Tyler Ellis

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Author | Speaker | Associate Director of FriendSpeak — Let’s Start Talking

Tyler Ellis is an artist, an award-winner author of Question Everything, and a keynote speaker. After earning his bachelor’s degree in Biblical Studies and spending the last two decades serving in missions and College Ministry, he now works for a nonprofit called Let’s Start Talking. As the Associate Director of FriendSpeak at LST, Tyler trains churches around the country to help refugees and international students improve their English through conversational reading sessions using the Bible. A frequent guest on podcasts and radio shows, his insights have been featured in many popular blogs and websites, including ChurchLeaders.com, MichaelHyatt.com, CampusMinistry.org, and Pastor.com. On a mission to dispel the misconceptions about Jesus and Christianity that keep people from knowing God and impacting eternity, Tyler’s ministry travels have taken him to South Korea, Australia, Samoa, Mexico, and Honduras. Best-known for his TEDx Talk, “Jesus Is Not A Role Model” (aka: “Finding Meaning in Daily Acts of Good”), his speaking engagements include the Campus for Christ Conference, Pepperdine Bible Lectures, National Student Conference, and Lubbock Christian University. Tyler was raised in Portland, Oregon, and now lives with his wife and three daughters in Fort Worth, TX.

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FriendSpeak

FriendSpeak uses a unique set of tools and training that makes starting an outreach program in your church neighborhood simple, affordable and effecti...

Featured on: Thursday, January 30, 2020

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Jesus Is Not A Role Mode

An award-winning author who has been in ministry since 1999, Mr. Tyler Ellis, has a fresh idea about the human experience. According to Tyler, the key...

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September 9, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Trans Violence

Did we need a study on this topic? Apparently, we did need such a study since it was immediately attacked as soon as it was published. Researchers found a strong correlation between proponents of a tr...

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September 8, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Birth Rate Effects

Last month, Jim Geraghty wrote about the “Five Non-Debt Problems That the U.S. Government is Largely Ignoring.” Most of those problems resulted from the decline in the U.S. birth rate. He documents ho...

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September 7, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Labor Day

Today is Labor Day. Although this day was set aside to honor trade and labor organizations, I believe it is a day when Christians can also consider how they view work and labor.

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