#12minconvos with Jesus Believers

I’m like an onion—many layers—but this season my journey through education best defines me. God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.

Born in 1973 to a Sierra Leonean father and Grenadian mother, I grew up in a single-parent home in West London. My early childhood was full of vivid memories—nursery days, simple joys, and a natural love for learning and play.

I moved schools a few times, and from early on I showed both resilience and independence. I loved sports, struggled with undiagnosed dyslexia, and often felt misunderstood in the classroom. My strengths were never fully recognised, and I faced challenges that shaped both my confidence and my character.

Despite setbacks—including academic struggles, school transitions, and personal misunderstandings—I kept going. I eventually discovered my learning difference at 26, which changed everything.

My life shifted when I encountered faith and gave my life to Christ. From there, I returned to education as a mature student, raised two children as a single mother, and overcame significant personal and academic challenges.

I went on to achieve qualifications including GCSEs, a foundation degree, and a BA (Hons) in Early Years Teaching. Today, I work as a Learning Mentor, run my own company, Be One Hope, and am developing a mentoring framework to support young people in finding purpose and direction.

For me, HOPE used to mean Hell On Planet Earth—but now, through God, it means Heaven On Planet Earth.

My framework is built around:

• H – Happiness
• O – Opportunities
• P – Purpose & Positioning
• E – Emotional Literacy

WEBSITE: https://beonehope.org/

Tunji Olujimi is a dynamic speaker, pastor, author, and visionary CEO of Accelerated Authors Academy, where he empowers aspiring and established leaders to leverage the power of books to amplify their authority, credibility, visibility, and profitability.

Having guided over 100 individuals to write and publish their books and coached more than 1,000 people through workshops and speaking engagements, Tunji has become a trusted mentor for coaches, consultants, business owners, trainers, and entrepreneurs who want to write and publish their first book in 90 days or less, and use it as a tool to elevate their business, profile, and brand.

Beyond the publishing world, Tunji is also the CEO of Accelerated Properties Ltd, a property investment company dedicated to sourcing and securing below-market-value deals to help investors build strong, sustainable portfolios. His influence and impact have been recognized globally. In 2021, Tunji was named an official honouree on the Brainz 500 Global Awards, celebrating 500 of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs and leaders. In 2023, he received the EPRA Leadership and Entrepreneurial Award for Creative Industry, presented by the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Dominic Mbang.

Most recently, in 2025, he was honoured at the prestigious House of Lords, Westminster, where he won the Multicultural Excellence Award for Sustainability Company of the Year. Tunji’s journey is one of resilience and faith. Born prematurely at just one pound alongside his twin sister, and surviving a hole in his heart that required surgery, his story is one of overcoming impossible odds. Growing up with dyslexia made education challenging, but instead of allowing it to define him, he transformed it into fuel for determination and purpose.

Today, he is the author of five books, the founder of two thriving businesses, and a pastor leading a growing ministry. Alongside his wife, Elizabeth Olujimi, Tunji co-pioneers the KingdomPreneurs Summit and KingdomPreneurs Network, initiatives designed to equip and empower Kingdom-minded entrepreneurs and professionals to thrive and influence the marketplace with purpose. Together, they are proud parents to their beautiful daughter, Janaya Olujimi.

Kimberly Joy is the kind of woman who makes you believe again; believe in your calling, your voice, and the extraordinary life God designed for you.

She’s a seven-time Amazon best-selling author, an international speaker, and the founder of The Fellowship of Extraordinary Women (FEW), a growing movement of Spirit-led women living on mission in faith, family, and business.

Since launching FEW in 2014, Kimberly has helped thousands of women discover who they really are, what they’re called to do, and how to walk it out with boldness and joy. Through live events, transformational certification courses, a thriving publishing arm, and monthly community gatherings, FEW equips women to lead with both power and presence.

Her voice has reached audiences around the world, including in Africa and across the U.S., and her passion is contagious. Whether she’s training authors, equipping entrepreneurs, mentoring leaders, or praying over a room full of world-changers, Kimberly is known for igniting clarity, confidence, and Holy Spirit purpose.

