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Monday, July 31, 2017
Penna Dexter hosts today's show and her guests are Michael Johnson and Eric Mock from Slavic Gospel Association. They tells us about Christianity in Russia and Former Soviet States. In the second hour she will discuss a Gallup report about the rise of Non-denominational Protestants. Also in the second hour Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness discusses President Trump's recent reversal of Obama's transgender experiment on the military.
Penna Dexter hosts today's show and her guests are Michael Johnson and Eric Mock from Slavic Gospel Association. They tells us about Christianity in Russia and Former Soviet States. In the second hour she will discuss a Gallup report about the rise of Non-denominational Protestants. Also in the second hour Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness discusses President Trump's recent reversal of Obama's transgender experiment on the military.

HOST

Penna Dexter

Penna Dexter

Co-Host — Point of View

For eight years Penna Dexter served as co-host on Point of View with founder Marlin Maddoux. Following his passing in 2004, she has served as co-host and frequently as Kerby Anderson’s guest host. Her...

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Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson

President — Slavic Gospel Association

Michael Johnson returned to SGA as president in May 2017 after previously serving as vice president of advancement from 1996-2004. Michael combines an extensive background in the marketing and adverti...

Michael Johnson returned to SGA as president in May 2017 after previously serving as vice president of advancement from 1996-2004. Michael combines an extensive background in the marketing and advertising field, as well as broad experience in lay church ministry and international missions. Michael’s advertising career began with Saatchi and Saatchi Advertising in New York City, and continuing with the Bloom Agency and then Gray Advertising. Prior to his return to SGA, Michael served for several years as senior vice president of the highly respected firm Douglas Shaw and Associates in Naperville, Illinois. Michael’s unique experiences in the business world, coupled with his years of dedication to Christian missions, especially in the countries of the former Soviet Union, have prepared him to lead SGA’s ministries forward in the challenging days ahead. Michael holds a bachelor’s degree and certificate from a two-year Bible institute, is a licensed minister of the Gospel and received an Honorary Doctorate from the All-Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists for his work in that country. He and his wife, Erin, have two grown sons, Alex and Lukas.

Eric Mock

Eric Mock

Vice President | Ministry Operations — Slavic Gospel Association

Prior to joining SGA, Eric was engaged in military flight test and space systems integration for 16 years. While serving on the International Space Station program in Moscow, he developed a special lo...

Prior to joining SGA, Eric was engaged in military flight test and space systems integration for 16 years. While serving on the International Space Station program in Moscow, he developed a special love for the Russian people. Called out of aerospace into ministry in 2002, Eric travels and ministers throughout the Russian-speaking nations and the USA to serve faithful Bible-preaching churches. His passion is to see God’s people serve and live their lives on mission for the sake of the Gospel. He is also the pastor of River’s Edge Bible Church in Pecatonica, Illinois, where he resides with his wife, Kristi. Eric has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.B.A in International Development, and a Master of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Elaine Donnelly

Elaine Donnelly

President — Center for Military Readiness

Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Founded in 1993, CMR advocates hig...

Elaine Donnelly is president of the Center for Military Readiness, an independent, nonpartisan public policy organization that specializes in military/social issues. Founded in 1993, CMR advocates high, single standards in all forms of military training and sound priorities in the making of military/social policies. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger appointed Mrs. Donnelly to be a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) for a three-year term (1984–1986). In 1992, Pres. George H. W. Bush appointed her to the Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces. She is the author of a chapter titled “Defending the Culture of the Military,” which was published by the Air Force University Press in the book Attitudes Are Not Free – Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the U.S. Armed Forces, released in May 2010 and now in its third printing. In May 2007 the Duke University Journal of Gender Law & Policy published her comprehensive, peer-reviewed article titled “Constructing the Co-Ed Military.” Mrs. Donnelly has published articles on military personnel issues in many newspapers and magazines nationwide, including the Washington Post, USA Today, the Boston Globe, Congressional Quarterly Researcher, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Times, the Naval Institute’s Proceedings, and Human Events, and has appeared on most network and cable network discussion programs. She is a contributor to National Review OPnline, the Breitbart website Big Peace, and CNSNews.com.

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