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Looking for a dynamic presenter for your parish mission, conference, or event? Consider inviting one of our CHNetwork team members, most of whom have served in successful Protestant ministry before becoming Catholic, and can share powerfully on a number of topics related to the Faith.

Whether you’re looking to schedule a single talk, a parish mission, or a workshop, our team of gifted presenters is happy to work with you to help share the beauty and truth of the Catholic Faith in a dynamic and edifying way.

To find out how you can invite one of our CHNetwork staff to speak at your event, email [email protected].

CHNetwork Speaker Bios

JonMarc Grodi

Travels from Toledo, OH

JonMarc Grodi’s interest in helping people understand the Catholic faith goes back to his childhood. His father, Marcus, a former Presbyterian minister, brought their whole family into the Church when JonMarc was only five years old. Growing up around converts and those exploring the Catholic faith, he learned to appreciate the gift of what it means to be Catholic, and how to effectively communicate the beauty and truth of the Faith with those seeking a home in the Church.

JonMarc went on to work in campus ministry while pursuing his undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Bowling Green State University, and later earned a Masters Degree in Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He has worked with his father in the Coming Home Network in various capacities since 2005, and eventually became Executive Director of the organization in 2022.

After 25 years of hosting The Journey Home on EWTN, Marcus Grodi passed the torch to his son JonMarc, who in his role as the new host brings to the program a lifetime of experience working with Catholic converts.

JonMarc lives with his wife, Teresa, and their six children in Perrysburg, Ohio.

POPULAR TOPICS

The Journey of Prayer
The Cardinal and Theological Virtues
The Importance of Identifying and Sharing your Testimony
Feasting and Fasting in the Christian Life
How to Help People Home to the Catholic Church
And more!

Ken Hensley

Travels from Los Angeles, CA

Ken Hensley is a Baptist convert to Catholicism (1997) who serves as the Director of Pastoral Care for the Coming Home Network, International, supporting protestant ministers from around the world who find themselves on a journey toward the Catholic Church. Ken is featured on CHNetwork’s podcast and Youtube show “On the Journey with Matt, Kenny & Kenny.” He has taught extensively in the field of Catholic apologetics, appearing numerous times on Catholic radio and TV and speaking at Catholic parishes and conferences throughout the U.S. Before joining CHN, Ken also worked as an adjunct professor in the biblical studies department at St John’s Seminary for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Ken came to faith in Christ at the age of 22 in a non-denominational Protestant environment. He received his M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. and was ordained in the American Baptist denomination, where he served as a pastor for eleven years. In the spring of 1993, Ken learned that a old friend from his seminary days, Scott Hahn, had converted to the Catholic faith. He contacted Scott to ask, “What in the world have you done!?” Thus began more than three years of prayer, struggle and an intense rethinking of his entire worldview as a Christian. In September of 1996 Ken resigned his pastorate and at Easter Vigil 1997 was received into the Catholic Church with his wife Tina. Ken and Tina have been married for 45 years. They have two children and eleven grandchildren. They live Fillmore, California.

POPULAR TOPICS

Conversion Story: Unthinkable: How a Baptist Pastor Became Catholic
Why Sola Scriptura Isn’t Historical, Isn’t Biblical, and Doesn’t Work
Explaining the Catholic View of Salvation to Protestants
What Was the Reformation and Why Did it Happen?
Luther: the Rest of the Story
A Baptist Pastor’s Journey to the Eucharist
Discovering Catholic Teaching on Baptism
And more!

Kenny Burchard

Travels from Virginia Beach, VA

Kenny Burchard is a Pentecostal convert to Catholicism (2019) and currently serves as the Director of Development for The Coming Home Network International. He is featured on the CHNetwork’s “On the Journey with Matt, Ken, and Kenny” program. He has appeared on EWTN’s The Journey Home twice. He regularly shares apologetics insights and his own conversion story to Catholicism on various well-known Catholic podcasts and shows such as The Cordial Catholic, Hands on Apologetics, and Catholic Re-Con.

Kenny served as a full-time non-Catholic minister in three Pentecostal churches between 1994 and 2013 and was the senior and founding pastor of a Foursquare Gospel church in Central California from 2001-2013. While completing his M.A. in New Testament at the Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary he began to doubt many of the anti-Catholic and popular Protestant theological positions he had always been taught, but never imagined that he would become Catholic.

His conversion to Catholicism, along with his wife, Mary Jo, and their son, Victor, began in June of 2018 when, while driving past a Catholic parish in his neighborhood, Kenny sensed the Holy Spirit directing him to go and visit the parish for Mass. After visiting two weeks in a row, and beginning to read about the Catholic faith from Catholic teachers, Kenny and his family began a year-long process of discerning God’s call into full communion with the Catholic Church. They were received into the Church at the Easter Vigil in 2019.

Kenny has been a featured speaker at Parish missions, seminars, men’s retreats and conferences, marriage retreats, and Catholic High Schools and youth events.

POPULAR TOPICS:

Kenny’s Conversion Story
A Biblical Defense of Purgatory
The Real Presence of Jesus (The Eucharist)
The Intercession and Communion of Saints
The Four Marian Dogmas
Big Problems with Sola Scriptura
Bible Verses Every Catholic Should Know
Where is the Catholic Church in the Bible?
The Protestant Reflex – Why your Protestant friends are hard to talk to
Go to St. Joseph – Lessons for Men from the Life of The Carpenter
And more!