Mike Nappa is an award-winning, Arab-American author and editor of Christian books and ministry resources. He holds a master's degree in English, a second master's degree in Bible & Theology, and a ba...

Mike Nappa is an award-winning, Arab-American author and editor of Christian books and ministry resources. He holds a master's degree in English, a second master's degree in Bible & Theology, and a bachelor's degree in Christian Education. He is a contributing writer for Crosswalk, Christianity.com and Beliefnet. Mike served in ministry for years and co-authored a number of books with his wife, Amy, before losing her to cancer in 2016. He resides in Colorado, where he continues to write and comfort those who grieve.

As co-creator of VeggieTales and the voice of the beloved Larry The Cucumber, Mike Nawrocki has been making entertaining and wholesome content for kids since 1993. He created, wrote and directed most...

As co-creator of VeggieTales and the voice of the beloved Larry The Cucumber, Mike Nawrocki has been making entertaining and wholesome content for kids since 1993. He created, wrote and directed most of the extremely popular “Silly Songs with Larry” segments, and lent his screenwriting and directing talents to VeggieTales episodes as well as their movies JONAH AND THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING. Mike also developed and wrote for 3-2-1 PENGUINS! and authored a number of VeggieTales Books and CD projects. Mike serves as Assistant Professor of Film and Animation at Lipscomb University and co-hosts the weekly podcast, “The Bible for Kids.”

Mike Noriega is a spokesperson, author, and public speaker. Through his personal journey with loss following the aftermath of the Surfside Condo Collapse, Noriega has become an inspirational voice for...

Mike Noriega is a spokesperson, author, and public speaker. Through his personal journey with loss following the aftermath of the Surfside Condo Collapse, Noriega has become an inspirational voice for both his family and community, sharing their experience, struggles and unwavering faith through the colossal tragedy. He has shared several platforms with notable figures such as Florida Governor, Ron Desantis; Miami Dade Mayor, Daniela Levine Cava; Pastor Rich Wilkerson Jr. of VOUS Church and many others. Noriega’smission is to guide and empower others in their journey of hope, healing and restoration, offering the wisdom of an “uncollapsable” soul, even in the face of heartbreak.

Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing Kansas’ 4th Distri...

Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing Kansas’ 4th District. Secretary Pompeo graduated first in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain. He rose to the rank of Captain and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School. Before serving in Congress, he spent a decade leading two manufacturing businesses in South Central Kansas. Mike Pompeo is married to his wife, Susan -- with whom he taught 5th grade Sunday school for many years -- and has one son, Nick.

Mike is the founder and president of Creation Training Initiative. He is an international speaker and teacher on biblical creation, apologetics, and Christian education. He has been involved in creati...

Mike is the founder and president of Creation Training Initiative. He is an international speaker and teacher on biblical creation, apologetics, and Christian education. He has been involved in creation apologetics for over 35 years. Mike has spoken at NASA, many secular and Christian universities, churches around the world, state homeschool conventions and secular and Christian schools. Prior to being involved in creation ministry Mike was a Captain in the USMC and a nation champion in track and field. Mike’s experience in the education field includes: -B.S. Mathematics, M.A. Education -Teacher junior and senior high school -Adjunct professor Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry -Instructor at the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School -Speaker and author for Answers in Genesis -Director/instructor U.S. Sprint’s worldwide engineer and technical training -Director/instructor Microsoft’s engineer training -Instructor for the United States Marine Corps -Developed and taught teacher training and communication skills courses worldwide He resides in Meridian, ID with his wife Lesley.

Mike had the great privilege of being born into a Christian home in Louisville, Kentucky with parents who modeled a consistent Godly lifestyle. Though he at times challenged the faith of his parents,...

Mike had the great privilege of being born into a Christian home in Louisville, Kentucky with parents who modeled a consistent Godly lifestyle. Though he at times challenged the faith of his parents, God graciously brought him to a saving knowledge of himself as a young man. In college, Mike was deeply impacted by a college ministry called the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and felt a call towards ministry. Following college, God graciously directed Mike to a strong local church in Denton Texas where he initially studied under the Pastor for a year before joining the church. Mike’s plans were always smaller than God’s and he desired to return to his home area to pastor a local church. God chose to keep him in Texas, allowing him to attend the University of North Texas, earning an MBA in 1994; and Dallas Theological Seminary where he earned a Masters of Theology in 2003. In Texas he also met and married the love of his life, Kerry and they now have three teenaged boys. Mike left the business world and joined Denton Bible’s staff in 1999 and has served there working in Missions since that time. Mike is a testimony of God’s gracious care for His children as God has guided Mike through his life, giving him much more than he ever could have expected or imagined. Mike currently serves as the missions pastor at Denton Bible where he loves to speak of God’s goodness and especially feels blessed to serve alongside and teach other men involved in ministry around the world.

Mike joined C12 as a member in 2010 while serving as an executive pastor for a large church in Texas and owner of a healthcare strategy consulting group. Prior to that he had served in a variety of l...

