Faith-Based Speakers

Our community of religious speakers inspire audiences through spiritual education and powerful storytelling. They hold faith near their heart as they navigate life experiences ranging from parenthood and love to athletics and entrepreneurship. Covering topics such as perseverance, positive mindset, hope, and self-actualization, we’re confident that our religious speakers will leave your guests more confident and inspired than ever before.

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Joe Scarborough

  • MSNBC 'Morning Joe' Co-Host; Fmr. U.S. Congressman; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Saving Freedom' & More
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Austin Channing Brown

  • Cultural Commentator; NYT Bestselling Author of 'I'm Still Here' on Black Dignity
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Linsey Davis

  • Host & Radio Correspondent, ‘World News Tonight Sunday’ & ‘ABC News Live Prime’
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

  • Gold Medal Olympic Track & Field Athlete, Entrepreneur, NCAA and World Record Holder, and Gatorade's "Athlete of the Year"
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Jana Kramer

  • Actress & Singer: 'One Tree Hill,' 'Friday Night Lights,' '90210,' and 'Entourage'; Podcast Host: 'Whine Down'; NYT Bestselling Author: 'The Good Fight'
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Jemar Tisby

  • Historian of Race & Religion; Founder, The Witness, Inc; NYT Bestselling Author, 'How to Fight Racism' & 'The Color of Compromise'
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Andrew Young

  • Civil Rights Activist, Former Ambassador to the UN, Congressman, Mayor of Atlanta, and Author of 'An Easy Burden'
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John Boehner

  • Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Senior Strategic Advisor to Squire Patton Boggs, and Author
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Peggy Noonan

  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist for WSJ, NYT Bestselling Author of 'A Certain Idea of America' & many more, and Political Analyst for NBC & MSNBC
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Glennon Doyle

  • Activist; NYT Bestselling Author: 'Untamed' & more; Podcast Host; 'We Can Do Hard Things'
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Martin Sheen

  • Award-Winning Actor and Advocate for Human Rights
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Allyson Felix

  • Olympic Gold Medalist in Track & Field; Founder of Lifestyle Brand Saysh; Leader in Workplace Equity for Moms
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Lena Waithe

  • Award-Winning Actor, Writer, Creator, & Producer; Founder of Hillman Grad Productions; Partner, Rising Voices Initiative
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Sara Evans

  • Multi-Platinum Country Recording Artist, TV Personality, and Author
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Scott Drew

  • Head Men's Basketball Coach, Led Baylor to Win the 2021 National Championship, and Two-Time Big 12 "Coach of the Year"
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Eitan Bernath

  • Chef; Principal Culinary Contributor: 'The Drew Barrymore Show'; Author: 'Eitan Eats the World'
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Jeannie Mai

  • Documentarian; Host, 'The Real' & Co-Host, ABC's 'Holey Moley'; Podcast Host: 'Listen Hunnay'
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Reba McEntire

  • Iconic Country Music Star, Actress, and Entrepreneur
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Karl Rove

  • Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Sr. Advisor to President George W. Bush; MSNBC, FOX News, WSJ Contributor; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Courage and Consequence'
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Wolf Blitzer

  • Emmy-Winning Journalist, Lead Political Anchor for CNN, and Anchor of 'The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer'
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Elliott Abrams

  • Longtime Presidential Advisor on National Security in the Middle East and Venezuela and U.S. Dept. of State Special Representative
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Kay Bailey Hutchison

  • Former U.S. Senator and Ambassador to NATO, Advisor on Foreign and Security Policy, Voice for Bipartisan Policy Solutions
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Chase Bryant

  • Country Singer-Songwriter; Mental Health Advocate
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Ken Langone

  • Co-Founder of The Home Depot, Author of a Business Bestseller, and Philanthropist
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John Rich

  • Multi-Platinum Country Artist; Host of FOX's 'The Pursuit!' & 'CMT's Gone Country'; Winner, 'The Celebrity Apprentice'
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David Horovitz

  • Founding Editor, The Times of Israel (2012-present), Former Editor-in-Chief, The Jerusalem Post (2004–2011),Author of 'A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel' and 'Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism', Recipient of the U.S. National Jewish Book Award & the Bnai Brith Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalism
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Dean Obeidallah

  • Lawyer; Comedian; Radio Host: 'The Dean Obeidallah Show'
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Granger Smith

  • Award-Winning Country Music Singer-Songwriter, Author, and Philanthropist
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Itzhak Perlman

  • 16x Grammy Award-Winning Violinist; Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Mohsin Hamid

  • NYT Bestselling Author of 'Exit West', 'The Last White Man', & More; Leading Global Thinker
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Stephen Dubner

