George Barna - Bio

Barna is a Professor at Arizona Christian University and Director of Research at its Cultural Research Center, focusing on worldview assessment and development, and cultural transformation. He is also the Sr. Research Fellow at Family Research Council Center for Biblical Worldview. He is also a Fellow at the Townsend Institute at Concordia University.

He was the founder The Barna Group (which he sold in 2009), the Barna Institute, the American Culture and Faith Institute, and Metaformation. Through those entities he has conducted groundbreaking research on worldview, cultural transformation, ministry applications, spiritual development, and politics. He has provided research and strategy for several hundred parachurch ministries, thousands of Christian churches, the U.S. military, Fortune 500 companies, and has supplied polling and strategy to four presidential candidates. He has also served on multiple Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards.

To date, Barna has authored or co-authored 57 books addressing social and religious trends, worldview, leadership, spiritual development, church dynamics, and cultural transformation. They include New York Times bestsellers and several award-winning books. His books have been translated into more than a dozen foreign languages.

He previously taught at several universities and seminaries; served as the Teaching Pastor of a large, multi-ethnic church; pastor of a house church; an elder in four congregations; and has helped to start several churches. After graduating summa cum laude from Boston College, Barna earned two Master’s degrees from Rutgers University and received a doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.

George and his wife Nancy attended high school, college, and grad school together before marrying in 1978. They have three adopted daughters and three grandchildren, and currently live on the central California coast and in Phoenix.

Coach Joe Kennedy - Bio

Coach Joe Kennedy, an eighteen-year Marine veteran, was an assistant coach for the Bremerton High School (BHS) varsity football team. Before he even coached his first game, the Marine-turned-football coach made a commitment to God that he would give thanks at the conclusion of each game for what the players had accomplished and for the opportunity to be part of their lives through football. This was met with disapproval from his school district and turned into a lengthy court battle. On June 27, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Coach Kennedy and his First Amendment right. He looks forward to being reinstated and returning to the field. Joe and his wife, Denise, are parents to four and reside currently in Pensacola. A film inspired by his life is in development. He continues to speak across the country promoting freedom of speech.

Watch the story of Joe’s win at the Supreme Court

Carrie Abbott - Bio

With 32 years of teaching, Carrie is a tremendously popular national speaker, author and radio show host. Her witty and fast paced style, combined with her depth of knowledge is one of many reasons she is considered a great communicator and leading expert on the topic of relationships and sexuality. She has spoken to people across the nation, in venues as diverse as: state legislatures, churches, universities, youth events, medical associations, conferences, banquets, broadcast radio & TV, and she is featured in several video series. Carrie hosts a daily 30-minute radio show called Relationship Insights which is heard on stations in WA, CA, NV, KS, OK, MO and downloaded in 138 countries from ,a href="https://CarrieAbbott.com" target="_blank">CarrieAbbott.com.

As a founder and President of The Legacy Institute, Carrie is the lead educator and go-to expert on philosophy, theology and content for the Legacy Institute. Carrie oversees research and development of all resources at Legacy, serves as a consultant to other organizations and teaches nationwide.

A few more facts:

• Carrie is the author of The Sexual Integrity Program, An innovative program used by Pregnancy Resource Centers in 49 states and 13 countries. 
• Carrie is the author and teacher in The Biblical Blueprint for Sexual Integrity video series used nationwide and internationally. 
• Carrie is the Executive Producer and one of the lead authors of Relationships with Integrity, a K-12 relationship curricula used nationwide.  
• Carrie is the Executive Producer and a lead author of Emily’s Club, a Jr. High resource for girls.
• Carrie is the Executive Producer and editor of Kingdom, Power, Glory, a manhood study based on the Lord’s Prayer. 
• Carrie is a contributing author in several projects including: Clergy Sexual Misconduct and a Technical Assistance Module for Federal Abstinence Grantees nationwide.  
• Carrie was one of the first recipients of The Community Impact Award from Families Northwest (now Stronger Families) in Washington State. 
• Carrie has been in ministry since she was 17.  She served for years in youth work, served 13 years with an abstinence program (eight years as Director), has trained hundreds of teachers nationwide, mentored young married couples with her husband, and spent many years in a variety of other ministry opportunities. 
• Carrie worked for Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer, and a securities litigation expert, and received her securities license in the process.  She also started her own event planning business - The Main Event, planning corporate events and weddings for eight years. 
• Carrie attended a variety of colleges, including Northwest University in Kirkland WA. and Capernwray Bible School in Sweden and England, where she met her husband, Greg.  They have been happily married for 38 years, have five grown children, fifteen grandchildren and live in the Seattle area. 
• Carrie needed more to do so she and Greg chose to home-school their five children for nine years, until she admits, “I just got tired” and put them in private school.  

What Carrie Likes:
Ice-cream (the fattening kind), soup on a cold day, candles, new shoes, sunshine, family and friends, funny people, a cogent argument, truth, history, the sermons of Charles Spurgeon, passion in action, teaching, decorating, gardening, the color green, a bargain, her Bible.

What Carrie Dislikes:
Baby shower games, mean people, hot peppers, airports, plastic flowers, liars, death in any form, willful ignorance, telemarketing calls, bad hair, feminism that doesn’t help women and emasculates men, unpatriotic attitudes, legalism, evil, fake butter, ironing.

For a complete curriculum vitae go to CarrieAbbott.com .