Mike joined C12 as a member in 2010 while serving as an executive pastor for a large church in Texas and owner of a healthcare strategy consulting group. Prior to that he had served in a variety of leadership roles in both operations and sales corporately for the Walgreen Company, financial services as well as strategic development work with Health by Design. In 2011 he exited his commitments to join the local C12 practice in San Antonio as an associate chair serving CEOs across that market. In 2013 he and a partner acquired the greater Central Texas region and stewarded it as it grew to a team of 8 full-time chairmen serving nearly 150 leaders. Mike is passionate about collaboration, strategic planning, Gospel initiatives and BHAG endeavors. With a background spanning Fortune 50 corporate settings, start ups, non-profit and local church, Mike has been discipled into an integrated life perspective around the calling all believers share to be disciple making disciples and ambassadors of Christ across all vocations and contexts. It was in 2005 when God revealed to Mike the perils of a “sacred versus secular” duality in life and since then he’s been on the adventure of living one life in Christ, with work as worship, business as ministry and life as mission. Mike grew up in Alaska, graduated from Trinity International University and the Loyola Graduate School of Business. He married his bijou of an Iowa farmers daughter, Jacqui, in 2002 and they have two daughters.

Mike Viola is the head of analytics at the Foundation for Economic Education, using data to help spread the message of liberty. He also sits on the board of America’s Future Atlanta, advocating for lo...

Mike Viola is the head of analytics at the Foundation for Economic Education, using data to help spread the message of liberty. He also sits on the board of America’s Future Atlanta, advocating for local solutions to the issues facing the metro area. He previously worked in finance, reporting on investments in the U.S. and Latin America. Mike developed his love of classical liberal ideals at the University of Chicago, where he studied political science and ancient Egyptian history, and he originally comes from Buffalo, NY.

“Mike Wiltz joined The Hope Center as President and CEO on March 1, 2022. Mike earned his Bachelor of Science degree in International Business at Illinois State University in 1987 and studied during t...

“Mike Wiltz joined The Hope Center as President and CEO on March 1, 2022. Mike earned his Bachelor of Science degree in International Business at Illinois State University in 1987 and studied during the summers of 1985 and 1986 at the College of Salzburg in Austria and The University of Paderborn in Germany. While having a heart for ministry, he first entered the corporate workforce in Chicago working for RR Donnelley for 20 years, starting out in a sales role, and rising to serve as VP of Corporate Accounts. The Lord then called Mike to serve as Executive Director at Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrollton, TX for the past 11 years. As President and CEO of The Hope Center, Mike oversees all day-to-day operations of the 185,000 square foot facility which is home to over 60 different Christian ministries. His background in both corporate and church leadership has uniquely gifted him to successfully implement the mission and vision of The Hope Center while creating a Christ-centered work environment.”

Mindy Belz is the senior editor of WORLD magazine. Writing for the publication since 1986, she has covered war in the Balkans, Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan—and has reported also from Nigeria, Syria, T...

Mindy Belz is the senior editor of WORLD magazine. Writing for the publication since 1986, she has covered war in the Balkans, Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan—and has reported also from Nigeria, Syria, Turkey, Haiti, and elsewhere. Her reporting has been published overseas and in the United States in The Weekly Standard and other publications. She has appeared on Fox News, ABC News, and radio talk shows. Mindy is a contributing author of Sorrow and Blood: Christian Mission in Contexts of Suffering, Persecution, and Martyrdom and speaks frequently about persecution and survival in the Middle East. She enjoys engaging with younger audiences on a broad range of current events, as well as teaching journalism both abroad and closer to home under the auspices of the World Journalism Institute. Mindy worked on Capitol Hill and attended George Washington University, but for more than thirty years has lived in Asheville, NC, where she is a wife and mother of four children.

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude), Ph.D. (laser physics), is a world-class cataract and LASIK eye surgeon, philanthropist, and community activist. He is the founding director of Wang...

Dr. Ming Wang, Harvard & MIT (MD, magna cum laude), Ph.D. (laser physics), is a world-class cataract and LASIK eye surgeon, philanthropist, and community activist. He is the founding director of Wang Vision Institute and a Clinical Professor for Meharry Medical College, both in Nashville, TN. Dr. Wang has performed over 55,000 procedures, including over 4,000 doctors. He has published over 100 papers, including one in the world-renowned journal Nature, as well as 10 ophthalmic textbooks

Miriam Grossman MD is board certified in psychiatry and in the sub-specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry. Before gender ideology was on anyone’s radar, she warned parents about its falsehoods a...

Miriam Grossman MD is board certified in psychiatry and in the sub-specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry. Before gender ideology was on anyone’s radar, she warned parents about its falsehoods and dangers in her 2009 book about sexuality education, "You’re Teaching My Child WHAT?" Dr. Grossman’s practice currently focuses on gender-distressed young people and their parents. She believes that every child is born in the right body. Dr Grossman has been vocal about the capture of her profession by ideologues, leading to dangerous and experimental treatments on children and betrayal of parents. The author of five books, Dr. Grossman's work has been translated into eleven languages. She has testified in Congress and lectured at the British House of Lords and the United Nations. Dr. Grossman is featured in the Daily Wire’s What Is A Woman?, Fox Nation’s The Miseducation of America, and many other documentaries. Her expert psychiatric opinion is sought for witness testimony and court reports.