Rosaria Butterfield (PhD, Ohio State University) is an author, pastor’s wife, homeschool mom, and former professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University. She is the author of The Secre...

Rosaria Butterfield (PhD, Ohio State University) is an author, pastor’s wife, homeschool mom, and former professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University. She is the author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert; The Gospel Comes with a House Key; and Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age.

Rose was born and raised in Uganda and as a child lived in the town of Gulu, only to have to flee to safety from Rebel attacks. After Rose graduated college, she returned to Gulu with World Vision whe...

Rose was born and raised in Uganda and as a child lived in the town of Gulu, only to have to flee to safety from Rebel attacks. After Rose graduated college, she returned to Gulu with World Vision where she counseled, fed and loved the orphans. Rose is completely devoted and committed to the children and widows of Gulu. In February of 2007 World Vision wanted to relocate Rose to another area, but Rose told them she could not leave the children and resigned from her position. Since March 1, 2007, Rose has been working with Village of Hope. She is a huge asset to the work in Gulu. Her responsibilities consist of registering the organization with the government, buying land, overseeing all the building, hiring and logistics of getting the Village ready to move the children into.

Ross Izard is a senior fellow at the Independence Institute’s Education Policy Center. After working with the Education Policy Center for three years, Ross left the Independence Institute to become th...

Ross Izard is a senior fellow at the Independence Institute’s Education Policy Center. After working with the Education Policy Center for three years, Ross left the Independence Institute to become the National Policy Director at ACE Scholarships. ACE provides scholarships to low-income children to help pay the tuition costs at K-12 private schools. Ross has authored or coauthored a number of pieces on a variety of topics, including articles, policy briefs, issue papers, school profiles, and blogs. His editorials have been published by national, state, and local media outlets. He has assisted in the production of amicus briefs for the Colorado Supreme Court on important education issues, and has also been involved in legal disputes related to collective bargaining. Ross has appeared in and narrated Independence Institute videos in support of school choice and other education reform efforts, and he is frequently cited by a variety of news sources. Ross was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado and an M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. Ross lives in Douglas County, Colorado, with his wife and two young sons.

Judge Roy Moore is a life-long Alabamian and a committed constitutional conservative that has stood up for liberty and religious freedom his entire career. Judge Moore graduated from Etowah High Sc...

Judge Roy Moore is a life-long Alabamian and a committed constitutional conservative that has stood up for liberty and religious freedom his entire career. Judge Moore graduated from Etowah High School in Attalla, Alabama, in 1965 and from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1969 where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Arts and Engineering. He then served in the U.S. Army as a company commander with the Military Police Corps in Vietnam. After the Army, Judge Moore completed his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1977. During his legal career, Judge Moore became the first full-time Deputy District Attorney in Etowah County, Alabama, and served in this position from 1977 until 1982. In 1984, Judge Moore undertook private practice of law in Gadsden, Alabama. In 1992, Judge Moore became a judge of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama and served until his election as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 2000. In 2003, Judge Moore was removed from his position as Chief Justice by a judicial panel for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument that he installed in the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building to acknowledge the sovereignty of God From 2003 until 2012, Judge Moore served as President of the Foundation for Moral Law in Montgomery, lecturing throughout the Country and filing amicus curiae briefs regarding the United States Constitution in Federal District Courts, State Supreme Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal and the United States Supreme Court. Judge Moore was overwhelmingly re-elected by a vote of the people of Alabama as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in November of 2012 and took office in January of 2013. In 2016, Judge Moore was suspended for upholding the sanctity of marriage as between one man and one woman. He retired to seek the office of U.S. Senate in 2017. Judge Moore and his wife, Kayla, have four children and five grandchildren. They are members of First Baptist Church in Gallant, Alabama.

Since joining American Bible Society in 2014, Peterson has been leading the organization into its third century of ministry. Peterson's passion for the Bible and its transformative power stems from hi...

Since joining American Bible Society in 2014, Peterson has been leading the organization into its third century of ministry. Peterson's passion for the Bible and its transformative power stems from his own life-changing experience with the Scriptures as a young man. In 2017, he released his autobiography, Set Free, in which he shares how his experience as an inmate in a Mexican prison led him to a lifetime of service in Bible ministry. Peterson spent a decade as the president and CEO of The Seed Company, a Bible translation ministry based in Arlington, Texas. Prior to joining the Seed Company, Peterson held several leadership positions at Wycliffe. Early in his Wycliffe career, he served in Ecuador and Guatemala with Wycliffe's sister organization, SIL International, in field administration and government relations. He went on to become president and CEO of Wycliffe USA from 1997 to 2003. Before taking up full-time ministry work, Peterson held management positions with U.S. Shoe Corporation, Florsheim Corporation and American Greetings Corporation. Roy holds a master's degree in Social Science and Leadership Studies from Azusa Pacific University and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Roger Williams University. He graduated from Stanford University's Executive Program for Non-Profit Leaders and holds honorary doctorates from Taylor University and Eastern University. Peterson and his wife, Rita, live in Philadelphia. They have four children and six grandchildren.

Roy Wooten serves as the Executive Director of The Crucible Project. Prior to joining The Crucible Project, Roy served as a pastor, ministry executive, coach and counselor, which provided a solid foun...

