ABOUT

Bunni Pounds is the Founder and President of Christians Engaged as well as the Senior Vice President for Family Policy Alliance and Family Policy Alliance Foundation – founded by Dr. James Dobson. She is the author of Jesus and Politics: One Woman’s Walk with God in a Mudslinging Profession that was published in 2024 by Frontline Books/Charisma House. 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.  It was after this race that God called her to start mobilizing the Church.

God has been using her over 20 years of Christian ministry experience and political experience to lead this national ministry today. Christians Engaged has over 850,000 Christians in their voter mobilization communication system reaching all 50 states, has had over 2,200 Christians take one of their long form classes on civics and biblical worldview, they had had programs in 190 churches, and they are strategic ministry partners with over 110 national ministries or local churches. They are just getting started.

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 since 1996. They have 2 grown sons, both of whom are married, and two precious grandchildren.