Ben is a powerful speaker whom I am looking forward to having back at River Valley Church. He deeply ministered to my congregation across 11 campuses with 9,000 weekly attendees. I am proud to partner with Ben and his mission to the military. You won't regret bringing him to your church!
Ben Peterson
Inspire Boldness, Freedom and Vision in your culture - visionary of largest veteran outreach event in American history.
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Ben Peterson
Biography
Ben Peterson is a veteran, husband, father and founder of Engage Your Destiny: a ministry to active military members and their families.
Ben served in combat in Iraq during the Surge in 2008-2009 as a Chaplain's Assistant, the bodyguard and ministry assistant to the Chaplain.
Upon returning home Ben launched a successful sales career in Marketing Sales landing clients like Polaris, St. Jude Medical, Sleep Number, Minnesota Vikings, & Medtronic.
In 2016 Ben Founded Engage Your Destiny. Since founding the ministry Ben has spoken to over 300,000 service members, veterans and families. He has conducted emotional intelligence and spiritual readiness trainings with the 101st Airborne, 3rd Special Forces Group, 75th Ranger Battalion, Space Force, Recon Marines, and salt of the earth Infantry Grunts.
In 2022 Ben Launched the Heroes Honor Festival, a welcome home tribute to Vietnam Veterans hosting Toby Keith, Ron Desantis, Oliver North and in partnership with Toyota, American Legion, Harley Davidson, Humana, NASCAR & Fox Nation with over 35,000 attendees. 1200 veterans were placed into healing programs as a result of the event.
Ben Has raised money for multimillion dollar campaigns and funded a national ministry resulting in over 10 million dollars in raised funds. Ben currently consults with local and national ministry leaders/pastors on how to raise funds for their dedicated missions.
Ben Peterson
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Ben Peterson
Featured Keynote Programs
Resurrecting Hope
In Ben’s most popular keynote he takes the audience through a daring and inspiring journey of going to combat, returning home, struggles with suicide, hosting the largest Jesus centered outreach to Veterans in American History, pulling out of a multi-million dollar debt crisis and building the most successful direct evangelism to discipleship model on Active duty bases.
The Why Behind the How for Gen Z
Ben’s latest keynote has been touching audiences around the country. Drawing from neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and the Pendulum theory, Ben puts the pieces together of how the last 100 years have dramatically impacted the culture influencing the minds of GEN Z. This powerful talk will relatee and minister to any GENZ audience while bringing clarity to previous generations on how to lead them.
Becoming a Soldier For Christ
In this critical hour for the church in America, we need warriors for Christ. In this dynamic and powerpacked keynote, Ben sources his experiences in combat, history of American warfare, and current real events to bring the audience to the commitment of going ALL IN to serve Christ with all they have.
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