Ben Peterson Speaking Fee, Schedule, Bio & Contact Details

Ben served in Iraq during the 2008–2009 Surge as a Chaplain’s Assistant—both bodyguard and ministry support—where he lost seven brothers in his first week in combat. Carrying trauma, addiction, and deep brokenness, he turned to God and emerged with a mission: to help transform the most powerful fighting force in the world through the hope of Christ.

Engage Your Destiny is rapidly expanding across the military and influencing lives internationally.

In 2022, Ben launched the Heroes Honor Festival, a historic “welcome home” event for Vietnam Veterans. It featured Toby Keith, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Oliver North, and partnerships with Toyota, The American Legion, Harley-Davidson, Humana, NASCAR, and Fox Nation—drawing more than 40,000 attendees. It became the largest Gospel outreach to veterans in American history.

Over the last decade, more than 300,000 service members, veterans, and families have heard Ben’s message. He has been trusted to train and speak across elite units including the 101st Airborne, 3rd, 5th, and 10th Special Forces Groups, the 75th Ranger Battalion, Navy SEALs, Recon Marines, Space Force, the 11th Arctic Airborne, and the 4th Infantry Division.

Ben’s passion is raising, equipping, and leading men that other men will follow.

He has personally raised over $14 million for nonprofit causes and advises nonprofits, companies, churches, and senior leaders on building cultures of emotional intelligence, resilience, and bold vulnerability.

As one Fortune 500 Founder & CEO said:

“Ben is on a mission. His passion is contagious. He is the best speaker I’ve ever worked with.”

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Featured Book

Engage Your Destiny: Practical Ways to Run After Your God-Given Purpose

by Ben Peterson

From Ben Peterson, the combat veteran and founder of the non-profit Engage Your Destiny comes a bold debut forged from Peterson's own story of spiritual resilience and hard-earned wisdom. Engage Your Destiny invites readers to walk with God and uncover practical action steps to fulfill their own God-given purpose.

Daring and vulnerable, Engage Your Destiny connects to the unseen aches and desires of the human heart to overcome our struggles and live out our dreams. Peterson fearlessly shares his own stories of pain, trauma, abuse, and addiction with readers. His honest insight and powerful stories display how God can break through to even the most unlikely corners of a person's life. Since his own recovery from a personal low point in his life, Peterson's life's passion has been to testify to what is possible when you walk closely with God.

Engage Your Destiny dives deep into hard topics, showing readers how God continuously shows up in even the most difficult of circumstances when people allow Him to lead their lives. From mundane everyday tasks to life's mountain highs and valley lows, each chapter takes readers moment-by-moment through a story of God showing up in impossible ways. Interspersed within are tangible action steps, helping readers to reflect on these stories thoughtfully and infuse practical applications into their personal journeys.

Peterson outlines effective ways to:

Confront adversity with courage
Identify the brokenness in your heart
Find healing in a way that is both fun and inspirational
Walk closely with God towards fulfilling your dreams
Fully engage your God-given destiny

Engage Your Destiny powerfully illustrates that no matter what you're going through, God's destiny for your life is within reach, and you have the ability to embrace it.

Praise for Engage Your Destiny

"Engage Your Destiny is a tale of resilience and redemption. Ben's account of facing bankruptcy, shattered dreams, and the brink of despair before discovering his true purpose will leave you inspired to navigate your own journey toward fulfillment and destiny.”

—Mark Batterson, NYT bestselling author of The Circle Maker and Lead Pastor at National Community Church

“Engage Your Destiny is the best book I have found on how to practically live out the destiny God has for your life. Through all my years in Special Operations, I have seen so many young people struggle with finding their God-Given purpose. This book will guide your life like no other!"

—LTG (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, US Army

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!

Rivervalley Senior Pastor & Best Selling Author

Ben Peterson tells an incredible tale of resilience and redemption. Ben's account of facing bankruptcy, shattered dreams, and the brink of despair before discovering his true purpose will leave you inspired to navigate your own journey toward fulfillment and destiny.

NYT Best Selling Author of Circle Maker and Lead Pastor of National Community Church

Ben is an electrifying speaker who can elevate any audience he gets in front of. Watching him touch, move and inspire the souls of men and women is a work of art. We are honored to walk with him and see the destinies God had for the people he speaks to come alive!

Best-Selling Authors Entrepeneurs

Ben is the real deal! He is a master storyteller that engages the audience with real life stories and applications that speak to the heart and the mind. His love for Jesus is authentic and contagious. Ben is sure to speak to any crowd and get them to think bigger about who God has called them to be with a powerful message for any audience.

CEO RealtyONE Group

Frequently Asked Questions

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