Steven Garofalo

Steven Garofalo is the founder of EquippedAcademy.Com and ReasonForTruth.Org ministry located in Charlotte, NC. He is a speaker, author and teacher on issues relating to Christian apologetics and theology. Steven received his Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in Government & Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD in 1988. He went on to earn a Masters in Apologetics with an emphasis in Islamic Studies from Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, NC in May of 2007. Steven was ordained by Christian Family Life Church (part of Christian Family Life ministries) in Charlotte, NC on May 18, 2011 and is the Assistant Chaplain at Trail Life Troop 0413 in the Charlotte, NC area.

As an author and dynamic and engaging communicator Steven appeals to both the heart and mind. He has over 20 years of experience speaking, teaching, and working with churches, corporations and students-equipping hundreds of people at conferences and colleges across the country to defend and advance the Christian faith. Steven taught World Views (World Religions) and Bible Doctrine at the Institute of Biblical Studies at Southern Evangelical Seminary/Church from 2005-2006 and taught Youth University (high school students) at Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC for three and a half years.

Steven has been interviewed on radio and television-including Point of View with Kerby Anderson, the Faith & Liberty Talk Show with Dr. David Garrison, Powers to the People, Doug and Renee Show, Michael Dresser Show, and the Peggy Denny Show. He has appeared on Giving an Answer with Harold Felder, Charlotte Cable television Channel 21 on the subjects of Ethics, Moral Relativism, Wicca and Witchcraft. Steven was a regular contributor on iTalkUS.Com Radio program with Tony Power for four years and hosts the “Reason for Truth” Podcast and YouTube Channels. Steven has appears on numerous other television and radio programs such as Life Today Live Television, Salem Radio, Viewpoint, Babbies House, the David Tucker show, the Bob Dutko Radio show, Face To Face Mentoring, Janet Mefferd Today and Hope Today Television and others.

Other accomplishments include teaching S.H.A.P.E. Spiritual Giftedness Seminars at McLean Bible Church in the Washington D.C. area, Forest Hill Presbyterian and Charlotte South Fellowship churches in Charlotte, NC.

Steven is a first generation Italian-American citizen. His mother's family is from Western Sicily and his father came from Pozzallo Sicily, worked for the Department of the Navy just blocks from the U.S. Capital. Steven relocated to Charlotte, NC in 1999. He is married with three children and currently lives in the Charlotte, NC area. His vision is to equip a new generation to advance the truth of God through apologetics and evangelism. You can follow Steven on Twitter at Steve_Garofalo@Twitter