A Dallas native, Stephen’s first significant exposure to cross-cultural missions was through a church mission trip to Jamaica with his family at age 14. His gifts and interest in working with children became evident during high school, especially through his work at Sky Ranch summer camp.

After graduating from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Stephen studied Biology and was involved in theater at Wheaton College near Chicago. While there, he was further impacted as he and a group of college students put on a weekly Sunday school in a housing project in inner-city Chicago. After college, God used various corporate and teaching jobs to grow Stephen’s skills in leadership, teaching, and facilitation.

In 2002, Stephen and some friends from a local church began building into the lives of kids in a local Hispanic apartment community. As God grew the ministry—which came to be called the Hidalgo Ministry--Stephen’s leadership role in it grew as well. In 2008, he answered the call to transition into fulltime ministry. After spending 10 years working as a missionary fulltime, in Fall of 2018, God allowed Stephen to begin an official non-profit organization—Hidalgo Ministries—focused on reflecting Christ’s love and truth in the community.

Stephen has a passion to see the Holy Spirit miraculously change lives through relationship-building, prayer, and personal transformation.

Jim Bolthouse has served in both the private sector and charitable ministries for more than 40 years. He is the past owner of three media and technology businesses, and has held numerous leadership roles in the broadcast industry. Mr. Bolthouse is a natural teacher, as well as an accomplished church and conference speaker.

Mr. Bolthouse helped launch The Presidential Prayer Team back in 2001 and has for the last nine years served as its president. He and his wife Traci live in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona and travel together on behalf of the Prayer Team. He regularly meets to encourage and pray with national leaders in Washington DC. Mr. Bolthouse is passionate about raising our nation's value of prayer and seeking God's involvement our daily lives.

Today, the Prayer Team is working toward a goal of engaging five million active prayer partners. Its engagement platforms include print, digital, radio/TV, and large public events. Free membership is always just a click away, at pray.team/join.

Established in 2001, The Presidential Prayer Team has grown into the largest active prayer movement for the president and leadership of the United States. It is a registered 501(c)(3), earning a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, and full accreditation from The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

Steve started his work in missions in 1989 as a volunteer for The Voice of the Martyrs. He joined the staff in 1990 and soon after had the honor of traveling with VOM founders Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand. Being able to spend the last decade of their lives with them became the biggest blessing and honor of Steve’s life. He continues with VOM as a contractor and has traveled with them to hostile and restricted nations around the world, including Cuba, Sudan, Northern Nigeria, borders of North Korea and most recently Iraq during the ISIS occupation.

In 2015, Steve and Robert Fernandez began an animation studio in San Jose, Costa Rica. It was at this time he began to see both the tremendous need and opportunity of making films for the mission field. In January 2017, Steve officially founded and launched the ministry Revelation Media, which is committed to providing quality and culturally engaging media for the global missions community. His projects include the movie TORTURED FOR CHRIST, a CGI animated, feature-length version of THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS, and THE ANIMATED BIBLE SERIES, a visual narrative of the entire Bible.

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