At the heart of it all, Kimberly is a deeply devoted follower of Jesus, a proud mama of 11, a joyful Noni to 11, and a relentless champion of women who are ready to rise.

https://www.thefewwomen.com/

"Dr. Amy Loden Tiffany is a Christ-follower, wife, and mom of five, as well as a triple board-certified physician, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author. She is the founder and president of Vitality Medical & Wellness Consulting, where she helps high-achieving women optimize their health, hormones, and longevity through a faith-centered, science-backed approach."

https://vitalitymwc.org/

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-loden/

Instagram: @‌dramytiffany

YouTube: @‌dramytiffany

Monique is a Bible-Based Wellness Coach and Christian Fitness instructor, who helps faith-led women move from burnout, emotional overwhelm, and disconnection into alignment, healing, and sustainable wholeness in Christ. Her work integrates biblical truth with physical movement, prayer, and emotional restoration, addressing wellness from the inside out.

With a heart for spiritual renewal and practical transformation, Monique creates safe, faith-filled spaces where women can heal the root causes behind unhealthy patterns.

She helps them reconnect with God, and steward their bodies with wisdom and grace. Her message centres on restoration, resilience, and living fully surrendered — spirit, soul, and body

As a faith-driven wellness facilitator, she works with women virtually and internationally, creating structured, transformational spaces that support healing, personal growth, and long-term lifestyle change.

The heart behind her Fitness and Wellness ministry: Active Faith - Fitness Centre, is that you will learn how to become a good steward of your Temple. With practical and apply-able steps you'll be able to become a good steward no matter which season of life you're in.

Her heart is to help you get unstuck and aligned to God's Truth through wellness and fitness. To get more in the Word of God, and get more of the Word of God into YOU. You are called to be a Royal Priesthood but it's your responsibility to step into that role and have that Kingdom Attitude.

It's time for your divine alignment!!

Debra McNinch is a wife, mom, speaker, first-time author, and the founder of the BATTLECRY Prayer Movement—a growing community of parents who are praying their prodigal children back home to Jesus.

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She loves photography, working on her photo farm, and sharing life with Steve, her husband of 34 years, two sweet puppies: Poppy the Berne Doodle and Dodger the Miniature Schnauzer. She is also the faithful feeder of Butters, the neighborhood stray cat.

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Debra’s favorite things are Jesus, coffee, cupcakes, and glitter (in that order!). She collects vintage junk, anything sparkly, and more Sharpies than one person needs. She takes pride in learning a new skill each year and gets through life by leaning on God’s Word—and a little humor. She especially loves when the two collide.

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Born and raised in Winfield, Kansas, home to Bluegrass and Burger Station, Debra has moved nine times to six different states. Each move brought her closer to God and connected her with lifelong friends.

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In Fall 2024, Debra released her first book with CrossRiver Media, sharing her family’s story and how it led to a powerful prayer movement for prodigals. She writes and speaks to encourage parents to keep praying and keep believing—because prodigals are coming home.

https://www.debramcninch.com/

Jody Hill is a bestselling author, speaker, parenting educator, and self-deemed parent sidekick.

Jody Hill helps parents become the loudest and most positive voice in their child’s life by harnessing the power of their everyday words. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book The Parent’s Secret Superpower, which teaches parents how everyday language shapes identity, builds confidence, and raises resilient, capable kids.

Free Superpower Strategy & Top Confidence Boosters & Busters: https://podcast.itsjodyhill.com

Find Jody on Instagram: instagram.com/jodyhillparenting

I am the adopted son of George and Mary Cooper, who was fortunate to be raised in a stable and loving home during my formative years of life. My parents also adopted my middle sister, Michelle, as in infant when I was about three years old. Since my mother was told that she would never have children of her own my parents thought their family was complete. A little over a year later my youngest sister, Tina, was born. Our father was a man who demonstrated and sought to instill a strong work ethic in each of our lives.

