Bunni Pounds is the President and Founder of Christians Engaged. She was a political consultant for 16 years once leading a firm with 32 clients and 9 people in her office. For years she worked with Members of Congress running their campaigns. She then ran for Congress herself in 2018 becoming the only woman to make the Republican Runoff Ballot in Texas out of 6 open seats and the only person in the US endorsed by Vice President Mike Pence during the 2018 Primary Season.
Though she came up short, God has been using her over 20 years of Christian ministry experience and political experience to lead this nationwide ministry today, with over 400,000 people in their voter communication system from all 50 states.
Christians Engaged has been in more than 125 churches since its launch and has had thousands across the United States take their pledge to pray, vote, and engage. Their goal is to reach 1 million Christians by the 2024 general election.
A graduate of Christ for the Nations and Dallas Baptist University above all, Bunni loves Jesus and loves sharing the gospel with anyone who will listen from the halls of Congress to her own hometown. Bunni has been married to her husband Tim for 27 years. They have 2 grown sons, both married and one precious grandson.
She is now also the Senior VP of Church and Civic Engagement for Family Policy Alliance Foundation.