Who We Are

Who are these people? Are they any good? What’s their story? 

If any of these questions burn within or just
momentarily flit by in your stream of consciousness,
the following may offer some quick info.

Our Story

Our Story:  Carol’s from Boston. Jim’s from North Carolina.  We met in Houston. We were checking each other out in the mirror at a Bible study, til our eyes suddenly met in the mirror.  Whoo.  We dated four years, got engaged twice and everyone was so happy when we finally got married in 1992.

We each have our own story of brokenness and healing. During those early years God was preparing us to speak into marriages and lives by going through the school of hard knocks and coming out on the other side. Grace of God. The Lord also blessed us with two sons who keep life an ever new adventure.

 

Why did we start Acts of Renewal?  Since our relationship with Jesus Christ is the number one priority in our lives, it made a lot of sense to use our talents doing professional theatre from a Christian world view. After grad school we began touring, performing at conferences, speaking at colleges and church events.

When PBS aired Carol’s one woman show on eating disorders, God used it to open up doors in our ministry. Our style of being real with our audiences and using comedy theatre for both entertainment and visual learning has proved to be a winning combination. So we continue to create programming for God to use to reach hearts for him. We now live in Kentucky and our sons Zach and Zander are just launching. So touring, teaching, parenting and forever learning keeps us full to overflowing with life.


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Where have we performed?

Conferences - we’ve performed at a wide variety of Christian conferences across the country including Familylife arena conferences and cruises, Revive Our Hearts,  Juli Slatterly’s Authentic Intimacy, Care Net, The Cove, Laity Lodge (Retreats and Family Camp),  Moody National Pastors Conference,  Youth Specialties, Youth for Christ Staff,  Pregnancy Resource Center Fundraisers,  Missionary Alliance Men’s Conference, Women’s events and marriage events at Sandy Cove Conference Center, Forrest Springs Conference Center, Focus on the Family Pastors and Wives Conference,  Pine Cove and more..

 Churches - Story crosses denominational lines and we’ve presented theatre in many churches; from worship services, marriage events, womens events to Christmas shows, denomination conventions and mens conferences. Some of these include: Regional or National conferences for: Evangelical Free Church, Anglican Church of North America, Tennessee Baptist Convention, Kentucky United Methodist Annual Conference, Regional Conference Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, American Baptist Historical Society, Sisters of Divine Providence International Conference and more...,

Colleges - over 60 colleges and universities including: Wheaton College, Harvard University, Gordon College, Messiah College, Azusa Pacific University, Westmont, Indiana Wesleyan University, King University, Harvard University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and many more. Acts of Renewal is included in the roster of distinguished Staley Lecturers.

Where do we speak?

We have a passion for helping marriages so we speak at a lot of marriage conferences, lead church marriage events, retreats and date nights.  Carol loves to encourage women and so speaks and performs at women’s events across the country. We love college students, and addressing issues of brokenness, healing and spiritual formation, hense we’ve been at a lot of colleges.

Where do we teach?

 In addition to Acts of Renewal, Dr. Jim is Chair of the Communications Department and the Theatre Dept. at Asbury University. Carol has her MFA in Acting and  BA in Biblical Studies and teaches theatre and directs shows helping develop the gifts of the next generation of believer artists.

Get in Touch

Interested in having us perform for your upcoming event?

Connect with us through our contact page or give us a call at (828) 301-8562

We look forward to hearing from you!