Elaine Marie Barnes

William Bateman is a Christian father of four, a former blended family man of 10 along along with mentoring hundreds of teens and young adults living in the urban streets of Detroit, Atlanta, Miami, Jacksonville and Los Angeles. He is a former missionary with Youth for Christ, has hiked several thousand miles across America on behalf of abused children and the American father as well as preaching in marriage, men's and single-again conferences across the country.

"Cody" is an accomplished inspirational/motivational author and speaker with expertise in faith and overcoming adversity - specifically emphasizing the doctrines of forgiveness, grace and sexual purity in the single-again experience.

Currently, he is working on a book project compiling the forgotten stories of our nation's most recent "invisible people"; homeless United States military veterans. The book is titled, "The Last American Patriot" with a projected public release date on Christmas Day, 2012.

Please use this website's contact form to arrange speaking engagements or interviews.

Life Verse: "Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you." Psalm 86:5