Lysa TerKeurst
Born: July 21, 1969 – Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Lysa TerKeurst is an American Christian author, speaker, and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries whose work focuses on faith, relationships, emotional healing, and personal boundaries. Her notable books include Uninvited, Forgiving What You Can't Forget, and Good Boundaries and Goodbyes; several have become New York Times bestsellers.
Biography & Author's Journey
Lysa TerKeurst is an American Christian nonfiction writer, speaker, and ministry leader whose career has been shaped by an unusually public blend of testimony, teaching, and organizational leadership. As president and chief visionary officer of Proverbs 31 Ministries, she has become one of the best-known voices in contemporary women’s Christian publishing. Her early adulthood marked a major turning point: while in college, the death of her baby sister after a medical mistake shattered her faith for a time. TerKeurst has said that a friend’s challenge to stop living only in the question of why and to ask what now helped redirect her spiritual life and, eventually, her writing. She now writes from her family’s farm table and lives in North Carolina. ((https://lysaterkeurst.com/wp-content/uploads/media/Lysa_TerKeurst_Media_Kit.pdf))
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"Lysa TerKeurst received the night's top award, Christian Book of the Year, for Embraced"
— Publishers Weekly ((
"Host Steve Cuss and bestselling author and Bible teacher Lysa TerKeurst shares her raw, faith-filled journey"
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"No one knows His Word, His women and His way quite like Lysa TerKeurst"
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"Timothy Paulson called Lysa TerKeurst "a visionary leader."
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"Lysa TerKeurst has identified what God has taught her through devastating circumstances"
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