2024 National Program_LR

PLENARIES

Thursday, October 10th | 6:00 – 8:30 PM 081. We Don’t Lean, We Stand! Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

Friday, October 11th | 10:00 – 11:45 AM 083. Beginning at the Beginning: In What Story Do You Believe You Are Living? Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

Samuel Rodriguez, M.Ed., is the lead pastor of New Season, one of America’s most influ ential megachurches, according to News max, and president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, one of the world’s largest Christian organiza tions. Rodriguez stands recognized by CNN, FOX News, Univision, and Telemundo as America’s most influential Latino/Hispanic faith leader. Charisma magazine named him one of the 40 leaders who changed the world. The Wall Street Journal named him one of the top 12 Latino leaders; he was the only faith leader on that list. He has been named among the “Top 100 Christian Leaders in America” (Newsmax, 2018) and nominated as one of the “100 most influential people in the world” ( TIME , 2013). Rodriguez has ad vised Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., is the Founder and Chairman of the American Cornerstone Institute, a new think tank/do tank whose mission is to promote the four founding principles, which are cornerstones of our country: faith, liberty, community, and life, as well as pursue common sense solutions that challenge conventional groupthink. He most recently served as the 17th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For nearly 30 years, Secretary Carson served as Director of Pediatric Neu rosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old, becoming the young est major division director in the hospital’s history. Dr. Carson and his wife co-founded the Carson Scholars Fund, which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for excep tional academic and humanitarian accom plishments.

Curt Thompson, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, author, speaker, and co-host of the Being Known podcast. He has been in private practice for more than 30 years in Falls Church, Virginia, graduated from Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, and completed his psychiatric residency at Temple University Hospital. Dr. Thompson strives to help patients develop flourishing lives by telling their stories more truly to become more deeply known for the purpose of creating beauty and goodness in the world. With conviction and humor, he trains clinicians and speaks at workshops, retreats, and conferences, integrating neuro science, human relationships, and Christian faith. He and his wife, Phyllis, are the parents of two adult children and live in Northern Virginia. the best-selling The Emotionally Destruc tive Relationship, and her most recent , The Emotionally Destructive Marriage . Leslie has been a featured guest on Focus on the Family Radio, Family Life Today with Den nis Rainey, New Life Radio and Television with Steve Arterburn, and Moody Mid-Day Connection. She has spoken nationally and internationally in Cuba, Romania, Russia, the Philippines, Hungary, and Iraq. In 2013, she received the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award. Les lie’s heart is to equip and empower people to grow strong and bravely become all God calls them to be. She has been married to her husband, Howard, for more than 40 years, and together, they have two grown children and three grandchildren. Leslie Vernick, M.S.W., is a popular speaker, author, counselor, and relationship coach. She is the author of seven books, including

082. The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture’s War on the American Family Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

084. The Importance of Truth Tellers in Our Lives Approved for 0.50 IBCC CE Credits

COUNSELING | COACHING | RECOVERY | MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

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