Ben Pirtle
Bio
Ben Pirtle is an innovator in the world of student ministry communication, creative branding and social justice. For the past ten years, Ben has pastored thousands of students in local church ministry, camp ministry, missions and conference speaking. As the Student ministries pastor for Gateway Church out of Dallas, Texas, Ben helped coordinate and design a state of the art student center that places him in front of thousands of students weekly. As a camp and conference communicator, he has taken the message of service and following Gods dream for your life to thousands. In the spring of 2009, with a desire to help the poor and hungry across the world, the charity organization, Hello Somebody, was born in his heart and quickly became a movement. In the first year, Hello Somebody fed 1 million people world-wide and became an exciting player in the social justice arena. Now with the launch of Hello Rwanda, a movement to rescue street children and OK People, a 4 fold strategic movement to feed, quench, educate and heal through medicine, Ben is helping shape the future of the social justice movement primarily through student ministry involvement. Ben speaks to students nationwide bringing a challenge to “know Gods dream for your life and say OK” This is the catalyst for world change! Ben is married to Callie Pirtle and they have 4 children, Copeland, Watts, Grisham and Callaway. They reside in Dallas and in Northeast Louisiana.
