Joshua Straub, Ph.D. is Executive Pastor of Family Ministries at Woodland Hills Family Church and Executive Director of TwoIgnite. Josh has previously served as a counselor, pastor, administrator, and professor. He is the coauthor of God Attachment: Why You Believe, Act and Feel the Way You Do About God and The Quick Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers. Josh earned his graduate degrees from Alliance Theological Seminary and Liberty University. He specializes in attachment and relationship research, the Millennial generation, crisis and trauma, marriage and family, and spiritual formation. Josh is married to his favorite Canadian, Christi.

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Joshua Straub, Ph.D. serves as the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries at Woodland Hills Family Church and Executive Director of TwoIgnite. Having served on the executive staff for the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) for six years and as a pastor, counselor, or professor since 2000, Josh is uniquely gifted in and passionate about fostering emotional, spiritual and relational health in others.

In addition to his roles at Woodland Hills Family Church and TwoIgnite, Josh currently serves as an Adjunct Professor for Liberty University’s Center for Counseling and Family Studies and Psychology department. Josh also serves on the Governing Board of Directors for the National House of Hope, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to restoring troubled teens and their families and the Executive Mobilization Team for the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation.

He is certified as a Trained Trainer for Basic Group, Individual Crisis Intervention (CISM), and Managing School Crises with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), and has trained thousands of professionals in Critical Incident Stress Management. Josh is currently using his experience and knowledge in the area of trauma to help the people of Rwanda recover from the 1994 genocide.

Josh is the coauthor of God Attachment: Why You Believe, Act, and Feel the Way You Do About God (Simon & Schuster: Aug, 2010 release) and The Quick Reference Guide to Counseling Teenagers (Baker Books: Aug, 2010 release). For two seasons from 2008-2009 Josh toured with Acquire the Fire speaking to youth pastors and leaders across America on building relational ministries and helping teens in crisis.

Previously, Josh served as the Senior Director of Professional Development for the American Association of Christian Counselors, as a Youth Development Counselor in a maximum security juvenile detention center in Pennsylvania, as Associate Pastor of Family Life Ministries at Jacksonville Chapel in Lincoln Park, NJ and has taught psychology and family development courses at both Nyack College, Nyack, NY and Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.

Josh loves to travel abroad and be outdoors hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, and just sitting on the front porch with his Canadian wife, Christi, sipping coffee and spending time together. He has finally convinced her they do not need a pet–at least for now.