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Intelligent Faith Conference.

March 7th-8th, 2025
Anaheim, California
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CORNERSTONE CHURCH ANAHEIM

Love God with all your Mind

 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. -Mark 12:30 (NIV)

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Intelligent Faith  founded by John and Laurie Stewart, is committed to the mission of defending and proclaiming biblical truth around the world through teaching, speaking, writing and training followers of Jesus how to love God with all our mind., as well as persuading non-believers that Christianity is true.

 

We are committed to preparing believers “to give an answer for the reason for the hope that we have.” (1 Peter 3:15)  John and Laurie Stewart, in partnership with their home church Cornerstone Church Anaheim are continuing this mission through the launch of the Intelligent Faith Conference.

FEATURED SPEAKERS
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BOBBY CONWAY

Bobby is co-host of the nationally syndicated radio program, The Pastor’s Perspective, and the radio show and YouTube ministry programs called, Christianity Still Makes Sense. He’s also the founding lead pastor of Image Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned his Master of Theology (ThM) from Dallas Theological Seminary, his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary, and his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the University of Birmingham in England. He is also the author of several books, including: Doubting Toward Faith, Does God Exist and 51 Other Compelling Questions About God and the Bible and his newest release, Does Christianity Still Make Sense? Bobby and Heather have been married since 1996 and have two adult married children and they’ve recently become the proud grandparents of their daughter's newborn twins! 

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Hugh Ross

Hugh Ross is founder and senior scholar of Reasons to Believe, an organization dedicated to communicating the compatibility of science and the Christian faith.

 

While in college, Hugh committed his life to Jesus Christ after his study of cosmology convinced him of the existence of a Creator, specifically the God of the Bible.

 

Hugh holds a degree in physics from the University of British Columbia and a PhD in astronomy from the University of Toronto. After five years on the Caltech faculty, he transitioned to full-time ministry and still serves on the pastoral team at Christ Church Sierra Madre. His writings include journal and magazine articles, hundreds of blogs, and numerous books—The Creator and the Cosmos, Why the Universe Is the Way It Is, Improbable Planet, and Designed to the Core, among others. He has spoken on hundreds of university campuses as well as at conferences and churches around the world and participates in the weekly Stars, Cells, and God podcast.

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MELISSA CAIN TRAVIS

Melissa Cain Travis earned a Ph.D. in Humanities (Philosophy) from Faulkner University, where her dissertation research focused on the natural philosophy and natural theology of Johannes Kepler. She holds a Master of Arts n Science and Religion from Biola University and a Bachelor of Science in general biology from Campbell University. She serves as a Fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, where she teaches adult education courses on a variety of science and faith topics.


Melissa is the author of Thinking God’s Thoughts: Johannes Kepler and the Miracle of Cosmic Comprehensibility (2022) and Science and the Mind of the Maker: What the Conversation Between Faith and Science Reveals About God (2018). She has several publications forthcoming, including The Reconstruction Project: Recovering Truth and Rebuilding Faith, coauthored with Dr. Andrew I. Shepardson (B&H Academic, February 2026). 

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John Stewart

John Stewart is a lawyer, Christian apologist, author, and award-winning radio personality. He holds a Bachelor degree in Biblical Studies from Biola University, a Master degree in Theological Studies from Talbot School of Theology, and a Doctorate in Law from Western State University. He is currently the Scholar in Residence for Ratio Christi and visiting scholar at Multnomah Biblical Seminary in Portland, Oregon.          

 

John formerly co-hosted the nationally syndicated radio program The Bible Answerman, and hosted his own national radio show, John Stewart Live. He also was the afternoon-drive radio host of John Stewart Live and Live from L.A. on KKLA-fm, and KBRT-am in Southern California. 

John served as Professor of Law and Apologetics at the Simon Greenleaf School of Law (now Trinity Law School) in Anaheim, California, where he was also Assistant Dean of the Law Program. He later served as a Director of the Christian Research Institute.

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He is the author of five books,  has appeared as a guest on local and national television and radio and has spoken at colleges, universities, and law schools across America and around the world. 

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            John and his wife, Laurie, are allied attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom. They have three adult daughters and a German Shepherd named Cali, and live in North Tustin, California.

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Tony Gurule

Tony Gurule is the Vice President of Radical Truth, a full-time missionary, ordained minister, speaker, and trainer. He is also the host of the 'Radical Truth' TV Show & Podcast. Tony's ministry work can be seen and heard on many online platforms, however, he was banned on Facebook in 2018, and he was banned on Vimeo in 2020 shortly after, "Lights Out: When Islam Rules America" was uploaded to his channel.

 

Tony did not grow up in a Christian home, but by God's grace he became a Christian near the beginning of 2004. While he was at work one day, a random customer handed him a Gospel tract. The tract led him to Ray Comfort's website where he was taken through the "Good Person Test," which used the Ten Commandments as God's standard of 'goodness'. For the first time in his life, Tony realized why he was a sinner, and his personal need for a Savior. It was then that he came to a place of biblical, repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord immediately gave Tony a heart for the lost, and for the last twenty years he has been heavily involved in personal evangelism, and he regularly teaches classes on evangelism, apologetics, and Islam. You can read his full bio HERE.

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