a wife, mom of 3, and the host of the podcast Relatable, where she analyzes culture, theology, and politics from a Christian, conservative perspective. She’s the author of You’re Not
Enough (& That’s Ok), as well as an upcoming book titled Toxic Empathy, to be released this fall. Allie speaks to organizations, schools, and churches across the country about the importance of viewing current issues through a Biblical worldview.
Jaci Velasquez
Jaci Velasquez grew up in an evangelical church where her parents were singers, evangelists and pastors. Jaci has been singing since she was nine years old, and has been singing professionally for nearly 17 years. Contemporary Christian audiences are most familiar with her hit songs, “On My Knees” (A Dove award winning “Song of the Year”) as well as “God So Loved” and “You’re My God.” Jaci has sold over four million albums, garnered three RIAA certified Platinum recordings, three RIAA certified Gold recordings, sixteen #1 radio hits, and has graced more than 50 magazine covers. Her resume includes ad campaigns for Pepsi, Doritos, Target, Frizz-Ease, and Helzberg Diamonds.
Jaci’s latest CD is called Diamond and last year she appeared in two faith based films – The Encounter & Jerusalem Countdown. This year look for Jaci in a new film Rumors of Wars with Jaime Grace and Mac Powell from Third Day. Jaci is also working on a new devotional and writing a new book, Coffee and Concealer.
Jaci is married to Nic Gonzales, lead singer of the Christian group Salvador. Jaci and Nic were blessed with their son Zealand in 2007 and second son Soren in 2009.