JOHN HOPPER
Big questions deserve honest conversation.
Pastor, author, and speaker Dr. John Hopper helps people examine questions about God and life—and equips Christians to talk about Jesus with clarity, confidence, and genuine care.
Available for keynotes, church services, conferences, workshops, leadership gatherings, and audience Q&A.
Clear thinking. Practical guidance. A deeply relational approach.
John Hopper helps people think honestly about faith and equips Christians to engage others with clarity, confidence, and care. His background includes sixteen years as a pastor in Houston, work in the private sector, and ministry experience around the world—giving him a practical understanding of the questions people bring to churches, workplaces, families, and everyday relationships.
Today, John serves as Executive Director of REACH, developing resources that help Christians have thoughtful, relational conversations with people exploring faith.
He holds degrees from Trinity University, the University of Houston, Bethel University, and Biola University, including a Doctor of Ministry.
Whether addressing skeptical questions or helping believers share their faith, John brings intellectual honesty, pastoral warmth, real-life experience, and an ability to make complex ideas understandable and useful.
Talks that turn difficult questions into meaningful conversations.
John’s presentations can stand alone or be combined into a keynote, workshop, conference track, church series, or leadership training experience. Each topic can be adapted to the audience and event objective.
Many Christians find evangelism terrifying, or at best a necessary chore. John wants to change that and help people find joy in sharing Jesus. He unpacks biblical, pressure-reducing perspectives and offers a practical, relational approach to building friendships, starting meaningful conversations, and organically sharing the gospel.
Can we know truth? Does science leave room for God? Can the Bible be trusted? Why would a good God allow suffering? How can a loving God really send people to hell? John addresses common questions about Christianity with evidence, humility, and room for people to think for themselves.
When friends and family resist Jesus, it can leave you at a loss as to how to respond. But there is a way forward. John unpacks the most common reasons why people keep Jesus at arm's length and provides tangible ways you can help others seriously consider Jesus.
Building healthy disciples and leaders means equipping them to give Jesus away not just for a day or for a season but for a lifetime. John shares the biblical perspectives and personal experiences that have kept him reaching out to others for 40 years. Best yet, it can help keep your team and staff in the game for the long run.
Understanding the “why” behind any mission is imperative if you hope to stay on track when life gets busy, people seem disinterested, or there doesn’t seem to be much fruit from your efforts. John reveals six powerful whys from Scripture that will motivate you and your church to share Jesus in season and out of season.
Built for the room you’re leading.
John adapts his content and approach to the purpose of the event, the needs of the audience, and the questions already shaping the room.
Audience types
General conferences · Universities and student gatherings · Outreach events · Women’s events · Churches · Denominational conferences · Pastor gatherings · Leadership retreats · Ministry training · Apologetics conferences
Formats
Keynotes · Breakout sessions · Workshops · Leadership roundtables · Panels · Moderated conversations · Audience Q&A
See John’s approach in action.
Watch John take a difficult question or a common evangelism concern and respond with clarity, warmth, and practical direction.
A trusted voice beyond the stage.
John is the author of Questioning God?: Answers to Questions Worth Asking and Giving Jesus Away: Finding Joy in Sharing the Gospel. He also contributes to the REACH Podcast, Q&A, and practical resources that help Christians engage difficult questions, begin meaningful conversations, and share Jesus naturally and confidently.
John serves as Executive Director of REACH, a ministry of Search Ministries, a national nonprofit that for 50 years has helped spiritually curious adults explore life and faith through real conversation without judgment. His work reflects Search’s commitment to intellectual honesty, authentic relationships, and helping people take a next step toward God.
Bring honest answers and practical next steps to your audience.
Whether your event is focused on evangelism, apologetics, leadership, doubt, or meaningful spiritual conversation, John can shape a presentation around the questions your audience is asking and the next step you want them to take.
