John Zmirak is a Senior Editor of The Stream, and author of the new Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He received his B.A. from Yale University in 1986, then his M.F.A. in screenwriting and fiction and his Ph.D. in English in 1996 from Louisiana State University. His focus was the English Renaissance, and the novels of Walker Percy. He taught composition at LSU and screenwriting at Tulane University, and has written screenplays for and with director Ronald Maxwell (Gods & Generals and Gettysburg). He was elected alternate delegate to the 1996 Republican Convention, representing Pat Buchanan.

He has been Press Secretary to pro-life Louisiana Governor Mike Foster, and a reporter and editor at Success magazine and Investor’s Business Daily, among other publications. His essays, poems, and other works have appeared in First Things, The Weekly Standard, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, FrontPage Magazine, The American Conservative, The South Carolina Review, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Commonweal, and The National Catholic Register, among other venues. He has contributed to American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia and The Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought. From 2000-2004 he served as Senior Editor of Faith & Family magazine and a reporter at The National Catholic Register. During 2012 he was editor of Crisis.

E. Ray Moore, Jr., has served for over forty five years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, a congregational minister, an Army Chaplain or Director of a Christian ministry.Additionally, he has served as a campaign consultant or staff for several major political campaigns, including former Vice-President Dan Quayle's first Senate race in 1980, former Congressman Mark Siljander's first Congressional race in 1981 and Pat Robertson’s Presidential Campaign in 1986 to 1988.

A South Carolina native, he is a graduate of The Citadel with a B.A. in political science and was graduated from Grace Theological Seminary cum laude with a M.Div. (Master of Divinity) in 1974 and with a Th.M. (Master of Theology) in 1979. He served nineteen years as an Army Reserve Chaplain, retiring as Lt. Colonel in 1999. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Gulf War I.

Ray has been married to the former Gail Laurens Pinckney of Charleston, South Carolina for 48 years. They have four children and seven grandchildren. He and Gail were selected as S.C. Parents of the Year for 2000. Ray and Gail have had a long-term involvement in private Christian education or home schooling.

Currently, Ray serves as President of Frontline Ministries, Inc., which focuses on prayer, revival and Christian education. He is the Director of the Exodus Mandate Project (see www.exodusmandate.org). He is author of Let My Children Go and co-authored with his wife, Gail, The Promise of Jonadab: Building a Christian Family Legacy in a Time of Cultural Decline. He is the Executive Producer of the 2011 film, IndoctriNation (Gunn Films). He is script writer and Executive Producer of the July 2015 released film, Escaping Common Core: Setting Our Children Free” (Cutting Edge Films).

As Chief Development Officer, Sue oversees strategic fundraising and development for the Hope Center and the nonprofit parent organization, The Hope Center Foundation. Sue’s motivation is providing beautiful high-quality office and conference space, numerous services, programs and amenities, all at a significantly discounted rate for the Christian nonprofit tenants. The funds that these nonprofits are able to save in overhead transfer directly into their missions — both locally and around the world. “The Hope Center is a great place to invest your time and talent and I am honored to work with The Hope Center team and the 40+ dynamic Christian Nonprofits that call this home.”

Sue is also a committed volunteer fundraiser in her community and has served on numerous nonprofit boards. Prior to joining The Hope Center team, Sue was Director of Program Development for Just Say YES, Youth Equipped to Succeed helping at risk teens. She also spent 12 years as Director of Development at Trinity Christian Academy where she completed three capital campaigns and raised funds for scholarship aid.

She and her husband, Dan, have two grown children and three grandchildren, and have been active members and lay leaders at Northwest Bible Church since graduating from college.

Lauri attended Oklahoma State University, then moved to the Dallas area, where she has lived for most of her life. She has three children, ages 30, 29, and 15. She got involved with CEF Dallas in 2004, and became Director of the Dallas Chapter six years ago. She has faced many struggles in life, mostly due to choices made with a poor understanding of who God is and how much He loves her. Because of this, she wants to help children know basic truths about Him so they can make good choices and live the life that God intends for them.

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