Anne Newman is a longtime activist and an author and speaker on legislative and policy issues. Her experience includes education director for a Texas State Board of Education member, parental rights l...

Anne Newman is a longtime activist and an author and speaker on legislative and policy issues. Her experience includes education director for a Texas State Board of Education member, parental rights legal assistance for a non-profit legal organization, political consulting and writing, and research for a national voter guide. As the director of the Texas Family Research Center for six years, she researched issues and published The Notebook Series, monthly reports on policy and legislation. Anne's publications include Healthy Sex Education in Your Schools: A Parent's Manual published by Focus on the Family, and two reports: High School Health Textbooks: Hazardous to Your Children's Health, and The Sex Pushers: Your Children the Target. At the 2018 Republican State Convention, she amended one of the Party’s five legislative priorities to include prohibiting Planned Parenthood in Public Schools. Anne launched Speak Up TX in 2019 to provide information and resources about current issues to parents and other Texas citizens. During the recent Texas legislative session, Anne testified at hearings and issued action alerts concerning sex education and prolife issues and children’s access to pornography in public schools. Anne has two grown children and five grandchildren. She lives with her husband in Boerne, TX.

Anne Paulk brings more than two decades as an author, speaker, spokesperson and advocate for men and women struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions to her role as executive director of Restored H...

Anne Paulk brings more than two decades as an author, speaker, spokesperson and advocate for men and women struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions to her role as executive director of Restored Hope Network. Her mission in leading the organization is to, quite literally, restore hope to those broken by sexual and relational sin, especially those impacted by homosexuality. “I do this work because of the work the Lord has done in me,” Paulk explains. “I know it’s possible to be set free from sexual confusion and sin because that is my testimony. It is the testimony of thousands just like me. We at Restored Hope want to make sure all who seek the same healing we’ve experienced through submitting to Jesus can have it be their testimony, too.” Anne has appeared on Focus on the Family Radio, Dr. James Dobson’s FamilyTalk, In the Market with Janet Parshall, Equipped with Chris Brooks (Moody Radio), Dr. Michael L. Brown’s In The Line of Fire, Janet Mefferd Live (SRN/AFR), Joni and Friends, Table Talk (Daystar TV), Total Living Network with Jerry Rose, Focal Point with Brian Fischer, and The Georgene Rice Show (SRN), among others. Her story of redemption has also been features in documentaries, including Such Were Some of You (Pure Passion TV/2014). She is the author of Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction (Harvest House Publishers) and co-author of Love Won Out (Focus on the Family), She also has written for Spirit Led Woman, Charisma and The Gospel Coalition. Paulk, who lives in Colorado, enjoys dark chocolate, laughing with friends and family, serving at her church, skiing and the beautiful outdoors. Her greatest joy is being mom to her three sons.

Annie Brown is an alumna of the University of South Dakota, currently a government grant program manager for Human Coalition. Human Coalition answers a common call: to do all they can to remove the st...

Annie Brown is an alumna of the University of South Dakota, currently a government grant program manager for Human Coalition. Human Coalition answers a common call: to do all they can to remove the stain of abortion from America. Formerly with Birth Choice Dallas, a local Dallas area pregnancy resource center; here she served as Client Services Director before going to work for Human Coalition to continue pro-life work. previously, Annie spent time working overseas in South Korea where she taught English to young South Korean students, simultaneously familiarizing herself with the ongoing tension with their Northern neighbors. Although a native of Portland Oregon, she has been calling Dallas Texas her home for almost five years.

Annie Lobert is a survivor of more than a decade of sex trafficking—working as an exotic dancer and a high-class escort prostituted in Hawaii, Minneapolis, and Las Vegas. She is an internationally rec...

Annie Lobert is a survivor of more than a decade of sex trafficking—working as an exotic dancer and a high-class escort prostituted in Hawaii, Minneapolis, and Las Vegas. She is an internationally recognized expert and advocate of ministry to men and women in the commercial sex industry from her personal experience. She and her husband, Oz Fox, lead guitarist for the Christian rock band Stryper, live in Las Vegas, Nevada. In her new book, Fallen: Out of the Sex Industry and Into the Arms of the Savior (Feb. 17, 2015), former high-class sex-trafficking victim Annie Lobert shares her jaw-dropping, heart-breaking story of how she was lured into and barely escaped the sex trafficking industry. Annie has since dedicated her life to helping those trapped in the sex industry escape from it. The untold story is of the young girl next door, who chose a risqué and seemingly glamorous lifestyle as a call girl or stripper to earn some easy cash (not telling her parents of course). Before she knew it, she fell in love with a man who showed her love and attention, and soon after her elected profession became her worst nightmare.

Anthony DeStefano is the best-selling author of five Christian books for adults: A Travel Guide to Heaven, Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To, Angels All Around Us, I Just Can’t Take it Anymore (a pho...

Anthony DeStefano is the best-selling author of five Christian books for adults: A Travel Guide to Heaven, Ten Prayers God Always Says Yes To, Angels All Around Us, I Just Can’t Take it Anymore (a photo-gift book), and A Travel Guide to Life- Transforming Yourself from Head to Soul. Anthony has also written several bestselling children’s books, including: This Little Prayer of Mine, Little Star, The Donkey No One Could Ride, A Travel Guide to Heaven for Kids, and The Sheep that No One Could Find. Anthony is the host of the television series, A Travel Guide to Life, broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN). He has received many awards and honors from religious communities throughout the world. In 2002, he was given an honorary Doctorate from the Joint Academic Commission of the National Clergy Council and the Methodist Episcopal Church for "the advancement of Christian beliefs in modern culture." The commission is made up of outstanding Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant theologians and educators. Anthony is a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the oldest Order in the Catholic Church. He is an avid pilot, a successful businessman, and a longtime pro-life activist, having worked with Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, for over twenty years.

