Conference Speakers/Artists

Donna VanLiere

Donna is a NY Times and USA Today best-selling author and gifted communicator.  With over 3-million books in print, three of her popular Christmas Hope series books - which include “The Christmas Shoes” - have been made into top-rated network television movies for CBS and Lifetime.  She is a popular conference speaker having toured with Women of Faith and having appeared on CNN, 700 Club, Moody Network and countless others. Her latest book is a memoir entitled “Finding Grace” and is the powerful and often humorous story of her journey of discovering grace through some of life’s toughest trials - molestation, infertility and time in the desert. It is about losing your way in life...then finding it again!

Learn more at www.DonnaVanLiere.com

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Dannah Gresh

Dannah is called upon as frequent guest on national radio, TV and print mediums to defend the conservative position of abstinence and in national newspapers and magazines like the Chicago Tribune, TIME and Women’s Wear Daily. Her controversial and edgy interview style generates tremendous listener and reader response.  FamilyLife Today, Midday Connection and Focus on the Family have included their interviews with Dannah in their “best of” annual showcases. Dannah founded Pure Freedom, which produces live events across the country challenging and equipping teens and tweens in modesty and sexual purity.  Pure Freedom also founded Pure Freedom Zambia, Secret Keeper Girl and Grace Prep School. Dannah has written numerous books including “And The Bride Wore White” and “Lies Young Women Believe” (co-authored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss.)

Learn more at www.PureFreedom.org

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Tammy Trent

Tammy is a popular recording artist, author and speaker. As an artist she has written and performed several #1 and top 10 hits on contemporary Christian radio and has released 5 albums, including her latest “Stronger” in stores now. As a speaker, Tammy shares her story of how God has helped her to “breathe again” after her husband Trent failed to return to the surface following a free diving trip in Jamaica.  Alone, overwhelmed and far from home, Tammy found a lifeline of hope connecting her to God’s enduring love and incomprehensible strength. Her two books – “Learning to Breathe Again” and “Beyond the Sorrow” have helped women across the world that are in seemingly impossible situations trying to hold on to faith when God seems silent.  Her performances range from the highly energetic and danceable, to the outrageously humorous, to the intimate and poignant.

Learn more at www.TammyTrent.com

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sherry carter

Devotion to God runs deep in Sherry’s life, with a dedication to ministry through leading others in intimate worship. Sherry has sung in church all of her life, literally doing so from straw bottom chairs at age 3, alongside her twin sister Mary. Sherry has led worship in small and medium churches, as well as megachurches and large conferences. Some of the venues have included the National Religious Broadcasters, Heritage Keepers, along with Travis Cottrell and Beth Moore’s Living Proof Ministries. Sherry’s voice is heard on countless recordings as a studio session singer. “If there is one theme to the story of my life it is that God is faithful regardless of the circumstances. Through sexual abuse, anxiety and deep depression, it is intimate worship of Jesus where I have felt His power the strongest.” Sherry’s ministry is grounded and fueled by service in her home church.

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