  • Bestselling Author of the 'Freakonomics' Series, Host of the 'Freakonomics Radio' Podcast, and Award-Winning Journalist
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Ehud Barak

  • Fmr. Israeli PM, 2x Minister of Defense; Board Member, CIFC Asset Management
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Mohamed ElBaradei

  • Former Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Laureate, and Expert on Geopolitics & Global Security
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Tyler Perry

  • Famed Actor, Producer, Writer, and Director; Entrepreneur and Founder of Tyler Perry Studios, Two-Time New York Times Bestselling Author, and Philanthropist
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Rick Santorum

  • U.S. Senator and Member of the Armed Services Committee, Republican Presidential Candidate, and Advocate for Conservative Values
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Bret Stephens

  • Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist; Fmr. EiC, The Jerusalem Post; Columnist, NYT
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Karen Hughes

  • One of the World's Foremost Communication Strategists, PRWeek Hall of Famer, and Counselor to President Bush
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Lynne Cheney

  • Bestselling Author: Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities (1986-1993); Second Lady of the United States (2001-2009)
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Natan Sharansky

  • Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Prominent Human Rights Advocate, and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Hadassah Lieberman

  • Inspiring Speaker on Issues of Health, Women & Judaism
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Daniel Gordis

  • SVP, Shalem Center; Founding Dean, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism; National Jewish Book Award-Winning Author: 'Israel'
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David Makovsky

  • Expert on U.S. Policy in the Middle East, Fmr. Sr. Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State, and Award-Winning Journalist and Author
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Joseph Telushkin

  • Widely Acclaimed Authority on Judaism & Ethics, Award-Winning Author of 'Words That Hurt, Words That Heal'
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Jonathan Sarna

  • Professor of Jewish History, Brandeis University; Chief Historian, National Museum of American Jewish History; Writer, Editor, or Co-Editor of 30+ Books
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Nicole Krauss

  • International Bestselling Author, Great House, The History of Love, Forest Dark, and To Be A Man
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Dan Gillerman

  • Chairman of Blackstone Israel, Chairman & CEO of Gillerman Global, and Former Israeli Amb. to UN
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Daniel Kurtzer

  • Critical Voice on the Middle East, Israel & Egypt
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Laura Blumenfeld

  • Prize-Winning Middle East Correspondent, NYT Bestselling Author, and Former Policy Advisor
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Alan Dershowitz

  • Renowned Defense Attorney, Bestselling Author, and Prominent Scholar on U.S. Constitutional & Criminal Law
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Ryan Bergara

  • Actor, Media Entrepreneur, and Co-Founder of Watcher Entertainment
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Selma Blair

  • Acclaimed Actress: 'Legally Blonde,' 'Cruel Intentions,' & 'Hellboy,' Disability Advocate
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Aliyah Boston

  • #1 Overall Pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft for the Indiana Fever
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Scooter Braun

  • Entertainment Industry Mogul and Innovator, Founder of SB Projects, and Philanthropist
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Ciara

  • Grammy Award-Winning Musician & NAACP Image Award-Winning Actress; Co-Founder, Why Not You Foundation; Founder: Beauty Marks Entertainment, Ten to One, & OAM
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Dr. Francis S. Collins

  • 16th Director of the NIH, Led the Human Genome Project, and NYT Bestselling Author
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James Conlon

  • Renowned International Conductor & Founder of the OREL Foundation
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Rahm Emanuel

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2021-2025), 55th Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019), White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama (2008-2010), U.S. Congressman (D-IL) (2002-2008)
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Lindsay Gottlieb

  • Groundbreaking Basketball Coach, Head Coach for USC Trojans Women's Basketball Team
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Jen Hatmaker

  • Host, 'For the Love' Podcast; 4x NYT Bestselling Author: 'Fierce, Free, & Full of Fire' & More
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Ashley Judd

  • Actress, Activist, UN Messenger of Peace; Author of 'All That is Bitter and Sweet,' a Memoir on Mental Health, Resilience, & Recovery
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Marta Kauffman

  • Television Creator, Writer and Producer Known for 'Friends' and 'Grace and Frankie'
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Steve Leder

  • Senior Rabbi of The Wilshire Boulevard Temple and NYT Bestselling Author
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Jason Y. Lee

  • Founder & CEO of Jubilee Media
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Carl Lewis

  • 9x Olympic Gold Medalist, Voted Sportsman of the Century by the International Olympic Committee, Philanthropist
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Deborah Lipstadt

  • Ambassador (ret.) / Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (2022-2025), with the rank of Ambassador, Distinguished University Professor, Emory University
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Mario Lopez

  • Actor; Emmy-Winning TV & Radio Host, 'Access Hollywood'; Philanthropist
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Kevin McCarthy

