Chris LaTondresse (twitter: @latondresse) is the founder and CEO of Recovering Evangelical, an online news and opinion portal backed by a national movement of next-generation Christians.

Since graduating from Bethel University (MN) in 2005, Chris LaTondresse has leveraged his talents as a thought-leader, communicator, connector and strategist by helping world changing organizations and businesses -- from Minnesota to the Mississippi Delta, from East Africa to the Middle East -- connect-the-dots between youth culture, faith-inspired activism and advancing the common good.

Raised in the former Soviet Union as the son of American missionary parents, LaTondresse spent his young-adult years serving at summer bible camps, suburban mega-churches and working in politics for a Democratic Member of Congress and for the Republican Governor of Minnesota. These experiences provided him with a global outlook matched with a commitment to the idea that God is not a Republican or a Democrat.

Before launching Recovering Evangelical, LaTondresse served as the Special Assistant to Jim Wallis, founder of Sojourners Magazine, followed by a tenure as the U.S. Director of Questscope, a Middle East NGO pioneering education reform and youth empowerment strategies across the Arab world.

LaTondresse currently serves on the board of YouthFactor and as a Senior Fellow for the Case Foundation’s Buxton Initiative. His work has appeared in RELEVANT Magazine and Sojourners Magazine, and he has been interviewed by CNN, ABC and Fox News.

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