On Saturday, October 15, 2011 High Impact Teens will host the Man Up Conference at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the fourth time the event has been held at the MCJDC and it is shaping up to be the best one ever. Speakers include: Hunter Smith, former punter for [...]

Ministry Highlights of 2010 Man Up Bible Study: A weekly Bible study focused on teaching Biblical principles of manhood to troubled and fatherless youth. Mentoring Troubled Youth: Leading the mentor outreach team in Indianapolis and assisting in recruiting, training and managing the mentors as well as mentoring youth through our ministry in the detention center. [...]

Reaching One Out of One Hundred By Ken Turner   In March of 2009 God brought Daniel Ferguson into my life. Although we only knew each other for about 10 days, God did a miraculous work in his life and mine. I wanted to share his story with you again. There are countless troubled youth [...]

Uncommon Leadership Event: A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Darrin Gray with a very “uncommon” request. Darrin is the National Development Director for All Pro Dad, the fatherhood program founded by Tony Dungy. Darrin called to ask me if I could arrange to be in Indianapolis on November 17 to join [...]

On Monday night, April 12, during our “Man Up” Bible study 6 teenage boys accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior! I was asked to bring the Bible study in to a different unit from what was scheduled. This Bible study is something I started about 18 months ago at the Marion County Juvenile Detention [...]

Can I share with you some examples of real situations God has brought in to my life and ministry in the past couple weeks? A young boy’s mother has cancer, his father was arrested and is expected to spend two years in jail, his grandmother died and his teenage cousin committed suicide. He’s very angry [...]