333 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR, 97233, USA

Ben Burns

Ben Burns has worked with Cru for 30 years as a youth and family educator. As a campus minister for 15 years Ben developed a keen understanding of college life and adolescent faith development, which he shares in seminars with college bound students and their parents. He has also educated thousands of couples on marriage and family as a national speaker at the Weekend to Remember marriage conferences, sponsored by Cru’s FamilyLife ministry. Ben has a BA in Communication from Arizona State University and an M.A. in Exegetical Theology from Western Seminary, where he is also an adjunct professor on “Developing Strong Families”. He and his wife Janet have been married for 23 years and have three of the nicest, smartest and most beautiful children you will ever meet.