Kristi Overton Johnson A Voice of Hope
In her thirty-five-year water ski career, Kristi Overton Johnson fell every day. Yet in the midst of her falls and failures, she became one of the most decorated women water skiers of all time, holding the world record in women’s slalom from 1992-2010 and accumulating over 80 professional world titles.
Her experiences as a professional athlete and her relationship with Jesus Christ taught Kristi the valuable truth that falls don’t prevent victory—on the water or in life. Instead, it’s how one responds to the falls and which power source one connects to that determine the outcome. It is this message of perseverance, truth, and hope that Kristi has dedicated her life to sharing.
In 2003, Kristi founded her first non-profit, In His Wakes, as a way to combine her love for God and His children, and her passion for waters sports. Over 20,000 at-risk youth have been introduced to the life-changing power of Jesus Christ through water sports. In 2013, she transferred the leadership of In His Wakes to Nate and Ivy Miller so she could focus on her second non-profit organization, Kristi Overton Johnson Ministries, founded in 2009.
KOJM seeks to encourage hearts, equip minds, and empower lives through tangible acts of God’s love and the truth of His Word. In 2013, God used a simple visit with an incarcerated friend to open Kristi’s eyes to the hopelessness of life behind bars and the need for imprisoned men and women to know the God of second chances.
Since then, Kristi and her ministry team have been committed to being a voice of hope to the incarcerated across the United States through her ministry’s outreaches including Victorious Living Magazine, and prison outreach programs. To date, over one million incarcerated souls have been impacted!
This message of second chances, however, isn’t just for the incarcerated. It’s for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the waters of life, something Kristi experienced herself as she struggled to find balance in her roles as an athlete, wife, mother of 3, and ministry leader. Decades of chronic illness caused by never-ending performance, perfectionism, and people-pleasing showed Kristi that you don’t have to be behind literal prison bars to find yourself imprisoned.
Let Kristi’s personal journey to freedom, authentically told through her gift of storytelling and practical application of God’s Word encourage, equip, and empower your audience to grab hold of the God of second chances and move toward His victory once and for all.
To schedule Kristi Overton Johnson to come to your event, please call Pat Avery at (352) 478-2098 or email: pat@kojministries.org so we will know how best to serve you.