About Brett

Brett Kunkle is the Student Impact Director at Stand to Reason.  He is passionate about seeing students and adults “transformed by the renewing of their minds.”  Brett has more than 16 years of experience working with junior high, high school, and college students.  He spent 11 of those years as a pastor to students and young adults at Chino Valley Community Church in Southern California and Creekside Church in Colorado.

A dynamic communicator who engages both heart and mind, Brett speaks to thousands of students and adults at churches, conferences, and college campuses across the country.  He has worked with such groups as Campus Crusade for Christ, InterVarsity, Saddleback Church,  and Biola University.  Brett has participated in debates and public forums on secular university campuses, and he is a regular speaker at the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s annual apologetics conference.  In addition, Brett has contributed to various books and magazines, has been interviewed on radio and television, and is a regular guest host of Stand to Reason's weekly radio show.

Brett has developed a groundbreaking approach to mission trips, creating a one-of-a-kind training experience that immerses participants in real-life apologetics, theology, and evangelism.  He orchestrates interactive trips to Berkeley, California, and to various parts of Utah where participants are equipped to engage atheists, Mormons, university students, and other non-believers.

Brett received his bachelor's degree in Christian education from  Biola University.  He has done graduate studies at Denver    Seminary and is currently completing his master's degree in   philosophy of religion and ethics at Talbot School of Theology.  

Brett lives with his wife and four children in Newport Beach, California.