W. Bud Simon is a mission consultant who was a church planting missionary in Brazil for twenty years. His doctoral research at Asbury Theological Seminary explores the effects of the shame/honor world...

W. Bud Simon is a mission consultant who was a church planting missionary in Brazil for twenty years. His doctoral research at Asbury Theological Seminary explores the effects of the shame/honor worldview for evangelism in Brazil. Simon has presented at many academic conferences, including the Evangelical Missiological Society and the Association of Professors in Missiology. He regularly teaches on evangelism to missionaries and churches.

Buddy Pilgrim has served as an executive of a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company; a turn-around CEO and leader of several multi-hundred million dollar companies; an entrepreneur of many succ...

Buddy Pilgrim has served as an executive of a multi-billion dollar publicly traded company; a turn-around CEO and leader of several multi-hundred million dollar companies; an entrepreneur of many successful start-up ventures; the founder of an international poultry distribution business in Moscow, Russia; a public speaker & preacher across America, Europe and Africa; and an ordained minister who has hosted his own Television and Radio programs. He is the founder of Integrity Leadership, a non-profit Christian ministry he founded in 1998 specifically to teach God’s Word for the workplace. Through the ministry, Buddy preaches in churches, teaches business seminars, and speaks to civic organizations, trade groups and businesses across the U.S. and Europe. He teaches Biblical principles of leadership, business management and financial success applicable to every Christian in the workplace. As a part of Integrity Leadership, he has hosted television and radio programs called “Getting Down 2 Business.” He also published a monthly “Getting Down 2 Business” newsletter containing Biblical business principles. Buddy has had, and continues in a long and distinguished business career. His successes include corporate leadership positions, as well as, entrepreneurial endeavors

Bunni has co-founded and grown two successful small businesses with her husband Tim. In 2015 she founded a third business, Bunni Pounds & Associates (BP&A), a company whose mission is to advance conse...

Bunni has co-founded and grown two successful small businesses with her husband Tim. In 2015 she founded a third business, Bunni Pounds & Associates (BP&A), a company whose mission is to advance conservative candidates and officeholders. In just over two years, she grew BP&A into a half million dollar business with nine employees serving 31 clients at the federal, state, and county level. Pounds said, "As a business executive, I know how to balance budgets, meet payroll, build effective teams, and work with the people across this district to get real results. I also know the effects of burdensome taxation and regulation and will work every day to fight the heavy hand of government.” At the age of 29, Bunni enrolled in an American government class at Dallas Baptist University. After three and a half years of night school she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and was immediately hired to serve as Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s campaign manager. In that capacity, she traveled the district for over eight years, building deep relationships with the people of Congressional District 5. Bunni and her best friend, Tim, have been married for 21 years and have two adult sons, Israel (married to Teodora) and Ben. After accepting Christ at the age of 13, Bunni has been active in Christian ministry by teaching the Bible, leading worship, and facilitating missions around the world, primarily focused in the former communist nation of Romania. She is a published author of two Bible studies and a worship songwriter. Bunni has traveled to Israel and been a spokesman within the Christian Pro-Israel community, working to make sure the bond between Israel and America stays strong. Tim and Bunni attend Reality Community Church in Garland.

Burl Cain served as the Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s largest maximum-security prison for over 20 years. Once known as the “Bloodiest Prison in America,” Louisiana State Penitent...

Burl Cain served as the Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s largest maximum-security prison for over 20 years. Once known as the “Bloodiest Prison in America,” Louisiana State Penitentiary, under Burl Cain’s leadership, became one of the safest, most secure, and progressive maximum security prisons in the nation. There, he founded and facilitated the Accredited Hospice Program, Bible College in conjunction with the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and also raised private funds to build seven chapels for inmate use on the prison grounds. As a long serving, transformative figure in Corrections, Cain has the ability to motivate and inspire wardens and lawmakers on the subject of rehabilitation. His expertise and passion in the area of prison reform and moral change has steered him into aiding the spread of the gospel through Global Prison Seminaries Foundation. Cain possesses a Bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and a Master’s degree from Grambling State University. He is an active member of several organizations. He serves on the Board of Governors of the American Correctional Association, Board of Directors of Prison Fellowship Ministries, and the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, among others.

Byron Barlowe is a research associate and digital communicator with Probe Ministries. He studied Communications and Marketing at Appalachian State University in gorgeous Boone, N.C. Byron served 2...

Byron Barlowe is a research associate and digital communicator with Probe Ministries. He studied Communications and Marketing at Appalachian State University in gorgeous Boone, N.C. Byron served 20 years with Campus Crusade for Christ (CCC), eight years as editor and Webmaster of a major scholarly publishing site, Leadership University (LeaderU.com). In that role, he blogged before blogging was called that, edited an online journal and encyclopedia of Christian worldview scholarship, and oversaw several sub-sites, including the Online Faculty Offices of Drs. William Lane Craig and William Dembski. Byron, together with wife, Dianne, served CCC for 25 years .

Caitlin Connors is a native of Birmingham, AL and graduated from the University of Alabama where she served as the chair of her College Republican chapter. Her involvement for the pro-life cause stems...

