John Townsend has assembled a deep bench strength of his many friends, whose lectures and trainings will add great value, content and skills to Institute students. All are experts in their field, and many are bestselling authors. Here is a current listing:
Daniel Amen, M.D.
Psychiatrist, brain disorder specialist, founder of the Amen Clinics, bestselling author, Change Your Brain, Change Your Mind (amenclinics.com)
Steve Arterburn, M.Ed.
Founder and chairman, New Life Ministries and New Life syndicated radio program, founder of Women of Faith, bestselling author, including Every Man’s Battle (newlife.com)
John Baker
Co-founder of Celebrate Recovery with Rick Warren, on pastoral staff at Saddleback Church, popular author, including Life’s Healing Choices (celebraterecovery.com)
George Barna
Founder of the Barna Reseach Group, leadership expert and bestselling author of many books, including “Master Leaders." (barna.org)
Ken Blanchard
Management expert, founder and spiritual director of the Blanchard Companies, Founder of Lead Like Jesus, speaker, bestselling author, including One Minute Manager (kenblanchard.com)
Greg Brenneman
Chairman of CCMP, a private equity firm; past President of Continental Airlines, past CEO of Burger King; past CEO of Quizno’s; past CEO of Price Waterhouse Cooper Consulting (ccmpcapital.com)
Dave Browne
Board Chair, Athletes in Action, former CEO LensCrafters and Family Christian Bookstores
Jim Burns
Jim Burns is President of HomeWord and speaks to thousands of people around the world; he has over 1.5 million resources in print in over 25 languages including Faith Conversations for Families (homeword.com)
Gary Chapman, Ph.D
Psychologist, marriage and family expert, founder of the Gary Chapman Chair at Moody Bible Institute, author of many books, including the NYT bestseller The Five Love Languages (5lovelanguages.com)
Henry Cloud, Ph.D.
Leadership expert, business consultant, psychologist and bestselling author, including Boundaries for Leaders (drcloud.com)
Jim Daly
President and CEO of Focus on the Family, and popular author, including the book Finding Home (focusonthefamily.com)
Dennis Del Valle, M.A.
Executive Coach, Therapist, Townsend Leadership Program Director
Mike Ellison
CEO, Owner, Ellison Surface Technologies, a precision manufacturing aeronautical company which applies engineered coatings to surfaces (ellisonsurfacetech.com)
John and Julie Gottman, Ph.D.
Relationship researchers, clinicians and bestselling authors, including The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (gottman.com)
Howard Halderman
CEO of the Halderman Companies, one of the largest family-owned professional farm management and real estate organizations in the United States (halderman.com)
Richard Halderman
CEO of Teays River Investments, a food and agribusiness company with over 1,200 employees (teaysinvestments.com)
Ray Hilbert
CEO and Co-Founder of Truth at Work, an association which helps Christian business leaders build strong organizations, popular author, including The Janitor (christianroundtablegroups.com)
Lowell Hoffman, Ph.D.
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, co-director of Society for Exploration of Psychoanalytic Therapies and Theology, and Brookhaven Institute (septt.org)
Marie Hoffman, Ph.D.
Psychologist, psychoanalyst, founding director SEPTT and Brookhaven Institute, author Toward Mutual Recognition, When the Roll Is Called (septt.org)
Dr. Steve Hotchkiss
Owner of Hulen Hills Animal Hospital; Townsend Leadership Program Director (hulenhills.com)
Nancy Houston
Christian Therapist, Townsend Leadership Program Director
Timothy R. Jennings, M.D., DFAPA
Psychiatrist, speaker, author of The God-Shaped Brain, President and Founder of Come and Reason Ministries (comeandreason.com)
Sue Johnson, Ph.D.
Developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, researcher, professor of clinical psychology, author of Hold Me Tight, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (drsuejohnson.com)
William Kirwan, Ph.D., D.Min.
Master clinician, teacher and author of Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling, Board Member for Bruce Narramore Foundation
Kevin Leman, Ph.D.
Psychologist, best-selling author, including The Birth Order Book (drleman.com)
Dave Lindsey
Founder and CEO, Defender Direct, a $500m security and home automation company and founder of Companies With a Mission (homedefenders.com)
Michael Lyles, M.D
Award winning psychiatrist, columnist, teacher and mental health advocate, (LylesandCrawford.com)
Paul Meier, M.D.
Psychiatrist, founder of the Meier Clinics, bestselling author, including Blue Genes (paulmeier.com)
Johnnie Moore
CEO of the Kairos Company, who provide branding, strategy and public relations counsel to leaders and organizations (thekcompany.co)
Elisa Morgan
Elisa Morgan, President Emerita MOPS International, Co-Host Discover the Word, Speaker, Author, (elisamorgan.com)
David Morris, Ph.D.
Vice President and Publisher, Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Elaine Morris
Executive Coach, National Director of the Townsend Leadership Program (elainemorris.com)
Gary J. Oliver, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Executive Director of The Center for Healthy Relationships, bestselling author, including Mad About Us: Moving from Anger to Intimacy with Your Spouse (liferelationships.com)
John Ortberg
Senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, leadership expert, former pastor at Willow Creek Church, and author of several books, including If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat (johnortberg.com)
Nancy Ortberg
Business consultant, founding partner of TeamWorx2, speaker, popular author, including Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands (tbc.city)
Les and Leslie Parrott, Ph.D.
Psychologists, bestselling authors, including Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (lesandleslie.com)
Steve Perry
Co-Founder and Chairman, Sacred Harvest Foundation, a ministry targeting Kingdom development worldwide (sacredharvest.org)
Pete Scazzero
Pastor, founder of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, and bestselling author, The Emotionally Healthy Leader, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, The Emotionally Healthy Church (emotionallyhealthy.org)
Fred Smith
Founder and CEO, The Gathering, a community of Christian givers (thegathering.com)
David Stoop, Ph.D.
Psychologist, founder of The Center for Family Therapy, popular author, including Forgiving the Unforgivable (drstoop.com)
Curt Thompson, M.D.
Psychiatrist, author, Anatomy of the Soul, founder of Being Known, LLC
Wayne Williams
CEO, Telect, a company specializing in connectivity, and a futurist thought leader (telect.com)
Paul Young
Writer, Author of the New York Times bestselling book “The Shack” (wmpaulyoung.com)