MWAP Lunch 14DEC2023-Jim Daly

Jim Daly, president of Focus on the Family and host of its daily radio broadcast, which has been honored as Program of the Year by the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), celebrated his 34th anniversary with the ministry in 2023.

Daly’s journey from orphan to head of an international Christian organization dedicated to helping families thrive is a powerful story. He was abandoned by his alcoholic father at age 5 and then lost his mother to cancer four years later.

Daly spent time in foster care before becoming a Christian in high school where he found meaning, purpose and a sense of belonging.

In his 2007 autobiography, Finding Home, he wrote “no matter how torn up the road has already been, or how pothole-infested it may look ahead, nothing – nothing – is impossible for God.”

Daly has received numerous awards and has appeared on such television programs as “Fox & Friends,” “America Live with Megyn Kelly,” “ABC World News Tonight” and PBS’ “Religion & Ethics”; and been featured in Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and Newsweek, which named him one of the Top 10 next-generation evangelical leaders of influence.
Daly has been married to his wife, Jean, since 1986. They have two sons and reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado.