Conversations with Christians Engaged - Hosted by Bunni Pounds and Ben Quine

This episode is part of our series, "Discipleship for America" discussing the current issues in the American church and how Christians can unite around the gospel. In this episode, Bunni is joined by the Honorable Alyssa Brown, who shares her story of how Christians Engaged helped to propel her to run for office, and to be elected as the youngest woman in the Arkansas State House of Repr...

This episode is part of our series, "Discipleship for America" discussing the current issues in the American church and how Christians can unite around the gospel. In this episode, Bunni is joined by Aaron Keyes, one of her all-time favorite worship leaders. Bunni and Aaron discuss the power of prayer, worship and simple devotions, and how God has used Aaron to mentor worship and ministry leaders...

This episode is part of our series, "Discipleship for America" discussing the current issues in the American church and how Christians can unite around the gospel. In this episode, Billy Humphrey, an intercessor for revival and director of GateCity Church in Atlanta, joins Bunni to discuss the practical ways we can grow in our faith. Billy has been hosting live 24/7 worship and prayer events since...

This episode is part of our series, "Discipleship for America" discussing the current issues in the American church and how Christians can unite around the gospel. In this episode, Dr. Kyle Lance Martin, founder of our evangelism ministry partner, Time to Revive, joins Bunni to discuss the present move of God in the American church, our upcoming Revive United States event in Indiana, and their dre...

In this special episode, Bunni and Ben lay out the organizational vision for Christians Engaged in the years to come. They talk specifically through the plans for 2025 and into 2026, and share how Christians Engaged will further impact the Body of Christ and our communities and nation. Support Christians Engaged's efforts to educate and empower Christians nationwide: https://christiansengaged.org/...

In this special episode, Bunni and Ben share all that God has done in the life of Christians Engaged in 2024. They discuss how our ministry's merger with Family Policy Alliance has made such a positive impact on both of our organizations, and how our prayer and civic engagement programs and resources have expanded and are reaching Christians nationwide. Support Christians Engaged's efforts to educ...

In this special episode, Bunni is joined by our Vice President Ben Quine to discuss Christmas and the knowledge of God. Do we as Believers only love the baby Jesus in the manger, or do we also love the Jesus who will one day be coming in the clouds with fire in His eyes? Bunni and Ben discuss how we can pursue the knowledge of God and the fullness of who Jesus is throughout the Christmas season an...

This episode is part of our series, "1630: Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders", discussing our new young-adult initiative to disciple 16-30 year-olds across our nation to be leaders. In this episode, Bunni is joined by Lea Hernandez, a young local church ministry leader from Baytown, Texas who is a part of our 1630 initiative. Lea went to Washington, D.C. with us on scholarship and shares abo...

This episode is part of our series, "1630: Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders", discussing our new young-adult initiative to disciple 16-30 year-olds across our nation to be leaders. In this episode, Bunni is joined by Kaedon Kesterson, a young parent and Gen Z business leader from East Texas who is a part of our 1630 initiative on our steering committee. Kaedon went to Washington, D.C. with...

This episode is part of our series, "1630: Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders", discussing our new young-adult initiative to disciple 16-30 year-olds across our nation to be leaders. In this episode, Bunni is joined by Joshua Rayan, a young adult from California, and a key part of our 1630 initiative. Joshua went to Washington, D.C. with us on scholarship, came to our conference in September,...

This episode is part of our series, "1630: Engaging the Next Generation of Leaders", discussing our new young-adult initiative to disciple 16-30 year-olds across our nation to be leaders. In this episode, Bunni is joined by the Christians Engaged Young Adult Director, Abby Sexton, to discuss the beginnings of 1630 and our vision to raise up the next generation of leaders through our new 1630 initi...

This episode is part of our series, "Campaigning for Christians", covering the ins and outs of political campaigns, and how Christians can get involved. In this episode, we're featuring our 'Politics 101' panel discussion from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. Panelists include, Aamon Ross, Creator of Kingdom in Politics, our Christians Engaged Campaign School, Terri Hasdorff, author of 'Running into...

