MARY DEMUTH
If you met Mary DeMuth today, her joy might confuse you. Who she has become in light of tragedy is a testimony of Jesus’s ability to transform a broken life. A child of three divorces, a victim of repeated sexual assault at five-years old, with a father who died when she was ten, Mary wanted to end her life in her teens. In the tenth grade, she heard about Jesus, and she knew she wanted to chase after Him for the rest of her life. Thankfully, He chased her.
Mary is the author of over forty-five nonfiction and fiction titles, including The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible (Salem Books, 2022). Her book We Too won the 2019 Christianity Today Book Award (Award of Merit) in the Christian Living/Discipleship category.
Twice nominated for a Christy Award for her fiction, she teaches writing intensives in the US and Switzerland every year.
As an advocate for sexual abuse survivors, she’s shared her story on CNN and has been featured in The Washington Post, Christianity Today, The Associated Press, The New York Times, and The Dallas Morning News. From the stage, she prayed for abuse victims at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention.
Mary has a vigorous speaking schedule and has had the privilege of sharing the healing journey with audiences around the world in places like Nice, Munich, Florence, Johannesburg, Accra, Port au Prince, Montreal, Geneva and Monte Carlo, and she planted a church with her family in southern France.
Her best work? Being a mom to three amazing young adults and the wife of 32 years to Patrick. She makes her home in Dallas alongside her husband, an energetic chocolate lab, and a fuzzy black cat named Boo Radley.
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Past Engagements
Southern Baptist Convention
Lake Pointe Church
The District Church DC
La Chapelle, Montreal, Canada
National Speakers Conference
College Chapel at Baylor University
Liberty University School of Law