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After almost four decades, cutting-edge ministry has become Josh’s mantra for reaching skeptical minded youth and adults like he once was. Through live events, such as “Why Wait?” “Right from Wrong” and “Project 911,” he has touched the lives of more than seven million young people in 84 countries. To date, Josh has also written or co-written over 100 books on topics ranging from Christian apologetics to common problems facing youth. Several are bestsellers and are recognized as leading books on the Christian faith.
Testimony
Hear Josh's Inspirational Testimony...
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Bio
Josh McDowell once considered himself an agnostic believing Christianity was worthless. While a student a Kellogg College in Michigan, he accepted a challenge by a group of Christian students and professors to intellectually examine the claims of Christianity. During his journey to discredit the resurrection of Christ, Josh discovered compelling historical evidence for the reliability of the Christian faith. Then one night when he was unable to sleep or to get Jesus off his mind. Josh prayed to ask Jesus to come into his life and forgive his sins. In the months that followed, Josh’s life changed dramatically as he experienced the power of God’s love. Most noticeable was his renewed relationship with his father – the town drunk – whom he never thought he could love again.
Since his conversion, Josh has devoted his life to telling a doubting world about Christ. He transferred to Wheaton College where he completed his college degree. Later he attended Talbot Theological Seminary where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a master of divinity degree. In 1964, he became a traveling representative of Campus Crusade for Christ International. To this day, his close affiliation with the organization and its founder and former president Bill Bright continues. In 1983, the Josh McDowell Ministry headquarters moved to its current location in Richardson, TX. The ministry employs a staff of 75 people with affiliate offices located throughout the country.
After almost four decades, cutting-edge ministry has become Josh’s mantra for reaching skeptical minded youth and adults like he once was. Through live events, such as “Why Wait?” “Right from Wrong” and “Project 911,” he has touched the lives of more than seven million young people in 84 countries. Building on his audience and reputation for innovation, in 1990 Josh packaged his unique message and delivery into a popular weekly broadcast, called Josh McDowell Radio, that is heard on about 400 stations throughout the United States.
To date, Josh has written or co-written over 100 books on topics ranging from Christian apologetics to common problems facing youth. Several are bestsellers and are recognized as leading books on the Christian faith. Among his most popular contributions on apologetics are “Evidence that Demands A Verdict” (which he published in 1972 and was recognized by World Magazine as one of the century’s top 40 books) and “More Than A Carpenter” (his seminary thesis that was written in 12 hours and later published in 1977, and has been translated into more than 50 languages). . He has been nominated 36 times for the Gold Medallion Award and been chosen for that prestigious award on four occasions.
On the international scene, Josh has led close to 7,000 volunteers on bi-annual trips to the former Soviet Union, called Operation Carelift. Since 1992, more than 700,000 needy children’s lives have been touched through the ministry’s physical and spiritual support.
For 30 years, Josh and his wife, Dottie, have partnered in what he considers his first ministry: family. They have four children and live near the ministry in Dallas.
Credit Highlights...
MINISTRY HISTORY |
1959 |
-Trusted Jesus Christ as Savior at Kellogg College, December 15 at 8:30p.m. |
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1964 |
-Joined staff on Campus Crusade for Christ
-Launched first Campus Crusade for Christ office in Canada
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1967 |
-Ministered two years in Latin America |
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1968 |
-Launched the Campus Lecture Series
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1969 |
-Moved family and office from San Bernardino, CA, to Richardson, TX |
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1977 |
-Wrote bestseller “More Than A Carpenter” in about 12 hours. Millions are in print today with translations in several languages |
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1980 |
-Held “Six Hours with Josh” in Long Beach, CA, the largest apologetics conference in history with 5,700 people in attendance |
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1981 |
-Debated Amheed Dedat, head of the Islamic Propagation Center in Durbin, South Africa, and wrote about it in the book, “The Islam Debate.” |
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1983 |
-Josh McDowell Ministry moved to its current location in Richardson, Texas |
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1984 |
-Led first Holy Land trip |
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1985 |
-Launch of the “Why Wait?” campaign |
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1989 |
-Launched his first humanitarian trip to Russia, which resulted in Mission to Russia in 1991 and Operation Carelift in 1992 |
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1990 |
-Launched Josh McDowell, which is currently broadcasted in 47 states and in several international locations |
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1993 |
-Linked 50,000 youth groups in the U.S. and Canada during first satellite event, “See You at the Party Powerlink” |
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1994 |
-Launched the nationwide “Right from Wrong” campaign and the “Counter the Culture” tour
-Hosted former Dallas Cowboys football coach Tom Landry on a two-week humanitarian aid trip to Russia with Operation Carelift
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1998 |
-First humanitarian trip to Cuba |
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1999 |
-Counseled students and family members following the murder of 13 Columbine High School Students in Littleton, CO |
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2000 |
-Reported 10 million books sold domestically
-Celebrated Operation Carelift’s 10th anniversary
-Celebrated 10th Anniversary broadcast of “Josh -McDowell Radio” show
-Delivered keynote address during a Republican caucus event in Des Moines, titled “Family, Faith and Freedom”
-Launched “Project 911” to reconnect parents with their children
-Became a feature speaker at Promise Keepers men’s conferences across the country
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2001 |
-Lectured 1,600 school teachers about sex education in Warsaw, Poland, before the country’s return to Communist rule
-Delivered keynote address at the 50th Anniversary of the National Day of Prayer in Dallas, TX (May)
-Traveled to Egypt to encourage new Arab converts in the Christian faith, Sept. 15-20 - four days after Middle Eastern terrorists hijacked American planes and flew them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
-Invited to be the only foreign representative on the St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary National Organizing Committee by Dr. Vladimir Mironov, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin
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Travels from: Dallas, TX
Performance Fee: Call for quote
Travel Requirements: Airfare & Hotel for (3)
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