Ken is originally from North Carolina and spent a career in the cemetery and funeral profession. He and his wife and three daughters first went to Uganda on an Engage Hope trip in 2011. That was a life-changer for him and his family. Since then, he has been very involved in the work of Engage Hope and global missions. He is a deacon at Prestonwood Baptist Church and served on the Finance Committee there. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina Law School. He and his wife, Ami, live in Plano and have three daughters, two sons-in-law and one grandchild.

Dede Laugesen is the executive director and a founding member of Save the Persecuted Christians, which advocates on behalf of more than 300 million Christians experiencing extreme persecution worldwide.

Laugesen served as the Colorado coalitions director for the Donald J. Trump for President during the 2016 Campaign. She has been employed as manager, communications director, events coordinator, spokesperson, fundraising, volunteer engagement and strategic consultant on local, state and national candidate and issues campaigns. She is an experienced public speaker.

A Colorado native, she studied broadcast journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She owned and managed Windhover Media. She was the founder and president of The Rosary Projects. She serves as the Art and Environment Coordinator for her Catholic parish in Monument, Colorado.

She is married to Wayne Laugesen. They have six boys—one Millennial and five Gen Z.

Janelle Alberts spent her early career in PR departments for Microsoft and UPS, boiling down logical, clear corporate messaging. She now attempts the same for parents who love Scripture, often featuring bits we’ve never heard but wish we had.
Alberts wrote her first faith column for the Akron Beacon Journal in 2010 and has since been a regular contributor to various online sites including Christianity Today’s Gifted for Leadership, RELEVANT magazine, and others. Honest Answers is her first book.

Alberts and her family make their home in Ohio.

Ingrid Faro is dean of academic affairs and associate professor of Old Testament at Northern Seminary. She is also associate professor of Old Testament at the Scandinavian School of Theology in Sweden. She has an MDiv and PhD from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Faro is an international speaker at conferences and churches and writes on topics that include navigating evil and suffering, abuse and power dynamics, women in the Bible, forgiveness, the goodness of God, identity in Christ, discipleship, and leadership. Her motivation is to encourage people, help them navigate the pain and sufferings of this world, and grow in thriving relationship with God and others. She is the coauthor of Honest Answers.
Faro has two married children and three grandchildren. She lives in Illinois.

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