Dr. David Olshine is professor and director of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture at Columbia International University in South Carolina.
David has spoken to over 2.5 million people, has written 15 books, 35 plus articles and selected in 2015 as one of the recipients of Outstanding Teacher of the Year award.
David is married to Rhonda and has two kids, Rachel and Andrew, a son-in-law... learn more
Naomi Cramer Overton is an expert on millennial families living out their meaning in ways that give them, and those they serve, life. Most importantly, she knows moms and she knows mission.
Overton was the President and CEO of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International, where she led and learned from more than 250,000 millennial and Gen-X families. She also worked as a management consultant... learn more
Having written over 1200 songs in every genre since the age of 13, and being a worship leader since the age of 13, Kurtis truly understands the gift of music, and the potential for it’s impact on our world today. Some may recognize him as a top 50 finalist on American Idol’s fourth season. Kurtis has also appeared on the Fox Morning... learn more
James H. (Jim) Pence is a full-time speaker, singer, chalk artist, writer, and editor, living in North Texas. Jim turned to writing in 1988 as a helpful means of expression after the death of his baby daughter Michelle. Eight years later, Dallas Seminary's Kindred Spirit published "A Road Not Chosen," Jim's narrative account of his and his wife's experience.
Jim's biggest book is the... learn more
Krista Phillips is the author of Sandwich, with a Side of Romance and A Side of Faith. She enjoys life with her husband and their four beautiful daughters in Tennessee. She is an advocate for congenital heart defect and organ donation awareness and blogs at www.kristaphillips.com.... learn more
Nicole Phillips is a champion for using kindness to overcome all of life’s difficulties, including her own battle with breast cancer.
She spreads the message of the healing power of kindness as host of the weekly show “The Kindness Podcast” ... through her weekly column, Kindness is Contagious, which runs in newspapers in North Dakota and Minnesota ... and as a featured weekly guest... learn more
Michael Phillips has been writing in the Christian marketplace since 1977. He is the author of over a hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, including many bestsellers, with total sales over seven million books. He is known as one of the premier novelists of the Christian fiction boom of the 1980s, and as the man responsible for the renaissance of interest in Scotsman... learn more
Steve Poe, Lead Pastor of Northview Church in central Indiana, got his start in ministry at Caring First Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he pastored for 13 years. After coming to Northview Church in 1999, Steve has led with a passion to reach the unchurched.
Steve started his career in the business world, first opening three restaurants and franchising two others. He also... learn more
Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch”, Kara serves as an Advisor to Youth Specialties and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or co-author of a number of books including Growing Young, The Sticky... learn more
Christina M. H. Powell is the author of Questioning Your Doubts: A Harvard PhD Explores Challenges to Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2014). She trained as a biomedical research scientist at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, conducting research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She has been a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and a research associate at Boston University.
She is also an... learn more
Authors of Faith Based Books
Authors of Faith Based Books
Dr. David Olshine is professor and director of Youth Ministry, Family and Culture at Columbia International University in South Carolina. David has spoken to over 2.5 million people, has written 15 books, 35 plus articles and selected in 2015 as one of the recipients of Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. David is married to Rhonda and has two kids, Rachel and Andrew, a son-in-law... learn more
Naomi Cramer Overton is an expert on millennial families living out their meaning in ways that give them, and those they serve, life. Most importantly, she knows moms and she knows mission. Overton was the President and CEO of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International, where she led and learned from more than 250,000 millennial and Gen-X families. She also worked as a management consultant... learn more
Having written over 1200 songs in every genre since the age of 13, and being a worship leader since the age of 13, Kurtis truly understands the gift of music, and the potential for it’s impact on our world today. Some may recognize him as a top 50 finalist on American Idol’s fourth season. Kurtis has also appeared on the Fox Morning... learn more
James H. (Jim) Pence is a full-time speaker, singer, chalk artist, writer, and editor, living in North Texas. Jim turned to writing in 1988 as a helpful means of expression after the death of his baby daughter Michelle. Eight years later, Dallas Seminary's Kindred Spirit published "A Road Not Chosen," Jim's narrative account of his and his wife's experience. Jim's biggest book is the... learn more
Krista Phillips is the author of Sandwich, with a Side of Romance and A Side of Faith. She enjoys life with her husband and their four beautiful daughters in Tennessee. She is an advocate for congenital heart defect and organ donation awareness and blogs at www.kristaphillips.com.... learn more
Nicole Phillips is a champion for using kindness to overcome all of life’s difficulties, including her own battle with breast cancer. She spreads the message of the healing power of kindness as host of the weekly show “The Kindness Podcast” ... through her weekly column, Kindness is Contagious, which runs in newspapers in North Dakota and Minnesota ... and as a featured weekly guest... learn more
Michael Phillips has been writing in the Christian marketplace since 1977. He is the author of over a hundred books, both fiction and non-fiction, including many bestsellers, with total sales over seven million books. He is known as one of the premier novelists of the Christian fiction boom of the 1980s, and as the man responsible for the renaissance of interest in Scotsman... learn more
Steve Poe, Lead Pastor of Northview Church in central Indiana, got his start in ministry at Caring First Church in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he pastored for 13 years. After coming to Northview Church in 1999, Steve has led with a passion to reach the unchurched. Steve started his career in the business world, first opening three restaurants and franchising two others. He also... learn more
Kara Powell, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women to Watch”, Kara serves as an Advisor to Youth Specialties and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or co-author of a number of books including Growing Young, The Sticky... learn more
Christina M. H. Powell is the author of Questioning Your Doubts: A Harvard PhD Explores Challenges to Faith (InterVarsity Press, 2014). She trained as a biomedical research scientist at Harvard Medical School and Harvard University, conducting research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She has been a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and a research associate at Boston University. She is also an... learn more