LANE TERZIEFF

SPEAKER / MISSIONARy/ activist/ ARTIST

BIOGRAPHY

SPEAKing TOPICS: FAITH IN ACTION / LIVING LIKE JESUS / MISSIONS / HABITS / RISK / LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR / FEAR / LIFESTYLE / HUMAN TRAFFICKING / CRISIS RESPONSE

Lane Terzieff is a revolutionary: the kind who believes that through the white noise of a chaotic modern world, Jesus has called his followers into Activism and Adventure.

“Being a Christian is the least boring thing on the planet,” Lane says frankly. “If following Jesus is lame to you, it is not God's fault. And maybe sometimes it should look more like an action movie.”

…This speaker, missionary, and artist is no stranger to action. The son of a cowboy and a hippie, Lane Terzieff left high school and his native Wyoming as a teenager, embarking on a journey to learn everything he could about music, film, business, public service, and what it looks like to be a faith-full human. That journey has led him through over 30 countries, using everything from bringing skateboards into North Korea to sneaking onto red carpets to talk about life and God with people like Kanye West and Katy Perry.

There’s nothing that Lane won’t try when it comes to creating new ways to reach kids with hope, whether it includes stunts (he was a stuntman on Sharknado 3 and Z Nation), action sports, or wild genre-bending dance music. That radically adventurous spirit was emboldened in 2016 when Lane was sitting in church as a massive earthquake struck Nepal.

“The pastor said, ‘Don’t pray for something you’re not willing to be the answer to,’” Lane recalls. “I felt I had to book the next flight out, with what little money I had, to go help.”

That catalyzed Lane Terzieff’s shift to humanitarian work — work he’d soon be joined in by his wife, Cary, who he married in 2017. The couple spent time living and working in Southeast Asia, making music and serving marginalized populations. Over time, their work crystallized into the explosive pop band Trampolines, which donates 100% of its profits to the Terzieffs’ global mission work, under their organization for fellow faith-in-action do-ers of the word, UNIT+E Response Team.

Lane has served refugees in Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Ethiopia and beyond. He’s gone on undercover missions to disrupt human trafficking in Southeast Asia and Latin America. He’s brought humanitarian aid and love into the Middle East and Africa. And he’s spent time with, and prayed for countless desperate teenagers who need to know that there’s hope.

One of Lane’s life verses has empowered the adventures: “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress.” (James 1:27)

Lane’s story and his actions spur on everyone who hears him: “Whether it’s in your neighborhood or across the world, do something crazy. Like the people of the Bible did. Get fed up enough with the world around you and the state of things that you go out with love and change it.”