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This week Ben, John Paul, and Mary Margaret talk with Johnnie Moore, author of The Martyrs Oath, about how student pastors can help students understand and engage the persecuted church around the world.
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About Johnnie Moore
Johnnie Moore, author of the highly acclaimed Defying ISIS, is a speaker and a humanitarian who has been called one of the “world’s most influential young leaders” and “a modern day Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” His advocacy has provided tens-of-millions of dollars in emergency assistance to persecuted Christians, and in 2015 he helped lead the charge to get genocide resolutions against ISIS passed unanimously in both houses of the United States Congress and in the British and European Parliaments. He is a member of the White House Faith Advisory Council and is a recipient of the prestigious “medal of valor” from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Moore is also a widely read opinion columnist having written for The Washington Post, Fox News, Relevant Magazine, and CNN. He is a visiting lecturer at the Liberty University Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement, a fellow of the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling at Concordia University, and he is an international spokesperson for the Museum of the Bible. He serves on the boards of the National Association of Evangelicals, the World Evangelical Alliance, World Help, the Dream Center LA, the Anti-Defamation League of Los Angeles and My Faith Votes. He is the founder of The KAIROS Company.
About Ben Trueblood
Ben serves as the Director of Student Ministry for Lifeway Christian Resources and has served the local church as a student pastor for fourteen years. In addition to his role at Lifeway, Ben is involved in training, consulting, and speaking to student ministries throughout the U.S.
He is driven by a desire for student ministries to expand God’s Kingdom, to see the lives of students transformed by the gospel, and to produce students who shape the culture in which they live.
Ben and his wife Kristen have four young children. In his free time Ben enjoys family, fishing, hunting, and the St. Louis Cardinals.
You can follow Ben on Twitter at: @bentrueblood.
About John Paul Basham
John Paul serves as the Manager of Lifeway Student Ministry Publishing. He served in the local church for 10 years before coming on staff at Lifeway and has a deep passion for the work of the church and its mission to make disciples. He is married to Crystal Basham and has two boys, Levi and Titus.
You can follow John Paul on Twitter at: @Johnpaulbasham.
About Mary Margaret Collingsworth
Mary Margaret serves as the Girls Ministry Specialist for Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee, and has a Master of Arts in Christian Education from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. She served several churches as a Girls’ Minister, and teenage girls and their leaders are her favorite group of people on the planet. Mary Margaret has a passion to equip girls and women to dive deeply into God’s word and live out their calling. She also hosts Lifeway Women’s {MARKED} podcast.
Twitter: @marymargaretc Instagram: @marymargaretc
The Lifeway Student Ministry Podcast is designed to encourage and inform student ministry leaders at every level. Each episode Ben Trueblood will join with student ministry leaders and guests to talk about issues, both practical and philosophical, relating to student ministry and leadership. Our goal is to encourage student ministry leaders serving in the local church and to share insights learned from the student ministry community at large. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook!
