Josh McDowell

Josh McDowell has given more than 23,000 talks to over 10 million young people in 115 countries. Josh graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot Theological Seminary. Josh joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ International in the early 1960’s.  A few years later, he formed the Josh McDowell Ministry to realize the vision of reaching young people worldwide with the truth and love of Jesus Christ.

In 1991, Josh founded Operation Carelift > to meet physical and spiritual needs in orphanages, hospitals and prisons in the countries of the former Soviet Union.  The ministry, now called Global Aid Network (GAIN), has expanded into one of the largest humanitarian aid organizations in the U.S. As a result, he is the only non-Russian to receive an honorary doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences, and he is the only foreign member of the prestigious Russian Intellectual Club.

During his 48 years of ministry, Josh has authored or co-authored 108 books, including More Than a Carpenter, which has been translated into more than 85 languages. He has been nominated 36 times for the prestigious Gold Medallion Award, winning it four times. In 2006, Christianity Today named his New Evidence That Demands a Verdict as one of the top 13 books to shape evangelical thought in the last 50 years.

The Josh McDowell Ministry has developed many cutting-edge campaigns to help young people learn to stay strong and stand firm in their faith. Josh currently travels the United States with the message of truth in the context of relationships, helping people of all ages form solid convictions based on Scripture in the face of a rapidly changing culture.