  • 55th Speaker of the House
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General Mark Milley

  • 20th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; Fmr. Military Advisor to President, SecDef, & NSC
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Kelsey Plum

  • WNBA Player for the Las Vegas Aces, 2022 & 2023 WNBA Champion, and All Star Game MVP
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Demi-Leigh Tebow

  • Miss Universe 2017, Author, 'A Crown That Lasts,' Entrepreneur, Influencer, Philanthropist, and Advocate Against Human Trafficking
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Adriana Trigiani

  • NYT Bestselling Author of 20 Books, Filmmaker, and Host of 'Adriana Ink' (1.4M Viewiers)

Tim Tebow

  • 2x National Football Champion, Heisman Trophy Winner, & First-Round NFL Draft Pick; Faith-Based Philanthropist; 4x NYT Bestselling Author

Troy Aikman

  • Three-Time Super Bowl-Winning QB and Analyst, ESPN’s Monday Night Football

Giuliana Rancic

  • TV Personality and Entertainment Journalist, Entrepreneur, New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Going Off Script', and Breast Cancer Survivor and Advocate

J.R. Martinez

  • Wounded U.S. Army Veteran Motivational Speaker, and New York Times Best-Selling Author of Full of Heart

Marra B. Gad

  • Award-Winning Author of 'The Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl', and Advocate for Mental Health, Racial Equity, and Adopted Children and Families

Chonda Pierce

  • Comedian, Author, and Philanthropist

Adam Braun

  • NYT & WSJ Bestselling Author, Founder of Pencils of Promise and MissionU, and Leader of the For-Purpose Industry

John Ashcroft

  • Attorney General of the United States, 2001-2005

Allison Josephs

  • Founder and Director, Jew In The City

Martin Luther King, III

  • Civil Rights Activist & Global Humanitarian

Bruce Feiler

  • Foremost American voice on family, faith, and survival

James Brown

  • Emmy Award-Winning Sportscaster and CBS News Special Correspondent, Ordained Minister, and Author

John Hope Bryant

  • Founder, Chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE

Lauren Bush Lauren

  • Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of The FEED Foundation

Elan Carr

  • Attorney, Politician, and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Kaitlin Curtice

  • Award-Winning Author, Poet, Storyteller, and Inter-Faith Advocate

Jonathan Eig

  • Author of Pulitzer Prize-Winner 'King: A Life' and New York Times Bestseller 'Ali: A Life'

Ruth Andrew Ellenson

  • Bestselling Author

Justin Forsett

  • Retired NFL Pro Bowl Running Back; Ranked 65 in NFL's Top 100 of 2015

Michelle Gielan

  • Founder, Institute for Applied Positive Research & Expert on the Science of Positive Communication

Daniel Goldhagen

  • Best Selling Author

Denise Grace Gitsham

  • Attorney, Political Contributor on NewsNation, and Author

Willie Jolley

  • World Renowned Motivational Speaker

Steve Largent

  • Former Seattle Seahawks Receiver

Ryan Leak

  • Author of 'Chasing Failure' and CEO of The Ryan Leak Group

Tzipi Livni

  • Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer

Katara McCarty

  • Fierce Advocate for Women's Empowerment

Ryan McCarty

  • Co-Founder Culture of Good LLC

Jamie Metzl

  • Expert on Asian Economics and Politics, Genetics Revolution

Urban Meyer

  • Legendary College Football Coach, Former Analyst, New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Above the Line', and Philanthropist

John O'Leary

  • Award-Winning Motivational Speaker, Burn Survivor & Author of On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life

Star Parker

  • Founder and President of CURE

David Pollack

  • Fmr. NFL Linebacker; 12-Year ESPN Broadcaster; Neck Injury Survivor; Philanthropist: Pollack Family Foundation

Martha Raddatz

  • ABC News' Chief Global Affairs Correspondent & Co-Anchor of ABC'S This Week

Giuliana and Bill Rancic

  • Entrepreneurs, Restaurateurs & New York Times Bestselling Authors

Mike Rayburn

  • Hall of Fame Speaker

Michael Smerconish

  • Host of The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM, Host of CNN's Smerconish and Contributor, Newspaper Columnist and NYT Bestselling Author

Nancy Spielberg

  • Accomplished Producer, Businesswoman, Fundraiser & Philanthropist

Mark Spitz

  • 11-Time Olympic Medalist

Michael Steele

  • Former Chair of the Republican National Committee

Joe Theismann

  • World Champion Quarterback

Robert Waldinger

  • Psychiatrist; Psychoanalyst; Zen Priest

Damon West

  • Criminal Justice Professor, 3x Bestselling Author of 'The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change'

Ethan Zohn

  • Co-founder Grassroot Soccer