Caitlin Connors is a native of Birmingham, AL and graduated from the University of Alabama where she served as the chair of her College Republican chapter. Her involvement for the pro-life cause stems from her Catholic faith and began early in life by attending multiple trips to the March for Life. Following graduation, she moved to Washington, DC and began working with Susan B. Anthony List in February of 2016. During her time with SBA List in Washington, DC, she served as the Political Coordinator and Political Director. Caitlin moved back to Birmingham, AL with her husband, Fletcher and baby boy, Hugh, and now serves as the SBA Southern Regional Director. In this capacity, Caitlin focuses on political and legislative affairs in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Cal Thomas focuses on what promotes the general welfare, regardless of which party or ideology gets the credit. Without letting politics, or ignorance, get in the way, Thomas urges readers to pay atte...

Cal Thomas focuses on what promotes the general welfare, regardless of which party or ideology gets the credit. Without letting politics, or ignorance, get in the way, Thomas urges readers to pay attention so that politicians can no longer pick their pockets—literally or intellectually. With a twice-weekly column appearing in hundreds of newspapers, Thomas is one of the most widely read and one of the most highly regarded voices on the American political scene. For 19 years he was a commentator on Fox News Channel, which included his own show "After Hours" and as a panelist for "Fox News Watch." For ten years he and Bob Beckel wrote the "Common Ground" column for USA Today. A graduate of American University, Thomas is a veteran of broadcast and print journalism. He has worked for NBC News in Washington, D.C. and hosted his own program on CBNC that was nominated for a Cable ACE Award in 1995. In 2011, Thomas received the William F. Buckley, Jr. Award for Media Excellence from the Media Research Center. His latest book is A Watchman in the Night: What I’ve Seen Over 50 Years Reporting on America. It releases today. He has four adult children, eleven grandchildren. He resides in the South Florida area.

Caleb Kaltenbach is the Lead Pastor at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. Raised in the LGBT community, he was exposed to how some Christians treated the LGBT community, and grew to hate Christians....

Caleb Kaltenbach is the Lead Pastor at Discovery Church in Simi Valley, CA. Raised in the LGBT community, he was exposed to how some Christians treated the LGBT community, and grew to hate Christians. In high school, he joined a Bible study to disprove the Bible, but ended up following Jesus instead. Later, his parents followed Jesus too. This is the subject of his first book, "Messy Grace" —holding on to the truth of God's Word while being filled with grace. Caleb is a graduate of Ozark Christian College, Talbot School of Theology (Biola University), and is finishing his doctorate at Dallas Theological Seminary. He speaks widely on the subjects of reconciliation, faith, diversity, and grace/truth. Caleb and his wife, Amy, and their two children reside in Southern California.

Callista Gingrich is the president of Gingrich Productions. She and her husband, Newt, host and produce historical and public policy documentaries. Recent films include Divine Mercy, A City Upon A Hil...

Callista Gingrich is the president of Gingrich Productions. She and her husband, Newt, host and produce historical and public policy documentaries. Recent films include Divine Mercy, A City Upon A Hill, America at Risk, and Nine Days that Changed the World. Mrs. Gingrich is the author of the New York Times bestselling children’s series featuring Ellis the Elephant. Recent books include Sweet Land of Liberty, Land of the Pilgrims’ Pride, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and From Sea to Shining Sea.She is also the co-author of Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny. Her photography is featured in the New York Times bestseller Rediscovering God in America. Mrs. Gingrich is the voice for several audio books, including A Nation Like No Other and To Save America. An avid musician, Mrs. Gingrich sings in the Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., and plays French horn with the City of Fairfax Band in Fairfax, Virginia. She is also the president of the Gingrich Foundation, a charitable non-profit corporation. Mrs. Gingrich resides in McLean, Virginia, with her husband, Newt Gingrich.

E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., is Founder and National Spokesman of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, a network of evangelical scientists, economics, philosophers, and theologians com...

E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., is Founder and National Spokesman of The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, a network of evangelical scientists, economics, philosophers, and theologians committed to educating the public and policymakers about Biblical earth stewardship, economic development for the poor, and the gospel of Jesus Christ, together with the worldview, theology, and ethics that come with it. A former professor of historical theology and social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary and of interdisciplinary studies at Covenant College, he is the author of nearly 20 books, editor of over 30, and contributor to over 30, as well as author of hundreds of articles, technical and popular.

Cameron J. Anderson (MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art) is an artist, associate director of Upper House, and former executive director of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA). Prior to joining CIVA, he se...

Cameron J. Anderson (MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art) is an artist, associate director of Upper House, and former executive director of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA). Prior to joining CIVA, he served on the staff of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for thirty years, most recently as the national director of Graduate and Faculty Ministries. He is the author of The Faithful Artist: A Vision for Evangelicalism and the Arts and the coeditor of Faith and Vision: Twenty-Five Years of Christians in the Visual Arts.

Cameron McAllister is a speaker and writer focused on bridging the gap between discipleship and apologetics. He is the co-host of Thinking Out Loud, a weekly podcast about current events and Christian...

Cameron McAllister is a speaker and writer focused on bridging the gap between discipleship and apologetics. He is the co-host of Thinking Out Loud, a weekly podcast about current events and Christian hope. He is also a staff writer with Christ and Pop Culture, where he explores the intersection of Christianity and popular culture. His film and television reviews have appeared in Christianity Today and Think Christian. Cameron was born on the mission field in Vienna, Austria. He and his wife Heather live in Atlanta, Georgia with their two children.