Inspirational humorist, Lowell D. Streiker is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and holds a Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University. He has written, co-authored, edited, and contributed to more than twenty books. He has co-produced and moderated the television series, "Counterpoint," for CBS. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs including "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The Merv Griffin Show,” and CBS Morning News. Meet Rev. Lowell in person! Share Rev. Lowell's good clean fun words of inspiration with your business, church, or other audience. Rev. Lowell (Lowell D. Streiker) is available for speaking engagements, workshops, conferences, and preaching. During the past two years, he has spoken, sung, preached and entertained in the United States, Norway, Germany, Holland, Finland, Russia, Poland and Hungary. For more information, contact Rev. Lowell today! He may be reached at 3309 El Camino Drive, Cottonwood, California 96022. Phone: (530) 347-1948 E-mail: revlowell@earthlink.net Reverend Lowell D. Streiker, Ph.D., is a public speaker, an inspirational humorist, an author, counselor, and consultant. For several years he was the Executive Director of Freedom Counseling Center, Burlingame, California. The Freedom Counseling Center provided effective and sensitive counseling services to individuals and families whose lives have been disrupted by cults.  The Center was founded by Dr. Streiker, who is described by Prometheus Press as "America's leading expert on cults and sects" and is internationally recognized as an authority on contemporary religious movements. The Center was an outgrowth of his work with survivors of People's Temple. During its six year history, Freedom Counseling Center assisted over two thousand families throughout the world. Dr. Streiker is the author, co-author, editor of, and contributor to more than twenty books. He is the author of several standard works dealing with sects, cults, and conversion phenomena including The Cults Are Coming; Cults: The Continuing Threat; Mind-Bending: Brainwashing, Cults, and Deprogramming in the '80s; and The Gospel Time Bomb: Ultrafundamentalism and the Future of America. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy from Temple University and both a MA and Ph.D. in religion from Princeton University. After teaching religion at Temple University for eight years, Dr. Streiker served as a member of the national campaign staff of US Senator Henry M. Jackson. He has served as a consultant on religious affairs to the National Conference of Christians and Jews, to various church bodies, to members of the US Congress, and to the White House. In addition, he was co-producer and moderator of the television series, "Counterpoint," on WCAU-TV (CBS) in Philadelphia. From l976 to l979, he was Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of San Mateo County. He was also the administrative director of Parental Stress Service of San Mateo County, an agency devoted to the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Before coming to San Mateo County, he was Executive Director of the Mental Health Association of Delaware for three years. In Delaware, he was responsible for revitalizing the Association, beginning a widely accepted Patient Advocate program at Delaware State Mental Hospital, and personally directing efforts to win greater support for the needs of Delaware's mentally ill by the General Assembly. Dr. Streiker has been qualified as an expert witness on cults, sects, and religious experience as well as child abuse and neglect in various jurisdictions in the United States and Canada. As a participant-observer, he has previously studied evangelical groups (such as the Jesus movement, the Shepherding movement, Ultrafundamentalism, the Children of God, the Alamo Christian Foundation, and many small sects) as well as traditional Catholic orders, the Unification Church, the Hare Krishnas, and major growth seminars. Over the years, he has counseled individuals and families involved in more than a hundred different groups. His counseling activities have taken him to 26 states, Canada, Japan, Great Britain, and South Africa. His field studies have taken place throughout the United States, Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Germany, and Holland. In 1996, he visited churches in Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Always at home with the media, Dr. Streiker has been a frequent guest on radio and television programs including The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Merv Griffin Show, CBS Morning News, and hundreds of local radio programs in many markets. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, Time and Newsweek magazines, and many other publications in the United States and abroad. Dr. Streiker and his wife, Connie, live in Cottonwood, California (between Red Bluff and Redding). They have four children, three grandsons, a granddaughter, three dogs--a Scottie named Katie Scarlett and Australian Cattle Dogs named Nehi and Rizzi--and a Himalayan cat, Ana-purr-na. And now--2 horses: Stormy, a paint mare, and Rags, a paint gelding.They recently adopted 4 abandond/feral cats--Smudge, Nilla,  Ginger, and Lily. Lowell is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and is the former pastor of the Kensington Congregational Church, Philadelphia, and Ladera Community Church, Portola Valley, California. He has been chair of the Spiritual Development Network of the United Church of Christ, a national organization devoted to spiritual renewal within mainstream Christianity. For a complete list of Lowell’s publications, click here. Rev. Lowell (Lowell D. Streiker) is an inspirational humorist, speaker, and author whose personal experience ranges from appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show to advising the White House. In recent years, he has spoken to audiences of up to 5000 in the United States, Norway, Finland, Russia, Poland and Hungary. His book,  An Encyclopedia of Humor, is a current best seller. His home is at Lone Pine Ranch, 3309 El Camino Drive, Cottonwood, CA 96022. Phone: (530) 347-1948. Fax: (530) 347-5617 email:revlowell@earthlink.net.