Matt Markins
Matt Markins serves as the President and CEO of Awana, a global leader in child discipleship. As a leading researcher in child discipleship and children’s ministry, Matt has commissioned fourteen research projects since 2013, including a study conducted by Barna Group called, Children’s Ministry in a New Reality. He’s a board member at large for the National Association of Evangelicals and is the coauthor of six books, most notably Forming Faith: Discipling the Next Generation in a Post-Christian Culture , and his newest release, Daddy How Much Do You Love Me? He’s also the co-founder of the Child Discipleship Forum and D6 Conference. Matt and his wife Katie have been involved in children’s ministry for more than twenty-five years and live in Nashville. They have two adult sons and a daughter-in-law.
