Soaries to Speak at Houston's Answer Conference, on dfree® Financial Freedom Movement

Bringing a message of hope and financial opportunity to Houston, dfree® Founder DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. will speak at 9:30 a.m. Saturday Feb. 4, 2017 during the Answer Conference, hosted by Answer Movement Founders Terrance and Torsha Johnson at the Higher Dimension Church, 9800 Club Creek Drive, Houston, Texas 77036. Sponsored by Prudential, which is also a premier dfree® sponsor, the Answer Conference also features: Dondre Whitfield and Salli Richardson, Israel Houghton and Adrienne Bailon, Samuel Rodriguez, John and Aventer Gray, Anzeo David, Dorinda Walker, Nephew Tommy and Rob Riley.

“The Answer Movement focuses particularly on couples and dfree has had tremendous success in helping couples support each other through debt and to financial freedom,” Soaries said. “Americans are drowning in debt. We’re not only the lifeguards who help pull people out of debt, we’re the coaches who teach people how to swim and thrive.”

America’s consumer debt is $3.4 trillion and the average American household balance-carries $16,048 in debt. [1] What’s more, the wealth gap between black and white Americans is so extreme that it would take 228 years for black people to obtain on average what white families have today.[2] Groups that are in particular need of economic justice include entrepreneurs, millennials and women.

“I am focused like a laser on helping people from every background, particularly African Americans, pay our bills as we go, get away from those high-cost credit cards, pay our bills on time, avoid using late fees as an excuse to pay our bills late, and then to live within our means,” Soaries recently said, in a dfree® video message, of his passion to help others realize financial freedom and economic justice. After Soaries’ own church started participating in dfree®, during the height of the 2008 recession, church giving increased by more than $1 million. Through books, conferences, training, support and motivation, dfree® helps individuals focus on the root causes of their financial woes and take practical measures to build better financial habits.

For more information and registration visit: http://answerconference.com/

About the Answer Conference: The Answer Conferece is a dynamic, passion-packed, insightful experience that helps influence positive change in the world by partnering with some of the most profound speakers in the world. The conference delivers practical information thate helps ignite flames, rekindle fires and change the trajectory of participants’ finances. Leadership and relationships.

About dfree®: Founded in 2005, the dfree® financial freedom movement is a transformational, lifestyle movement that promotes financial freedom through values-based principles and practical approaches to financial management. dfree® addresses the cultural, psychological and spiritual influences on financial wellness. In the tradition of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., dfree® also is a movement to help achieve economic justice in America. Rev. Dr. King once said, “We must never let it be said that we spend more for the evanescent and ephemeral than for the eternal values of freedom and justice.” dfree® emphasizes controlling money matters so that individuals have the freedom to focus on more purposeful pursuits. Let’s Move Forward Together.

dfree® was featured by CNN in a 90­minute documentary, “Almighty Debt,” an installment of the “Black in America” series, hosted by Soledad O’Brien. The dfree® strategy is being used by hundreds of churches, organizations and individuals worldwide. For more information about dfree® visit mydfree.org, text “dfree” to 22828 to join the mailing list or follow any of the following: #dfree #mydfree #dfreeNextLevel #LMFTdfree.

About Soaries: dfree® Founder Rev. Dr. DeForest B. “Buster” Soaries Jr. is known as an active agent for change and is a widely-requested speaker. He is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey and former New Jersey Secretary of State. His pastoral ministry focuses on spiritual growth, educational excellence, economic empowerment and faith-based community development. Soaries, author of Say Yes to No Debt: 12 Steps to Financial Freedom, has issued a Billion Dollar Challenge as a national initiative and free resource to help individuals and families collectively pay down $1 billion in consumer debt.

[1] ValuePenguin Average Credit Card Debt report, May 2016

[2] The Ever–Growing Gap study, August 2016