During my high school years, it became clear to me that God had something for my life that was different than what I had planned. It was through the guidance and encouragement of my pastor and other trusted leaders that I surrendered to a call to ministry and following high school began my studies at a Baptist University in my home state. It was during my senior year of high school that I began dating the woman who has been my wife for the past 38 years. Debbie and I are blessed with two daughters. The oldest, Savannah, is married and living with her husband in Hagerstown. Our youngest Olivia, is at home with us while she is working a part-time job and attending the University of Maryland’s global campus.

While I have been fortunate to serve in ministry for the past 38 years, I rediscovered chaplaincy and served as a chaplain intern at Frederick Health as I was enrolled in their CPE program. In 2021 I became a board-certified chaplain through CPSP and over the last few years have been prayerfully seeking the opportunity to expand the ministry that God has given me through chaplaincy.

Some of the struggles and challenges that our family has faced over the past few decades has prepared me for the joys and difficulties of walking with people through their own lives. It is my hope that I can continue to engage and journey with others as they seek to discover their path in life.

I was brought up in a Christian home, the youngest of four children until I was 14 when my parents had another child. She was born with multiple medical issues and spent the first 17 months of her life in hospital. Physically weak, unable to speak or walk, she had a delightful personality. She died at 4 when my parents took their first weekend away after she came home. God spared them being present for that trauma.

I came to faith early in my pre-teens. My church was small but loving and committed to its youth. Our leaders, especially pastors, were biblically educated and committed to teaching the Scriptures, rather than their own opinions. Several of them were important mentors to me in my teens, twenties, and thirties. My parents’ generation made room for us in the church. The put up with our noise, our music, our overconfidence because they cared about our spiritual growth.

Even with these advantages my faith was challenged by the Creation and Evolution debate, to the point that I refused to read the Old Testament for much of my teen years. Fortunately, I had a strong experience of Christ’s love and forgiveness, as well as a dynamic peer group in the Church.

Only when I began to teach and found myself teaching Evolution in an Ancient History course, was I forced to confront the issue. Research lead to the development of a teaching unit on ‘Comparative Origins’ that I taught in a public school for the next 20 years. That also sparked my interest in apologetics. I remained active in leadership in the church, married a Christian girl between degrees at university, enjoy largely Christian friends and neighbours, traveled, built a house and began a family. Plus, I loved my career - teaching high school history students in a small school in rural Nova Scotia, Canada.

After a 33-year career in education, I was able to focus more time on the historical evidence for Christianity and have written several books on the subject; ‘Examining Jesus: Lessons on the Historical Evidence for Jesus’, ‘Faith Building Evidence’ and ‘Frustrated with Faith’. Recently I have been writing short eBooks and creating related digital products, like tools for Christian parents to enhance family devotions and how to apply apologetics to teens tough faith question.

Also, after my career in teaching and school administration ended, Kathleen and I began an apartment rental business at a local university. We thought it would allow us to travel - which it did, and help out our adult children - which we did, but I think God knew we would need extra financial resources when our oldest son had a traumatic vehicle accident in Thailand, where he had just gone to teach.

That accident and the resulting multiple physical injuries and his traumatic brain injury (TBI) has defined much of our lives for the last 13 years. My writing was partly a bit of a release from the difficulty of dealing with his situation and partly a way I could minister to others and still be home. The first 5 years were hard for all of us, but God has allowed him to heal more than we ever anticipated. He still needs a lot of support, but he is back substitute teaching and that is a small miracle.

Links

website: www.faithbuildingevidence.com

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-schofield-63748b291/

Personal FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009471635555

FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/FBEMinistries/

Dr. James Torkildson (known by many as "Dr. T") is a Clinical Psychologist, Speaker, Author, Professor, Podcast Host and Faith Leader with over 40 years of experience serving various behavioral health organizations, and faith communities.

He is a seasoned Behavioral Health Professional and a cultural voice rooted in Scripture with decades of clinical and spiritual leadership. His work weaves human behavior, faith, and cultural awareness into tools that help people live anchored, intentional, and spiritually awake lives.

The journey for Dr. T began on a cold winter evening in Mannheim Germany with a life changing encounter with the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings! You can read about this in 'AWAKEN' by Dr. James Torkildson.

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