In 2001 Christian music gained a new voice when legendary innovator Kirk Franklin asked Anthony Evans to join his ministry. Evans harmonized with his mentor and friend for four extraordinary years, un...

In 2001 Christian music gained a new voice when legendary innovator Kirk Franklin asked Anthony Evans to join his ministry. Evans harmonized with his mentor and friend for four extraordinary years, until the rhythm his own maturing music set in motion a solo career. Now, for a decade, Anthony has voiced the Gospel with such a melodic, thought-provoking style that he has emerged as one of Christian music's premiere male vocalists … and worship leaders. A much-sought-after leader of worship, Anthony has garnered invitations across the spectrum from Franklin Graham events, to such venues as The National Worship Leader's Conference. As a live performer, Evans has shared the stage with such talents as Yolanda Adams, David Phelps, FFH and Natalie Grant. And as a composer/ artist, Anthony's crossover music has vibrated both the doors of the church and ventured beyond.

Anthony Gutierrez is the Executive Director of Common Cause Texas. He directs all aspects of our Texas operation from legislative advocacy and media relations to grassroots organizing and coalition bu...

Anthony Gutierrez is the Executive Director of Common Cause Texas. He directs all aspects of our Texas operation from legislative advocacy and media relations to grassroots organizing and coalition building. Prior to joining Common Cause in the summer of 2016, Anthony had been working in Texas politics for 15 years. That experience included nonpartisan work doing advocacy for Latino communities as well as partisan work as a staffer for the Democratic National Committee and the Texas Democratic Party. Anthony has also managed several successful political campaigns for candidates running for federal, state and local offices. Since 2011, he had been running a political consulting agency whose services included campaign management, media production and general consulting. Anthony is an El Paso native who received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Texas – San Antonio.

Anthony Hopp is the vice president of external relations for Samaritan Ministries International, one of the largest and most established health care sharing ministries in the country. A graduate of Ea...

Anthony Hopp is the vice president of external relations for Samaritan Ministries International, one of the largest and most established health care sharing ministries in the country. A graduate of Eastern Illinois University, Anthony has served on staff since 1997 in a variety of roles and has had a front row seat to God’s protection of and provision for Samaritan Ministries as it has grown from a few hundred households to over 68,000 families.

Anthony Schmidt earned the Ph.D. in American religion from Princeton Theological Seminary. Schmidt’s academic work focuses mainly on evangelical history. He is especially interested in the cultural co...

Anthony Schmidt earned the Ph.D. in American religion from Princeton Theological Seminary. Schmidt’s academic work focuses mainly on evangelical history. He is especially interested in the cultural construction of orthodoxy and the way certain beliefs and behaviors become normative over time. His current research examines how financial factors in the 19th century shaped denominational attitudes toward slavery and race. Anthony is also working on a second, longer-term project on the use of the Bible within popular devotional practices at the turn of the 20th century. He has published articles and book reviews in academic journals such as The Journal of Religious History, Nova Religio and Fides et Historia. Anthony joined Museum of the Bible as the curator of Bible and Religion in America in 2017. As Senior Curator, he oversees the museum’s curatorial team, manages collections research and documentation and develops exhibition and museum content. He also curates post-16th century texts and artifacts in the Museum Collections. Previously, he served as a doctoral assistant in the Department of Special Collections at Princeton Seminary and as an author and researcher for the American Bible Society’s Faith & Liberty Discovery Center project in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Anton Skell and his wife Donna of 37 years, have owned and operated health clubs in five states. After moving to Dallas in 1980 to start Cosmopolitan Lady Spas, they joined and were baptized at Presto...

Anton Skell and his wife Donna of 37 years, have owned and operated health clubs in five states. After moving to Dallas in 1980 to start Cosmopolitan Lady Spas, they joined and were baptized at Prestonwood Baptist Church. Anton served two terms as Deacon at Prestonwood, and as a board member of the Texas Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He now serves as a board member, teacher, and comptroller of Roaring Lambs Ministries.

Antonia Okafor is a media personality, gun rights activist and the founder and CEO of emPOWERed, a national student organization that seeks to equip young women to educate, train and advocate for thei...

Antonia Okafor is a media personality, gun rights activist and the founder and CEO of emPOWERed, a national student organization that seeks to equip young women to educate, train and advocate for their rights to defend themselves on and off campus and to let go of the modern feminist mindset that seeks to leave them as victims. Antonia is also a Sinclair Contributor and political commentator. She regularly speaks on college campuses around the nation about female empowerment and gun ownership. She is also the current Miss Dallas International 2018. Antonia is regularly on Fox News, CNN, and BBC as a commentator on the second amendment, feminism and immigration issues. Her video with Prager University has garnered over 10 million views. In the video she chronicles her journey from the Left to the Right. A born again Christian, Antonia believes that our God given right to Life and to defend that life must always be protected. Prager U video (you can play audio on radio for audience) https://youtu.be/MydjXCHoLo0

April joined The Hope Center in late June as the Operations and Events Manager. She is responsible for all accounting, assisting with daily operations and coordinating tenant and non-tenant events....

April joined The Hope Center in late June as the Operations and Events Manager. She is responsible for all accounting, assisting with daily operations and coordinating tenant and non-tenant events. Originally from Florida, April has called Plano her home for the past 28+ years where she resides with her loving husband and energetic son. After graduating from the University of North Texas, God’s journey provided various opportunities in operational and management roles in the Retail and Telecommunication sectors. These opportunities have allowed April to broaden her skill set while using the gifts of service and hospitality to best support her colleagues and customers.