Leaders Breakfast

Pastor John K. Amanchukwu Sr. is an influential preacher, author, and activist who spreads God’s truth zealously and without fear. John graduated from North Carolina State University where he played football under Coach Chuck Amato. From the battles on the football field to the current-day culture wars, John is a fearless defender of biblical justice.

With his master’s degree in Christian Ministry from Liberty University, as well as being an experienced leader in Youth and Young Adult ministry for many years, John’s passion for the next generation pours out on audiences across our nation. John is a strong advocate for the unborn. For twelve years, John ministered and led a 40-week prayer walk at one of the busiest abortion clinics in the Southeast. His heart breaks for the impact of abortion in America; he is especially concerned about abortion in the Black community.

Along with preaching across the country, John has been the featured guest on the Tucker Carlson Tonight Show, The Charlie Kirk Show, The Gorka Reality Check with Sebastian Gorka, Rob Schmitt Tonight, Daystar’s Ministry Now with Joni Lamb, Eric Bolling’s The Balance, John Bachman Now, The Eric Metaxas Radio Show, In The Market with Janet Parshall, The Jenna Ellis Show, the Steadfast and Loyal Podcast with Allen West, several other podcasts and television broadcasts. John is a staff contributor with Turning Point Faith and has been featured on Turning Point Faith’s Freedom Night and AmericaFest. John has also been in several publications including the Christian Post, the Epoch Times, the Daily Wire, ChurchLeaders.com, GotQuestions.com and Fox News online.

John is the Amazon best-selling author of “Eraced: Uncovering the Lies of Critical Race Theory and Abortion” published by Salem Books. This book has inspired a movement among parents and educators across the country to fight back against CRT, intersectionality, queer theory, gender theory, and other godless doctrines in public schools. As a strong proponent of school choice, John speaks to school boards across the country with a convicting message that calls for schools to focus on education, rather than indoctrination. A video of John’s speech to the Wake County School Board went viral and garnered national attention with 5 million+ views.

John is the First Assistant and Youth & Young Adult Pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ. He is a family man. He and his wife Crystal have been married for 15 years. They and their three beautiful children live in Wake Forest, NC.

Endia Bass is a born-again Christian, ministry leader, and advocate for the unborn. She has become a respected voice in Atlanta’s pro-life community through her service and support with Georgia Right to Life (GRTL). Endia has been featured as the 2022 GRTL March for Life Emcee, the 2021 Walton County Right to Life keynote speaker, the keynote speaker for the 2021 Savannah Care Pregnancy Center Fundraising Gala, and the 2020 GRTL March for Life keynote speaker.

With boldness and conviction, Endia shares her personal testimony of repentance and transformation after having multiple abortions herself. Her story brings hope and encouragement to others while pointing to the redeeming power of Jesus Christ. She is passionate about showing that in Christ there is true healing, freedom, and restoration no matter one’s past.

In addition to her pro-life advocacy, Endia is the founder and leader of Out From Among Them Ministries, which equips believers with biblical truth about secret societies and their influence on worldly agendas. Having renounced her own sorority involvement, she now helps others who are seeking to leave such organizations and live fully surrendered to Christ.

At the age of twenty-one, Lauren Eden was surprised to learn that she survived a second trimester dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion. Not only was this news shocking, but the series of miracles God did to save her life also confirmed that God had a unique purpose for Lauren’s life.

Although she knew she was called to share her miraculous birth story, Lauren was waiting on her mom to be ready. She spent 19 years in full time ministry, serving three churches in the Atlanta area, with a focus on Next Gen Ministries. In 2023, with her mom’s blessing, Lauren began sharing her story full time.

Lauren’s passion is using her voice to help others understand the truth about abortion, being a voice for other abortion survivors and the preborn, and helping people understand the church’s role in coming alongside women who find themselves in an unplanned pregnancy. She considers herself a champion for life and for the next generation.

Lauren lives in the Atlanta area with her husband David and their three boys.

For years, Pam Stenzel was on the “front lines” as Director of Alpha Women’s Center, a counseling center for women undergoing crisis pregnancies. Her experiences taught her that before teen pregnancies and STD rates could decline, attitudes of teens toward sex had to change first. Desiring to bring about that change, Pam started speaking nationally full-time and is in great demand both here in the U.S. and in other countries.

Drawing from her personal story, as well as her visits with teens around the nation, Pam talks about the consequences — both physical and emotional — of sex outside of marriage. It’s been her experience that, if given the facts, today’s young people are fully capable of making good, healthy decisions.

Pam has traveled nationwide, speaking with well over 250,000 young people about the issues of sexuality and the importance of abstinence. Pam also holds seminars with parents and educators regarding issues of teen sex and how vital character building is in a child’s upbringing.

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Dr. Alicia Thompson is a board-certified OB-GYN in private practice in Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Florida, a Master of Public Health from the University of South Florida, and a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Nova Southeastern University.

After medical school, Dr. Thompson served on active duty with the Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, where she completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Wright State University/Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. She then stayed on as an academic attending physician.

Following her military service, she continued her academic career at Wright State University before transitioning to urban non-profit care in 2014. She now enjoys working in private practice.

Dr. Thompson’s experiences as an OB-GYN led her to embrace a pro-life perspective. She is dedicated to caring for women at all stages of life and their unborn children. Her practice focuses on providing care to women with gynecological issues and infertility using a restorative approach.

She is married to Dr. Greg Thompson, a radiation oncologist, and they have six children ranging in age from 1 to 15 years old. She homeschools her children and is active in her church and community. She volunteers at pregnancy resource centers and serves on the board of Ohio Right to Life.