CALL FOR SPEAKERS

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CALL FOR SPEAKERS 〰️

2nd Annual Strength in Faith Conference

November 7, 2026 — Des Moines, Iowa

We are Seeking Speakers Who Carry a Story of Strength, Faith, and Courage

The Strength in Faith Conference is returning for its second year, and we are opening a call for speakers whose lives reflect the power of faith in Jesus, resilience through adversity, and the courage to serve others.

We are seeking testimonies and messages connected to:

  • Faith in Jesus: stories of transformation, redemption, and hope

  • First responders: police, EMTs, dispatchers, paramedics, and those who support them

  • Correctional Officers: resilience behind the walls, spiritual endurance, and overcoming the unseen battles of the job

  • Firefighters: courage, sacrifice, and spiritual endurance

  • Family: healing, reconciliation, and God’s work in the home

  • Therapy and mental health for first responders: integrating faith with emotional and psychological healing

  • Chaplains: those who serve on the front lines of crisis and care

  • Overcoming adversity: divorce, addiction, trauma, loss, burnout, or spiritual battles

What We’re Looking For

We invite speakers who can offer:

  • A personal testimony that glorifies Jesus

  • A message that encourages, equips, and strengthens believers

  • A heart for service, especially toward first responders and their families

  • A willingness to speak with authenticity, humility, and boldness

  • A story that reflects God’s power to restore, redeem, and renew

Whether you are a first responder, correctional officer, a chaplain, a pastor, a survivor, or someone whose life has been radically changed by Christ, your voice may be exactly what this conference needs.

How to Apply

If you feel called to share your story or message, please submit:

A brief speaker bio

A summary of your testimony or message

Any relevant ministry or professional experience

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Now accepting students for the fall!

Are you a criminal justice student who seeks additional support? We can help! Accepting students for the following topics:

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  • Criminal Law

  • Constitutional Law

  • Corrections

  • Criminology

  • Sociology

  • Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Delinquency

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Education and Resilience for Criminal Justice Professionals seeks to educate individuals and teams in the criminal justice field, and to provide training for all first responders and medical professionals who experience trauma throughout their careers. With our comprehensive guided resources, you’ll unearth renewed confidence and tactics to help you thrive. Additionally, we provide tutoring sessions for criminal justice students in higher education, speaking engagements on trauma and resilience and effective leadership, and on-site trainings.

Education and Resilience for Criminal Justice Professionals (ER4CJP) was created to empower criminal justice students by strengthening their skills and knowledge—enhancing their success in higher education and helping them become strong, purpose-driven applicants.

ER4CJP also provides comprehensive educational materials to working professionals on a wide range of topics including search and seizure, trauma, resilience, child abuse, sexual abuse, criminal law, leadership, and more.

In addition, ER4CJP offers in-person training focused on trauma and resilience, strengthening your faith, and effective leadership—equipping criminal justice professionals to thrive both personally and spiritually.

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Monthly Tutoring Membership
$39/mo

Access to two 1-on-1 tutoring sessions 30 min each for criminal justice courses in higher education.

Single Tutoring Session
$65/hr — Get 1 hour of 1-on-1 tutoring for criminal justice in higher education

You will receive a one-hour tutoring session to assist in all criminal justice subjects in higher education, including but not limited to APA, online writing tutoring, virtual sessions and more.

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