30 Days App
by Richard Ross and Gus Reyes
The 30 days app guides parents and teens through a 10-minute daily conversation and experience. Previously published in booklet and now available in an app, hundreds of thousands of parents and kids recaptured that closer connection with each other, often restoring strained relationships. The app prompts you to share stories, answer questions, and open up in authentic ways teens most desire. Watch your relationship deepen as each of the 30 days passes. Both of you will look forward to this daily time!
Dr. Richard Ross
My name is Richard Ross. Dr. Gus Reyes is my close friend and a valuable ministry partner. Developing the 30 Days phone app for parents and students may be the most exciting of all the ministry projects we have shared. Tens of thousands of families built warmer heart connections between the generations when 30 Days was in book form. We believe far more will be blessed now that the resource is a phone app.
I love speaking in churches, conferences, and family events. Dr. Reyes shares that same passion. He is very effective before any audience. He or I would be honored to speak to groups important to you. My email address is rross@swbts.edu.
Here is a brief bio.
Dr. Richard Ross currently serves as the senior professor of Student Ministry at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. In that role, he prepares future student pastors and other church leaders to impact the families of teenagers. Before coming to Southwestern, he served as the consultant in Student Ministry Coordination at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee. Ross also served as a student pastor for thirty years.
Ross holds master's and PhD degrees from Southwestern Seminary in Student Ministry. He is the author of twenty-five books, including Youth Ministry That Lasts a Lifetime. He speaks in more than 35 churches and conferences annually.
Ross is husband to LaJuana, who has joined him in a lifetime of loving teenagers and their parents. They are the parents of Clayton.
His ministry verse is Revelation 5:13. “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Dr. Gus Reyes
My name is Gus Reyes. I have been privileged to work in youth ministry with Dr. Richard Ross. Through the years, we have seen parents and students get disconnected. We believe God wants the hearts of students and their parents to get reconnected. Together, we developed the 30 Days resource for parents and students. Watching hearts get connected after sermons and workshops for students or their families is a huge blessing for me.
I would love an opportunity to join you in your efforts to build bridges between parents and their students. You can reach me at gusreyes@nhclc.org or 214 478-3833.
Here is a brief bio.
Dr. Reyes currently serves as Hispanic Partnerships Director for Dallas Baptist University.
Dr. Gus Reyes has held the position of director of the Christian Life Commission along with other ministry positions for Texas Baptists. He served as a Youth Ministry consultant and department director for Marketing, Sales, and Customer Service at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee. He has also served in several local church positions: pastor, minister of education, and youth minister.
Reyes holds a BBA from UT-Austin, an MBA from Angelo State University, and the MRE and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Gus and his wife, Leticia, have three adult children: Dr. Andrea Reyes Ramirez, Gus Jr., and Samuel. They are also proud grandparents.
His ministry verse is Micah 6:8. “Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly before our God.”
El Dr. Gus Reyes sirvió como Director de la Comisión de Vida Cristiana de los Bautistas de Texas, y también sirvió como Director de Operaciones de la Conferencia Nacional de Liderazgo Hispano Cristiano.
El Dr. Reyes sirvió como Consultor de Evangelismo Hispano, como Director de Relaciones Congregacionales y como Director de la Iniciativa Educativa Hispana/Ministerios de Afinidad de los Bautistas de Texas.
Antes de su ministerio con los Bautistas de Texas, sirvió como Consultor del Ministerio de Jóvenes, Director de Comercialización, Ventas y Servicio al Cliente para Lifeway Christian Resources en Nashville, Tennessee. El Dr. Reyes también ha servido en una variedad de puestos en iglesias locales, entre las que se incluyen la de Pastor, Ministro de Educación y Ministro de Jóvenes.
El Dr. Reyes tiene una licenciatura de la Universidad de Texas en Austin, una maestría de la Angelo State University, una maestría en educación religiosa y un doctorado en filosofía del Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
El Dr. Reyes y su esposa, Leticia, tienen tres hijos adultos que incluyen a la Dra. Andrea Reyes Ramírez, a Gus Jr. y a Samuel. Son también abuelos orgullosos.
Su versículo ministerial es Miqueas 6:8: “Haz justicia, ama la misericordia, y camina humildemente ante tu Dios.”