Christians Engaged and Family Policy Alliance Foundation's November 3, 2024 Nationwide Prayer Call for the 2024 Elections. Together, we are awakening and educating the Church to pray, vote, and engage, but we need the Church to also engage within our cities, states, and nation. We are believing for an awakening within the Body of Christ, which will compel Christians to show up at the polls. Our di...

This episode is part of our series, "Campaigning for Christians", covering the ins and outs of political campaigns, and how Christians can get involved. In this episode, Bunni is joined by Christians Engaged Advisory Board Member and former Congresswoman, Vicky Hartzler (MO-04). In this discussion, Vicky shares the story of how God called her to public service at the age of 9, and discusses her fi...

This episode is part of our series, "Campaigning for Christians", covering the ins and outs of political campaigns, and how Christians can get involved. In this episode, Bunni is joined by her former opponent for Congress (now friend), Congressman Lance Gooden (TX-05). Bunni and Lance share a behind the scenes look from their high profile 2018 race. They discuss what their spouses went through, th...

This episode is part of our series, "Campaigning for Christians", covering the ins and outs of political campaigns, and how Christians can get involved. In this episode, Bunni is joined by a dear friend of the ministry, and courageous voice in the U.S. House, Congressman. Keith Self (TX-03). Prior to serving in Congress, Congressman Self served and retired from U.S. Army with the rank of Lieutenan...

From Christians Engaged President, Bunni Pounds—a critical message for the American church. In this timely message from the 2024 Christians Engaged Conference, Bunni dives into what she believes is the cause of the apathy we're witnessing not only in the church, but across all leadership in our culture. Using the early Christian church as a guide, Bunni exhorts us to re-engage with our first love...

Coach Joe and Denise Kennedy's powerful and emotional interview recounting their story from the 2024 Christians Engaged Conference. Learn more about Coach Kennedy: https://coachjoekennedy.com Learn about 'Average Joe', the new movie highlighting Coach Kennedy's story: https://averagejoemovie.com Stream the full 2024 Christians Engaged Conference: https://www.thececonference.org/livestream Support...

In this special episode, we are joined by Tim Goeglein (Vice President, External and Government Relations for Focus on the Family), to discuss the General Election on November 5, 2024. Tim discusses the scope of the critical choices that Christian voters have to make when casting their ballots not only in the Presidential race, but also in U.S. House and Senate races, state races, and local races....

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature remarks from former Texas State Representative, Pastor Scott Sanford and Alyssa Brown. In his remarks, Pastor Sanford shares a message to the church from his unique perspective of working both in the government and in the church. Following Scott's remarks, we fea...

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature remarks from Richard Harris, Executive Director at Truth & Liberty Coalition, and he lays out how the Body of Christ should be active in the seven mountains of influence in a culture in order to effectively disciple a nation. Learn more about Truth...

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature a panel discussion with officials from the federal, state, and county levels of government on the power of public service and prayer for our elected officials. Panelists include, U.S. Congressman Michael Cloud, TX State Sen. Bryan Hughes, PA State Rep....

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature a panel discussion on the importance of discipleship within our families, led by Kevin Freeman, (Host of Economic War Room) and featuring his daughter Madysen, and two other families - the Ralph family and the Loyola family. This panel of Christians Eng...

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature remarks from Kelly Shackelford, CEO and President of First Liberty Institute and he discusses how due to several recent high-profile Supreme Court decisions, Americans have more religious freedom than we have had in generations. First Liberty is a key p...

This episode is part of our series, "Wake Up! Replays", featuring replays from our 2023 Wake Up! Conference. In this episode, we feature remarks from Congressman Michael Cloud, who has represented Texas' 27th Congressional District in the U.S. Congress since being elected in 2018. Congressman Cloud is a man of faith, and in these remarks, he shares an inspiring and motivating message...