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Janet Ward Black - Owner of Ward Black Law - shares her testimony and faith-inspiring work including growing up in a Christian home and accepting Jesus “upside down with my head in the sink”; the “frozen chosen”; departing from the Church but “darkening the door” once again in law school; justice is God’s idea; how organic chemistry put an end to her plan to be a doctor; being a turtle on the fence post; never have a 50/50 business partner; the impact of the C12 organization; learning from other business sectors; a “substitutionary God; creating a “tithe team” and the huge impact a dime on a dollar has had; the “Service Above Self Award” and much much more.

https://www.wardblacklaw.com/

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Theresa Flores, Founder & CEO of The SOAP Project, invites us into a heartbreaking but redemptive story including growing up in a mixed religious household but considering herself Catholic; truly coming back to Jesus at 35 years old after horrific teen years of sex trafficking and an abusive marriage; having visions of where God was in midst of the trafficking; the impact of reading “Left Behind”; being sexually trafficked starting at age 15; escaping trafficking through a move to another state; the role that forgiveness played in her story; the power of worth; “sextortion”; going from work as a social worker to the Founder of the SOAP Project; the impact of getting lost in Michigan after a speaking engagement; SOAP Ups; how this ministry partnership with God has strengthened her faith; and so much more.

https://www.soapproject.org/

https://www.traffickfree.com/

https://youtu.be/0NdjQY_WSII?si=o1KpjrelD-YWeGXU

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Beth Fisher - Sr. Multidisciplinary Strategist @ Grey Matter Group, Speaker - takes us on an inspiring journey of faith including growing up in the Catholic church; asking A LOT of questions; having the image of an angry God who is impossible to please; going through life’s checklist; being a “good girl” through high school and then came Ohio State; a failed marriage and beautiful daughter and depression; leukemia diagnosis that felt like God’s punishment; having survivor’s guilt; how her unconditional love for her daughter showed her God’s love; God allowing exactly what we need in our lives; discovering her love for the business process and the underdog; finding joy in serving other people; understanding your “role on the team”; the loneliness of leadership; the chair where she feels closest to God and much more. (and a seemingly never-ending car alarm during recording)

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Ken Valentine - former Secret Service Agent, Speaker and Author - takes us on an adventure of faith including having a great legacy of Christian parents and grandparents; departing ways with his faith through high school & college; “knowing” you have eternal life; the need for a fellow attorney mind to help drive him back to his faith; being a “freak” in his law school class; family history of federal law enforcement; the heartbreak of a hiring freeze at the FBI; joining the secret service: serving three different presidents; the inspirational origins of his book; his extraordinary experience on 9/11 that demonstrated his deep faith and much, much more.

https://www.kennethvalentine.com/

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Bruce Pulver - Founder and President of Pulver Performance Services, Global Keynote Speaker, Author, Podcaster, and "WORD"shop leader - shares his GIFTS (God Installed Features To Share) and his story including God showing up on “opening day” of his life; “breaking” his mother’s heart on the day he was born; the unexpected but profound impact of his father’s love of crossword puzzles; being connected but not connecting; his Bam moment that took him from a potential mindset of “woe is me” to the certainty of “wow is He!”; God’s inspiration that came from the word “strong”; plugging into possibility thinking; the power of a single word; our attempts at PREACH wordplay; URENUF & ACTION; sharing of our gifts; a powerful question he had never gotten before; a baseball coach’s impactful leadership and perspective shift; and more wordplay!

http://abovethechatterourwordsmatter.com/

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Danielle Whah - Principal Chair C12 West Michigan | Northern Indiana - shares her story and faith including being raised in a faith-filled family and going through the Catholic school system; falling away from her faith; understanding the difference between being baptized as a baby and making her own declaration; being a “water bug”; boat church; how to avoid distraction (“monkeys”) in quiet time with Jesus; the revelation of “it’s not what I do, it’s who I am”; the heart of what C12 does; work as a mission field; getting to the young hearts through FCA; your faith elevator pitch and much more!

https://www.joinc12.com/territories/west-michigan/

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Sylvia Alvarez - Kingdom Leadership Coach & Speaker - invites you on her journey including coming back to Jesus after being on her third marriage, at the age of 45 after having felt abandoned and punished by God previously; God working through a pushy new hire; the power of opening the Bible and letting God speak to you; how God used her attacker to set her free; the meaning behind the company she founded; figuratively cutting out her eyes; letting go of “the wounds that pierced you”; how embracing Jesus led to the entire family doing the same; using Old Testament stories to minister to Jewish executives; establishing a prayer team in the office; Preach Where You Reach includes your household; the miraculous healing of her son; tuning our ears to God who is speaking to his leaders in the marketplace constantly; connecting with God in the forest and so much more!

https://www.theintentionals.com

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Bill Gosse - President of TeamScore, Inc. - shares his faith and work story including hearing his dad sing church hymns but having a dusty Bible in the house; the power of a Bible study; the impact of a piano teacher connecting piano with baseball; hearing whistling in an empty church; a season of loss including the death of his brother and loss of his home; insurmountable debt; unexpectedly writing for the newspaper; the influence of former NFL player/executive Gill Byrd; growing up in a home that didn’t show love physically; a Christmas Eve breakthrough moment for he and his dad; the Green Bay Packers as an idol; competitiveness in the family; the inspiration behind creating Teamscore; being aware of the nature of his column writing audience and tweaking the faith language to accommodate; putting guardrails in place to remind you of your faith during athletic events; putting Jesus back in a position of priority and more!

https://teamscoreinc.org/

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