Dr. Henry Cloud

Dr. Cloud is a clinical psychologist with a unique ability to connect with his audiences. Drawing upon his broad range of experiences in private practice, leadership consulting, and media, he simplifies life's issues and gives easy-to-understand, practical advice. It is Dr. Cloud's humor, compassion, and "in the moment" confrontation that make his approach to psychology and spirituality such a success.

Dr. Cloud has written or co-written nineteen books, including the million-seller Boundaries. His most recent books are How to Get a Date Worth Keeping and Integrity. He has earned three Gold Medallion awards and was awarded the distinguished Retailers Choice award for God Will Make A Way.

God Will Make a Way was the focus of a book and television partnership with Integrity Publishers and Time-Life. Dr. Cloud has appeared on numerous radio and television broadcasts, including FOX News. He has also been featured in many publications, including the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Cloud co-hosts the nationally syndicated radio program New Life Live, which is heard in over 150 markets. Millions of listeners have benefited from his wit and wisdom for over a decade.

As president of Cloud-Townsend Resources, Dr. Cloud has produced and conducted hundreds of public seminars around the country. He speaks on relationships--marriage, parenting, dating, personal growth, and spirituality. His seminars are often broadcast live to over two thousand venues at a time.

In his consulting practice, he works with leaders of organizations and corporations, from family-held firms to Fortune 25 companies and non-profit organizations. With his extensive executive coaching background and experience as an organizational and leadership consultant, he speaks regularly at corporate and leadership events held across the United States and internationally.

Dr. Cloud co-founded a health-care company that operated treatment centers in thirty-five cities in the Western United States; he served as Clinical Co-Director for ten years. In that context of hands-on clinical experience, he researched and developed many of the treatment methods and principles he communicates to audiences today. Since then, he has devoted his time to spreading principles of hope and life change through speaking, writing, and the media. His books have sold over four million copies.

He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, having earned a BS in psychology with honors. He completed his PhD in clinical psychology at Biola University and his clinical internship at Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. His philanthropic interests lie in the area of homelessness and the inner city, as well as Third World missions and development. He serves on the board of the Los Angeles Mission, a rescue mission on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.

Dr. Cloud is an avid golfer and enjoys boating, deep sea fishing and scuba diving. He lives in Los Angeles.

Bishop Sherwood Carthen

On Friday night, March 6th, our General Session Speaker is Bishop Sherwood C. Carthen. Bishop Carthen is the senior pastor of Bayside of South Sacramento and the founder and director of the Our Family Community Foundation, specializing in wellness, wholeness, and faith. He is active nationally in such causes as tobacco education and substance abuse prevention, and in the Sacramento community’s Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. He is also chaplain for the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings. Bishop Carthen received a degree in theology and an honorary D.Div. in the field of interdenominational service from the Mount Zion Institute and Bible Seminary. Bishop Carthen is very active as a community leader all around metropolitan Sacramento. He hails from the business community where he worked in management for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. He holds numerous degrees and honors. Due to his strong charismatic presence and dedication to the Lord, Bishop receives numerous requests to speak around the country at men’s conferences and retreats.

Jack Hayford

On Saturday morning, March 7 we’ll have the opportunity to enjoy Pastor Jack Hayford. Dr. Hayford is the president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. In 1954, he married Anna Smith, and together they now have four children and eleven grandchildren. I true ministry hero, he began pastoring a small congregation, the First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, in 1969. This congregation of 19 people has since become known as The Church On The Way, one of the largest churches in Southern California. Pastor Hayford has been the president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel since October 1, 2004.

Dr. Hayford is also widely known for his involvement in the Promise Keepers movement, his role as founder and chancellor of The King's College and Seminary, and for his some four-dozen books and 600 hymns and choruses. He is the author of the hymn "Majesty," which has proved extremely popular in churches worldwide since it was written in 1978.