Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

I am joined by some lovely ladies, and I am excited to have them to introduce themselves so you can know who they are and where they're from.

And if you want to share a fun fact, you can do that too.

Okay, I'll start. I'm Lauren McAfee. I am from Oklahoma City and I am married to my husband Michael. We will celebrate 15 years later this summer. And my husband and I met when we were seven years old. So we are Sunday school sweethearts. That's where we met. And we together have two daughters through the blessing of adoption.

And our daughters, Zion is six and Zara is one.

So I am the founder of Stand for Life.

So we have a booth out there.

And I am also a PhD student studying ethics and public policy,

focusing on issues of women's reproductive health.

So I kind of live in the in and around the pro-life space through both my work, my personal

story, as well as my studies.

So that's me.

Hi, my name is Missy Branch, and I actually work for the organization that Lauren founded.

I love it. My title is VP of Community Engagement and I think the way that I have come into even

this kind of work is really just by the Lord Sovereign, the way you might have wound up in this room, right?

The Lord's Kindness. I have four kids. They're grown. One of

them's been bossing me around this conference all week, so I've been having a good time.

And I just, I used to work at Southeastern Seminary, and the work there really taught me the

value of quality education, theological education, and just knowing God's word.

My name is Bree Stensrude, and I am the former director of Sanctative Human Life at Focus on the Family,

and now I am the director of Women of Welcome, which is a project of world relief.

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