Jared Zimmerer is a best-selling author, speaker, blogger, husband, and father of five. He is the founder of Strength for the Kingdom, a ministry promoting men’s growth in virtue, knowledge of the Catholic Faith, and the understanding of authentic masculinity through physical endeavors. He lives in Roanoke, Texas, and holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. He is working toward a master’s degree in theology at Holy Apostles College and Seminary.
He works as director of adult catechesis and evangelization at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Grapevine, Texas. He spent a year working with the Theology of the Body Evangelization Team in Irving, Texas, and has been a competitive all-natural bodybuilder for fifteen years.
He is lead author of the best-selling book: Man Up! Becoming the New Catholic Renaissance Man, which discusses authentic Catholic manliness.
His first book is The Ten Commandments of Lifting Weights: Recommendations to the Devout Body Builder, and he has been interviewed on Catholic radio programs, EWTN television, and other outlets around the country. He has given presentations across the country on fitness, health, masculinity, and virtue, including at Mundelein Seminary at the request of then Fr. (now Bishop) Robert Barron. He is a team member of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and has traveled the world with Bishop Barron.