{"id":9530,"count":2,"description":"John Ortberg is the senior pastor at Menlo Church. John\u2019s teaching centers on how faith in Christ can impact our everyday lives with God. He has written books on spiritual formation including, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/the-life-youve-always-wanted\/\"><i>The Life You\u2019ve Always Wanted<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/who-is-this-man-?\/\"><i>Who is This Man?<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/the-me-i-want-to-be\/\"><i>The Me I Want To Be<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/soul-keeping\/\"><i>Soul Keeping<\/i><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/all-the-places-to-go\/\"><i>All The Places To Go<\/i><\/a><i>, <\/i>and most recently<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnortberg.com\/books\/id-like-you-more-if-you-were-more-like-me\/\"><i> I\u2019d Like You More If You Were More Like Me<\/i><\/a><i>. <\/i>John teaches around the world at conferences and churches.\n\nBorn and raised in Rockford, Illinois, John graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in psychology. He holds a Master of Divinity and doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Fuller Seminary and has done post-graduate work at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Prior to joining Menlo Church, John served as teaching pastor at Chicago\u2019s Willow Creek Community Church.\n\nNow that their children are grown, John and his wife Nancy enjoy surfing the Pacific to help care for their souls.","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/profiles\/john-ortberg\/","name":"John Ortberg","slug":"john-ortberg","taxonomy":"cwp_profile","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"meta_box":{"title":"","color":"","thumbnail":[],"icon":"","links":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile\/9530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cwp_profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/cwp_profile"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art-of-marriage?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art-of-marriage-blog?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/familylife-equip?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/small-group-study?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wtr-reviews?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wtr-speaker?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wtr-post?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/familylife-global?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aop?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/familylifeblended?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_offer?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ofertas_de_contendio?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/devotionals?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ide?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/made4missions?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/missions?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partners?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/real-parent-life?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sexual-wholeness?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stepping-up?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us-latinos?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/weekend-to-remember?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local-expansion?cwp_profile=9530"},{"href":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video-gallery-block?cwp_profile=9530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}