Chelsey Youman, Esq., is Counsel for First Liberty Institute, concentrating on religious liberty matters and First Amendment rights.

She joined First Liberty Institute after working for a law firm in private practice, where she successfully litigated corporate fraud matters, complex commercial litigation, and consumer rights issues in both federal and state jurisdictions.

Youman received her Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University, where she was a Dean’s Scholarship Recipient. She was also a member of the Board of Advocates, where she successfully argued in off-campus mock trial competitions, and was a member of the Aggie Law Society and SMU Christian Legal Society. During law school, she clerked for the Consumer Protection Division in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas and Liberty Institute.

Jonathan “JP” Pokluda is the Campus Pastor of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX and leader of The Porch, the largest weekly young adult gathering of its kind in the country. At The Porch, thousands of people in their twenties and thirties hear the gospel, get equipped, and are unleashed to live out their faith. JP's passion is to share the Gospel with anyone who will listen and equip others to do the same.

JP came to understand the grace of the Gospel in his early twenties after being involved in different denominational churches his entire life. This ignited a desire in him to inspire young adults to radically follow Jesus Christ and unleash them to change the world. Most recently, he has seen this passion come out through writing. His book, Welcome to Adulting, offers Millennials a roadmap to navigating faith, finding a spouse, finances, and the future.

JP's partner in ministry is his wife of 13 years, Monica, and together they disciple their children Presley, Finley and Weston.

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By Manny Fernandez and Mitchell Ferman - nytimes.com - September 11, 2018 Days after a top adviser to President Trump questioned Senator Ted Cruz’s chances of winning re-election, the Texas lawmaker casually stepped into the ...

By: Antonia Blumberg - huffingtonpost.com - September 11, 2018 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday became the latest Republican to say Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) faces a difficult fight in the Texas Senate ...

By: Doug Stanglin & Jane Onyanga-Omara - usatoday.com - September 12, 2018 Pope Francis, signaling the Catholic Church's inability to defuse long-running clergy sex scandals, on Wednesday summoned the presidents of Catholic bishops conferences worldwide ...

By Michael Gerson - washingtonpost.com - September 10, 2018 Since the Council of Nicaea, Christians have been prone to issue joint statements designed to draw the boundaries of orthodoxy — and cast their rivals beyond ...