Shane Stanford is a teacher, speaker and author committed to connecting people in significant relationships with
Christ and each other. Shane is committed to helping people make life matter.
Shane serves as Teacher and Chief Vision Architect for The Table (www.thetablelife.org), an Acts 2 Worship
Community.
Shane is Ministry Leader/Host for The United Methodist Hour, a television program airing in over 30,000,000
homes weekly on FamilyNet.
And, in his spare time… Shane is a life coach and self-development consultant, assisting individuals,
organizations and congregations to reach their full Acts 2 potential. With his wife, Dr. Pokey Stanford, Shane is
the co-author of the A2 Indicators assessment program, recently used by over 800 churches.
A dynamic, effective motivational speaker, Shane travels extensively sharing his journey as an HIV+
Hemophiliac and Christian minister. Shane recently spoke, at the invitation of Rick and Kay Warren, at the
Global AIDS Summit for Saddleback Community Church in California.
Shane is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church.
Shane currently serves on the steering committee of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund.
Shane's books include:
Shane writes a regular blog/evotion entitled Making Life Matter and has published articles in Alive Now!, Giving,Worship Connection and The Upper Room.
Shane is represented by the MacGregor Literary Agency and by Command Performance Speaker’s Bureau.
However, if you ask Shane, he will tell you the most important job in his life is being a husband and father.
Shane is married to Dr. Pokey Stanford, an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern
Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. They are the parents of three daughters, Sarai Grace (11), Juli Anna (8) and
Emma Leigh (4).
Christ and each other. Shane is committed to helping people make life matter.
Shane serves as Teacher and Chief Vision Architect for The Table (www.thetablelife.org), an Acts 2 Worship
Community.
Shane is Ministry Leader/Host for The United Methodist Hour, a television program airing in over 30,000,000
homes weekly on FamilyNet.
And, in his spare time… Shane is a life coach and self-development consultant, assisting individuals,
organizations and congregations to reach their full Acts 2 potential. With his wife, Dr. Pokey Stanford, Shane is
the co-author of the A2 Indicators assessment program, recently used by over 800 churches.
A dynamic, effective motivational speaker, Shane travels extensively sharing his journey as an HIV+
Hemophiliac and Christian minister. Shane recently spoke, at the invitation of Rick and Kay Warren, at the
Global AIDS Summit for Saddleback Community Church in California.
Shane is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church.
Shane currently serves on the steering committee of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund.
Shane's books include:
 | The Seven NEXT Words of Christ (Abingdon Press, 2006). | |
| The Eight Blessings (Abingdon Press, 2007). | |
| 365 Devotions for Men by Men (Contributing Author-- Abingdon Press, 2008). | |
| When God Disappears (Regal Books, 2008). | |
| A Positive Life (Zondervan, Coming Fall 2009) | |
| You Can't Do Everything... So Do Something (Abingdon Press, Coming 2009) |
Shane writes a regular blog/evotion entitled Making Life Matter and has published articles in Alive Now!, Giving,
Shane is represented by the MacGregor Literary Agency and by Command Performance Speaker’s Bureau.
However, if you ask Shane, he will tell you the most important job in his life is being a husband and father.
Shane is married to Dr. Pokey Stanford, an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Southern
Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS. They are the parents of three daughters, Sarai Grace (11), Juli Anna (8) and
Emma Leigh (4).
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Biography