The Rev. Dr. Becca Stevens

Denomination: The Episcopal Church (TEC)
Organization: Thistle Farms

BECCA STEVENS is an Episcopal priest, entrepreneur, author, and social justice activist. She is founder and president of Thistle Farms, a community of women who have survived trafficking, prostitution and addiction. She has been featured in New York Times, on ABC World News, NPR, PBS, CNN and was named a "Champion of Change" by the White House in 2011. Most recently she has been featured in the PBS documentary, "A Path Appears." She was named 2014 Humanitarian of the Year by the Small Business Council of America as well as the TJ Martell Foundation, has been inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame, and was conferred an honorary doctorate by Sewanee: The University of the South. She lives in Nashville with her husband, Grammy-winning songwriter Marcus Hummon, and their three sons.

Becca's latest book is, "Letters from the Farm: A Simple Path for a Deeper Spiritual Life." Her personality infuses her writing and speaking. She is earnest and empathetic, focused and funny. She is known for her wit as well as her humility, for day-to-day absent-mindedness and for steadfast practicality. Her message is honest and she offers groups a way to move from fear or cynicism into inspired action.  She is fervently hopeful and determinedly loving.

Becca appears at national events as a keynote speaker, at business gatherings as the Founder of the largest social enterprise in the US run by survivors, at universities inspiring young adults to live into their ideals, and at morning worship in churches. As an inspirational speaker she us growing a global movement for women's freedom.