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title: Dev Blog | Doug Bender
description: "Doug Bender is an I Am Second writer and small groups coach. He developed many of the small group tools found at iamsecond.com and has coached churches, organizations, and individuals to use I Am Second groups to share the message of Jesus with their friends and family. He also works with I Am Second's parent organization, e3 Partners, as a church planter and pastor in countries such as Ethiopia, Colombia, and the US. Doug and his wife, Catherine, have four children: Bethany, Samuel, Isabella, and Jesse."
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# Doug Bender

Doug Bender is an I Am Second writer and small groups coach. He developed many of the small group tools found at iamsecond.com and has coached churches, organizations, and individuals to use I Am Second groups to share the message of Jesus with their friends and family. He also works with I Am Second's parent organization, e3 Partners, as a church planter and pastor in countries such as Ethiopia, Colombia, and the US. Doug and his wife, Catherine, have four children: Bethany, Samuel, Isabella, and Jesse.

Follow Doug Bender <https://www.instagram.com/dougbender_/> <https://twitter.com/dougbender>

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/behind-the-scenes-with-paralympian-jessica-long-0>

[Family](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/family) | Doug Bender

##### [Behind the Scenes with Paralympian Jessica Long](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/behind-the-scenes-with-paralympian-jessica-long-0)

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/how-to-turn-childhood-abuse-into-joyful-adulthood-0>

[Abuse](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/abuse) | Doug Bender

##### [How to Turn Childhood Abuse into Joyful Adulthood](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/how-to-turn-childhood-abuse-into-joyful-adulthood-0)

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/baseball-is-back-heres-whats-motivating-clayton-kershaw>

[Sports](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/sports) | Doug Bender

##### [Baseball is Back: Here's What's Motivating Clayton Kershaw](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/baseball-is-back-heres-whats-motivating-clayton-kershaw)

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/when-god-says-no-0>

[Health & Body](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/health-body) | Doug Bender

##### [When God Says No](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/when-god-says-no-0)

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/baseball-is-back-clayton-kershaw-0>

[Sports](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/sports) | Doug Bender

##### [Baseball is Back: Here's What's Motivating Clayton Kershaw](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/baseball-is-back-clayton-kershaw-0)

<https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/god-walks-slowly-0>

[Love](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/tag/love) | Doug Bender

##### [God Walks Slowly. Are You Out-Running Him?](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/god-walks-slowly-0)

[Prev](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/author/doug-bender/page/0) [1](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/author/doug-bender/page/1) [2](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/author/doug-bender/page/2) [Next](https://blog.iamsecond.com/dev/author/doug-bender/page/2)

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