2023 Prayer Breakfast Speaker is Carrie Abbott.
Carrie Abbott Bio
With 32 years of teaching, Carrie is a tremendously popular national speaker, author and radio show host. Her witty and fast paced style, combined with her depth of knowledge is one of many reasons she is considered a great communicator and leading expert on the topic of relationships and sexuality. She has spoken to people across the nation, in venues as diverse as: state legislatures, churches, universities, youth events, medical associations, conferences, banquets, broadcast radio & TV, and she is featured in several video series. Carrie hosts a daily 30-minute radio show called Relationship Insights which is heard on stations in WA, CA, NV, KS, OK, MO and downloaded in 138 countries from CarrieAbbott.com.
As a founder and President of The Legacy Institute, Carrie is the lead educator and go-to expert on philosophy, theology and content for the Legacy Institute. Carrie oversees research and development of all resources at Legacy, serves as a consultant to other organizations and teaches nationwide.
A few more facts:
- Carrie is the author of The Sexual Integrity Program, An innovative program used by Pregnancy Resource Centers in 49 states and 13 countries.
- Carrie is the author and teacher in The Biblical Blueprint for Sexual Integrity video series used nationwide and internationally.
- Carrie is the Executive Producer and one of the lead authors of Relationships with Integrity, a K-12 relationship curricula used nationwide.
- Carrie is the Executive Producer and a lead author of Emily’s Club, a Jr. High resource for girls.
- Carrie is the Executive Producer and editor of Kingdom, Power, Glory, a manhood study based on the Lord’s Prayer.
- Carrie is a contributing author in several projects including: Clergy Sexual Misconduct and a Technical Assistance Module for Federal Abstinence Grantees nationwide.
- Carrie was one of the first recipients of The Community Impact Award from Families Northwest (now Stronger Families) in Washington State.
- Carrie has been in ministry since she was 17. She served for years in youth work, served 13 years with an abstinence program (eight years as Director), has trained hundreds of teachers nationwide, mentored young married couples with her husband, and spent many years in a variety of other ministry opportunities.
- Carrie worked for Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer, and a securities litigation expert, and received her securities license in the process. She also started her own event planning business – The Main Event, planning corporate events and weddings for eight years.
- Carrie attended a variety of colleges, including Northwest University in Kirkland WA. and Capernwray Bible School in Sweden and England, where she met her husband, Greg. They have been happily married for 38 years, have five grown children, fifteen grandchildren and live in the Seattle area.
- Carrie needed more to do so she and Greg chose to home-school their five children for nine years, until she admits, “I just got tired” and put them in private school.
View Carrie’s complete curriculum vitae here.
