Our Team

John LaRue

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

John brings more than 30 years of experience in nonprofit organizational development, marketing, communications, and fundraising to A Door of Hope. Most of that time was in management at Christianity Today (21 years) and at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (5 years). At CT he led the launch and development of ChristianityToday.com and was publisher of the CT Media Group. At The Fellowship he was a vice president and worked on a team that saw donations grow from $85-$120 million in 5 years.

Wheaton College is where he received an MA degree. He served on a number of nonprofit boards and currently serves on the boards of Lakeview Church and MarriageTrac.com. He and his wife Carole have a heart for the widow and orphan having shared their home with Carole’s mom and disabled sister for 26 years. They moved to Tampa Bay in 2015 to explore opportunities to serve Christ in Gospel-focused ministry and to finish well. They have two sons. The youngest lives in New York and is launching his own business. The oldest son lives in the DC area with his wife and two (grand)children.

A pivotable verse in bringing John to Christ while a freshman in college is John 14:6, “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”