Speaking

Talks that go beneath behavior.

Drew speaks to rooms that are ready for more than inspiration: honest teaching about addiction, shame, leadership, and what healing actually requires.

Drew Powell teaching in an auditorium

Who He Speaks To

Rooms where the stakes are real

Every audience gets the same thing: lived experience, clinical grounding, and zero hype.

Churches Pastors and ministry leaders Therapists and clinicians Treatment centers Recovery organizations Christian universities Men's groups and retreats

Topics

What Drew teaches on

Each talk is adapted to your room, your context, and your goals. These are the themes he returns to most.

  • Beyond DisqualificationFailure, restoration, and what comes after the worst day
  • Spiritual BypassingWhen religious language becomes a way to avoid healing
  • Process AddictionUnderstanding compulsive behavior beyond substances
  • Healthy MasculinityStrength that does not require pretending
  • Betrayal TraumaCaring for spouses and families in the wake of discovery
  • Church Health and Ministry CultureBuilding teams where honesty is safe
  • Faith After FailureWhat belief looks like on the other side of collapse
  • Leadership and IdentityLeading from who you are, not who you perform
  • Recovery and Emotional HealthMoving beneath behavior to the issues that keep people stuck

Watch

See Drew teach

A sample of Drew's teaching, so you know exactly what your room will experience.

Some of these messages were given during Drew's earlier years on staff at Cross Point Church. Drew is no longer associated with Cross Point Church in any capacity and does not represent the church or speak on its behalf. Videos are embedded from the church's public YouTube channel and remain its property.

Drew Powell in a filmed conversation

What to Expect

Honest. Grounded. Hopeful.

Drew does not do hype, and he does not do despair. He tells the truth about how people get stuck, then points to a credible path forward. Audiences leave with language for things they have never been able to say out loud.

Formats include keynotes, weekend teaching, conference sessions, staff trainings, retreats, and moderated conversations.

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