Bonnie Manning

Bonnie Manning is the majority owner and co-founder of Manning the Gate Publishing, where she writes under the pen name Tekoa Manning. As an award-winning author, she has made significant contributions to Christian apologetics, fiction, and devotionals, including Jumping for Joy in the Midst of Sorrow and Her award-winning series, Unmasking the Unseen, which highlights the evolution of Satan, the spiritual realm, and the Hebraic roots of Christianity.

A former deliverance minister and prayer director, Bonnie cherishes her family and enjoys hobbies like thrift shopping and painting. Originally hailing from Kentucky, she now resides in Florida with her retired police chief husband.

Jeffrey Manning

Jeffrey Manning is the co-founder and minority owner of Manning the Gate Publishing. He was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a decorated Law Enforcement Professional for twenty-five years while concurrently serving in ministry work. He helped establish the Shield of Faith Christian Police Officers Association in Louisville, KY, in 1998, where he served as President for five years before being ordained under Evangelist Drummond Thom, World Wide Native Evangelism, and Deeper Life Christian Center.

He served as a missionary in South Africa for four years. Afterward, he became the Assistant Pastor and co-founder of Foundation of Life Ministries, serving the faith community for nine years.

In 2012, he married Bonnie Ruth Manning. Together, they continue to minister in many different capacities. Recently, they founded Manning the Gate Publishing to help people of faith share their ministering pen with the lost, hurting, and wounded.

Crystal Sedillo

Crystal Sedillo is a homeschooling Mom by day and sewist/digital creator by night. Through various artistic methods, she uses her creativity to bring joy and faith to others. Crystal specializes in embroidery and digital creation. She believes the sky is the limit when creativity is involved. Crystal's entrepreneurial spirit, along with her imagination, helps counsel and coach others. Crystal is honored to serve on the board of directors for Manning the Gate and looks forward to helping in any way she can. You can find her in the garden, reading or experiencing the great outdoors when she's not busy teaching or creating. Her homeschooling motto that she uses daily is "Life is education, there are various ways to teach and learn, think outside the box."

Ellen Kimball is a life enthusiast, educator, intercessor, and empowerment coach. She spent 20 years in education and home school administration, during which reading and literature were a big part of the picture.

For the last decade, Ellen has pursued promoting individual wellness through lifestyle coaching with nutrition and health technologies, food service, education, and podcasting. She now serves Manning the Gate Publishing as a prophetic intercessor and is honored to be partnered with their board in support and effort as they use their publishing ministry to further the kingdom of God here on earth.

She makes her home in east Tennessee. In addition to empowering others to live their best lives, Ellen enjoys the wide outdoors, gardening, culinary arts, poetry, and spending time with her adult progeny.

Gayla Lemons, a friend and fan of Bonnie and Jeff Manning, is happy to serve on the Manning the Gate Publishing Board. She has over two decades of experience working with international and local nonprofits, including the Billy Graham Association, the Luis Palau Association, the United Way, Feeding God's Children, and others. Her roles have varied as executive assistant, volunteer coordinator, church relations director, event planner, and post-event follow-up. For Manning the Gate, she will take a few notes for the meeting minutes, pray, and hope to bless the team in other ways!

Lynn Brunk

Lynn Brunk is an American voice actor. She graduated from Ohio State University and the University of North Carolina with bachelor's and master's degrees in music education. She served eight years in the Army National Guard and taught music to various ages in public and private schools for fifteen years. Middle school students were her favorite.

She always loved reading, especially to her autistic/dyslexic son, and was thrilled when they discovered that the world could be expanded for him through audiobooks. This led to her passion for narration. She narrated her first book for Bonnie, The Spirit of Leviathan, Jezebel, and Athaliah. This led to narrating most of her other books and becoming "the voice of Tekoa."

When not in her studio, Lynn can be found baking bread from fresh-milled flour, quilting, doing paper arts, crocheting, or hanging out with her cats.

Will Hatch