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Personal Information Summary
Name	Lysa TerKeurst
Sister	Not Known
Hometown	Tallahassee, Florida
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	July 21, 1969. As of 2025, she is around 56 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	5
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American
Did Lysa Terkeurst have breast cancer?	Lysa was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017, during a deeply devastating time in her life. A double mastectomy was performed in October 2017.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Lysa TerKeurst is an American author, speaker and President of Proverbs 31 Ministries.
Lysa has written over 20 books & is a New York Times best-selling author, with popular titles such as Unglued, Becoming More, Living Life on Purpose, Capture His Heart, Made to Crave and It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way (2018).

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

Born on July 21, 1969, Lysa TerKeurst is a voice that guides women around the world, speaking from the heart and sharing teachings drawn from her own experiences. On her website she tells the story of her very rough childhood, admitting that she was s**ually abused when she was eight years old.
Moreover, a few years later her parents divorced, and her mother was forced to start working two jobs.
A few years later her mother got remarried and had another two daughters.

Married Life and Children :

Lysa is married to Art TerKeurst, and together they have five kids: Jackson, Mark, Hope, Ashley, and Brooke. The family lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Even if she is a marriage expert, helping couples across the United States deal with their issues, Lysa had to face her own trial when she discovered that her husband had been cheating on her with a woman he met on the internet. However, after a long battle and with God on her side, Lysa managed to save her marriage, serving as an example for couples going through the same infidelity problems.

College Days and Early Life :

Always feeling like an outcast, craving attention and never quite getting it, attending college was a chance for Lysa to redefine herself with a fresh start.
Soon, she became a popular girl, who joined a sorority and began dating a popular football player.
Following her beloved sister’s death, Lysa had completely turned away from God and abandoned all her religious convictions. She had sunk into a lifestyle of parties, men, and alcohol which culminated with an abortion.
The abortion made Lysa realize the fact that she was destroying her own life. Fortunately, with the help of a religious friend, she slowly came back on the right track. Even if she was a declared atheist, Lysa became more religious than ever and started paving the path to becoming the person she is today.

Church Work and Devotional Testimony :

Lysa helped start Proverbs 31 Ministries over two decades ago. Today she is the president of this Christian ministry and seeks to guide women across the U.S. and the world into developing their relationship with God.
Proverbs 31 Ministries offers women a wide variety of daily radio messages, speaking events, conferences, and numerous pieces of training and online resources with Proverbs 31:10 – 31 as their underlying guide.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

When she was a teenager, Lysa used to go skating and listen to Rick Springfield.
The Proverbs 31’s ‘First 5’ mobile app made it to the top most searched apps in the Apple Store.
Lysa calls her children her five priority blessings.

Lysa TerKeurst Net Worth and Books Success :

Eager to share her message to the world, Lysa also decided to take up writing. As a result, she has authored over 20 books in which she treats a wide range of subjects that interest women nowadays, from relationships to understanding the Bible and even a guide to weight loss presented from an innovative perspective in the Made to Crave series. Her books are usually accompanied by DVDs and study guides, as she tries to help her readers get as much as they can out of her materials.
Besides writing, Lysa loves talking to people and interacting with them face-to-face, so she became a very active national speaker.
The talented preacher has also appeared at many conferences such as Catalyst, Lifeway’s Abundance Conference and Women of Joy & many other similar events each year.

Health Update :

Lysa TerKeurst Illness / Sick : Her team announced on Facebook in 2016 that she was rushed to emergency surgery after having a CT scan. Her large intestine had detached from her abdominal wall and twisted so severely that blood flow was critically limited.

Body Figure / Physical Info

Lysa TerKeurst Measurements :

Eye Color : Brown
Haircut / Hair Color : Dark Brown
How tall / Height : No confirmed information is available.
Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Lysa TerKeurst Weight Loss : In a blog post, Lysa had mentioned that initially, she considered her food struggle to be a small thing compared to the bigger challenges of life. However, through the years, Lysa started truly acknowledging that her “big emotions” were often followed by her “little food struggles”.