Dr. John Trent is President and Founder of StrongFamilies.com and The Center for StrongFamilies in Scottsdale, Arizona. At the Center, Dr. Trent trains lay leaders from across the country to launch family ministries in their home churches. In addition to leading the Center, Dr. Trent is a best-selling author and a highly requested conference speaker. In addition to speaking at ministry events, Dr. Trent regularly speaks to corporate America on teambuilding, recruiting and retaining outstanding employees.
Dr. Trent is a Best-Selling and Award Winning Author…
Dr. Trent has authored and co-authored more than a dozen, award winning and best-selling books, including the million selling book, The Blessing. As of 2005, there are combined, more than 2,300,000 copies of all his adult and children's books in print, in nine different languages!
As a writer, Dr. Trent has been nominated for the ECPA’s Gold Medallion Award for excellence in writing 17 times, winning 14 Silver Medallions and 3 Gold Medallion awards for excellence in Christian publishing. To put that fact into perspective, in the twenty years since the ECPA has given out these publishing awards, out of the more than 1,100 authors nominated for this award, Dr. Trent ranks tenth overall for the number of nominations for the Gold Medallion award. Some of the books Dr. Trent has written include The Blessing (Gold Medallion winner for excellence in Christian publishing and a Platinum Award for selling over one million copies), The Gift of Honor (Gold Medallion finalist), The Language of Love (Angel Award winner as the top family life book of 1989 and a Gold Medallion finalist), Love is a Decision (Gold Medallion finalist), The Two Sides of Love (Gold Medallion winner), Home Remedies (Gold Medallion finalist), The Hidden Value of a Man (Gold Medallion finalist), and Leaving The Lights On – all co-authored with Gary Smalley. He has also written LifeMapping (Gold Medallion finalist), Seeking Solid Ground, A Love for All Seasons, (Gold Medallion Finalist) Go the Distance, (Gold Medallion Finalist), The Making of a Godly Man Workbook, Choosing to Live the Blessing, The Light of Home (also a Gold Medallion Finalist in 2003), The Dad’s Everything Book for Sons and The Dad’s Everything Book for Daughters, and his newest books, The Focus on the Family Guide to the Spiritual Development of Children (Gold Medallion finalist) HeartShift: The 2 Degree Difference and Leading From Your Strengths for Ministry Teams and Leading From Your Strengths for Small Groups. His latest books (coming out summer of 2006) are Parenting From Your Strengths, Breaking the Cycle of Divorce and The Two Degree Difference: How Small Things Can Change Everything (coming out Fall 2006).
John has also written six books for children. One to help children recognize how valuable they are called, The Treasure Tree (Gold Medallion winner), a second on dealing with childhood fears, called, There's a Duck in My Closet! Then, there's "I'd Choose You!" (Gold Medallion Finalist) which puts the concept of the "blessing" in childhood language; Spider Sisters, based on the special bond between sisters.
Dr. Trent has also written The Two Trails, (the sequel to The Treasure Tree) and, The Black and White Rainbow, (Gold Medallion Finalist) teaching children about forgiveness. His newest book for children, Super Hero Swamp, comes out July 2007. Dr. Trent has also written numerous articles for both professional and popular publications and was a contributing columnist for Christian Parenting magazine for seven years.
Church and Community Seminars
Dr. Trent has conducted his “StrongFamilies in Stressful Times Seminar” in churches across America. For example, over the past seven years alone, Dr. Trent has spoken to over 60,000 people in over 65 major cities across our country. In addition, he has spoken to over 700,000 men at Promise Keepers conferences in stadium events across the United States.
Corporate Speaking
In addition to Dr. Trent’s speaking at marriage and family conferences, Dr. Trent has spoken extensively to corporate America. For example, Dr. Trent has been a plenary speaker at two YPO (Young President’s Organization) Universities, and in 2005 was invited to speak at YPO’s prestigious Global Leadership Conference (GLC) in Washington, DC. Dr. Trent has also spoken at a number of YPO chapter events as well. Some of the companies or organizations that Dr. Trent has done keynote speaking or team-building conferences for include Chic-Fil-A, Interstate Battery Company, Prince Engineering, Media Arts Corporation, Northwestern Insurance, The Walt Disney Corporation, Universal Studios, The United States Army, The United States Coast Guard Academy, The United State Marine Corps, and many, many more. This coming Fall, 2006, Dr. Trent will be speaking to the faculty at The United States Military Academy at West Point.
Radio and Television
John has been a featured guest on radio and television programs like "The Oprah Winfrey Show, AM Northwest," San Diego's "Morning Spotlight," Cleveland's "Morning Exchange," Dallas’ “Good Morning, Texas!,” Dr. Jim Dobson's Focus on the Family, Dr. Charles Swindoll's, Insight for Living, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, The 700 Club," "The Art of Family Living," "The Chapel of the Air," Drs. Meier and Minirth's "Talk to the Doctors" program, "Life Perspectives," Moody Broadcasting's "Prime Time,” Family Life Radio’s “Parent Talk,” Dennis Rainey’s Family Radio, The Chuck and Jenni Show on Familynet, and many, many more.
Family
Dr. Trent has married to his wife, Cynthia, for 27 years. They have two precious daughters and live in Scottsdale, Arizona.
