Chris Sonksen Motivational Speaker from San Clemente, CA

Chris Sonksen is the founder and Lead Pastor of South Hills Church and has an exceptional ability to inspire both secular and non-secular audiences. Under his leadership, South Hills has experienced phenomenal growth and in just a few short years has grown from a handful of people to seven campuses across the country. South Hills has become a thriving, multi-service and multi-site church. In 1998 South Hills started with a single vision: to create a contemporary, friendly and down to earth church. Since its conception South Hills has held Sunday morning services in a local lodge, a public school auditorium and then finally in June of 2002 South Hills held its first service on their own property. With just a handful of people the vision has grown and continues to grow as we seek to make a difference in our world. Chris has a magnetic, captivating and humorous style for motivating and inspiring all audiences. As a motivational speaker, he has spoken both nationally and internationally in companies such as Verizon, Securitas and Home Depot. Chris is the founder of Celera Church Strategy Group an organization with an unwavering commitment to excellence in all things, with the goal to “raise the national average of church attendance,” by equipping church leaders with resources and coaching. Chris brings high-energy focus and a passion for vision and leadership to encourage and equip the local Church. Chris Serves on the board of Convoy of Hope, a relief organization with “A Driving Passion to feed the World”. Convoy of Hope was founded in 1994 and has served more than 55 MILLION people throughout the world through international children's feeding initiatives, community outreaches, disaster response and partner resourcing. Chris is also spearheading the organization's Feed One initiative.