Roy Wooten serves as the Executive Director of The Crucible Project. Prior to joining The Crucible Project, Roy served as a pastor, ministry executive, coach and counselor, which provided a solid foundation for his work leading the ministry and speaking to thousands of men and women worldwide at a variety of retreats and events. After attending his first weekend experience in January 2009, Roy began volunteering with The Crucible Project. For six years, he was a volunteer leader in The Crucible Project Houston community before transitioning to retreat leadership in 2014. Roy is a frequent speaker on issues impacting men such as biblical manhood, marriage and fatherhood, mental health and leadership. He has written several books, including Unstuck: 7 Steps to Break Free and Live Courageously and Full Throttle Into Fatherhood. He has also co-authored The Secret to Lifetime Love with his wife Devora. Roy earned his B.S. and M.S. in clinical and counseling psychology from Abilene Christian University. He and Devora have two married children and reside in San Antonio, Texas.

Ruben and Efraim Meulenberg, more commonly known online as the "Tornado Twins," are identical twin brothers, experienced media artists, programmers, consultants and the creators of FPS Control. Th...

Ruben and Efraim Meulenberg, more commonly known online as the "Tornado Twins," are identical twin brothers, experienced media artists, programmers, consultants and the creators of FPS Control. The Tornado Twins' materials have trained over 20,000 musicians and 40,000 game and app developers globally, including Disney Mobile. Some past clients include ING Bank, Thompson, Pearson Education, RedHat, Logica CMG and Orange. Born and raised in the Netherlands, the Tornado Twins immigrated to the United States to create meaningful media. They reside in southern California and serve on staff at Saddleback Church in the technology, communication and marketing ministries.

Russ Vought joined the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) when President Trump took office. Vought served as Director of OMB for nearly two years, first in an acting capacity and then confirmed by...

Russ Vought joined the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) when President Trump took office. Vought served as Director of OMB for nearly two years, first in an acting capacity and then confirmed by the Senate. He was a member of the President’s Cabinet and was responsible for overseeing the implementation of the President’s policy, management, and deregulatory agendas across the Executive Branch. During the Trump Administration, OMB was a key office in pushing for conservative victories and helping President Trump cut through bureaucracy. During his four years at OMB, Russ was one of Trump’s most trusted and competent managers, even called by The Economist, the President’s Toolkit. Prior to serving in the Trump Administration, Russ spent more than 20 years working in Washington, D.C. with grassroots and public policy organizations. He worked for seven years as Vice President of Heritage Action for America. Prior to this, he worked on Capitol Hill, serving as the Policy Director for the House Republican Conference, under then-Chairman Mike Pence, and as the Executive Director of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), and as a legislative assistance for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm. Russ graduated with a BA from Wheaton College in 1998 and a JD from the George Washington University Law School in 2004. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two daughters.

Russ studied Old Testament at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MA, biblical languages; PhD, Old Testament) and has taught at various colleges and seminaries since 2011. He is convinced that t...

Russ studied Old Testament at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MA, biblical languages; PhD, Old Testament) and has taught at various colleges and seminaries since 2011. He is convinced that these stories and poems still speak to the brokenness of humans today, beckoning us into the arms of the God who made us and loves us even though we, too, are riddled with sin, hurt, and a longing to be loved. Russ writes widely for lay and academic audiences about all things Old Testament and its relationship to the Christian life. He and his wife, and their three sons live in north Idaho.

Russell Moore serves as the eighth president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral and public policy agency of the nation’s largest Protestant deno...

Russell Moore serves as the eighth president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral and public policy agency of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. A widely-sought cultural commentator, Dr. Moore has been recognized by a number of influential organizations. The Wall Street Journal has called him “vigorous, cheerful, and fiercely articulate” while The Gospel Coalition has referred to him “one of the most astute ethicists in contemporary evangelicalism. An ethicist and theologian by background, Dr. Moore is also an ordained Southern Baptist minister and the author of several books, including the forthcoming Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel. He blogs frequently at his Moore to the Point website, and hosts a program called Questions & Ethics—a wide-ranging podcast addressing listener-generated questions on the difficult moral and ethical issues of the day. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons.

Born as the middle child among Billy Graham's five children, Ruth Graham grew up surrounded by a wealth of biblical training, witnessing some of the greatest spiritual revivals the world has ever seen...

Born as the middle child among Billy Graham's five children, Ruth Graham grew up surrounded by a wealth of biblical training, witnessing some of the greatest spiritual revivals the world has ever seen through her father's ministry. Despite her rich faith heritage, Ruth experienced what many kids with hard-working parents go through, she found herself pretending that everything was okay even when internal struggles were troubling. She developed a personal relationship with God at a young age, but that was called into question when she learned that her husband of almost two decades had been unfaithful for many years. After multiple rough years of overcoming heartache and family turmoil, Ruth grew even stronger in her relationship with the Lord and now uses what she has learned to help others overcome the lions in their lives. Today, she is the acclaimed author of In Every Pew Sits a Broken Heart and Step Into the Bible. Her latest work is Forgiving My Father, Forgiving Myself. She is also the founder of Ruth Graham Ministries and currently resides in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.

Ruth Soukup is a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life. Through her popular blog, LivingWellSpen...

Ruth Soukup is a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur, as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Living Well Spending Less: 12 Secrets of the Good Life. Through her popular blog, LivingWellSpendingLess.com, she encourages a million and a half monthly readers to follow their dreams and reach their goals, sharing easy-to-implement tips and strategies for saving time and money while focusing on the things that matter most.