Ron Hutchcraft is an impassioned contemporary evangelist, speaker, author, and radio host. As President of Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Ron and his team specialize in developing authentic, relevant, and creative tools to communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people in their language.
He is the author of several books, including The Battle for a Generation, A Life That Matters, and Called to Greatness. His most recent book, Hope When Your Heart is Breaking: Finding God’s Presence in Your Pain (Harvest House), was released January 2021 and is dedicated to his wife Karen, who went home to be with Jesus in 2016.
For over 35 years, Ron has been a part of people’s daily lives through his popular radio program. “A Word With You,” heard across the country and broadcast internationally in the five most-spoken languages in the world.
Ron is the co-founder of “On Eagles’ Wings,” an outreach and leadership development program for Native American and First Nations young people. He has traveled with and helped shepherd Native-led “On Eagles’ Wings” teams that have brought hope to over 100 Native communities. He is also the founder of the Warrior Leadership Summit conference, which annually brings together young people from almost 100 Indian nations. In addition, the “On Eagles’ Wings” Warrior Scholarship Fund has helped many Native young people go to college to train for spiritual leadership among their people.
Ron has been a popular speaker for major events and conferences in North America, Africa, South America and Asia and has spent his entire life working cross-culturally with young people. At Billy Graham Schools of Evangelism and other conferences, Ron has trained tens of thousands of Christian leaders in how to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our rapidly-changing culture.
Ron worked alongside his late wife and life-long ministry partner, Karen. They have three children who have served with them in ministry, and nine grandchildren.