Never Lose Hope for Your Kids | Gordy Demarais

About this episode

Chris Stefanick interviews Gordy Demarais about faith, family struggles, and hope for parents of children who have distanced themselves from the faith.

What if the hardest moments of your life are exactly what God wants to use? In this episode of The Chris Stefanick Show, Chris sits down with Gordy Demarais—co-founder of St. Paul's Outreach and one of the founding figures behind NET Ministries—for a conversation packed with extraordinary stories of conversion, raw honesty about family struggle, and one of the most hope-filled messages you'll hear for parents of kids who have walked away from the faith. Gordy's story begins in tragedy: losing his father at 15, drifting from the faith, and spending a summer desperately searching for meaning. Then a chance encounter—and a youth center that was on fire for the gospel—changed everything. That same renewal sparked two of the most influential Catholic youth ministries in North America. But this conversation isn't just about ministry. Gordy opens up about the season when his own family hit a breaking point, what it looks like to love a child who is pulling away, and why the only thing that ultimately sustained him was trusting in a Father who loves our kids even more than we do. In this episode, we cover: -How Gordy lost his faith after his father's death—and how God found him anyway…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Stefanick

Guest: Gordy Demarais

Topics covered

• faith
• family struggle
• conversion stories
• parenting
• hope
• youth ministry

Keywords

• faith
• family
• conversion
• youth ministry
• hope
• Gordy Demarais
• Chris Stefanick

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St. Paul's Outreach, NET Ministries

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