Stephanie McMinn, has served her local community for the past 11 years by aiding, resourcing, and supporting women and their families in desperate situations. She operates in compassion advocating for the lost and the broken and is determine to see transformation in each individual and her community as a whole. It is her heart to exemplify unity and she does that by partnering with other organizations and agencies in our surrounding areas to ensure those in need get the help available. She believes efforts are better accomplished together so she works alongside others to provide more resources and strategy for change. Stephanie is an active member of the Walton County Prevention Coalition and is Lead on the Opioid Task Force. Her hope is to bring awareness to substance abuse disorder and the sexual exploitation in our area by providing prevention measures to help avoid overdoses and stop sex trafficking in the land which she is called. She serves by heading up multiple annual DEA National Take Back efforts and educates the community on the use of Narcan. She is dedicated to her call even more after loosing her own 22 year old baby boy in 2019 to an accidental overdose. Gage lives on through here efforts in helping save lives. She has worked with Circuit One Human Trafficking Task Force, local law enforcement and FBI to serve works closely survivors. Her years in the streets of our cities has giving her firsthand knowledge of the challenges we face as a community and an eagerness to fight for freedom. Her faith is most important and she will stand firm to uphold it.

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She is unapologetic about her love for Jesus and finds joy in testifying of His faithfulness.  She is intentional about each daughter sent her way and is passionate about them attaining freedom in every area of their lives. She hopes to encourage those she works with by the Word of God while helping them discover their royal identity in Christ Jesus. She wants to see all saved, healed and delivered from bondage. Stephanie is a Senior Leader/Pastor at Awaken Family Church in Santa Rosa Beach as well as Pastoral Director of School of Revivalist. Before the ministry, her priority is her family.  She is married to husband Chance for 15 years, with a beautiful blended family of five children. She is known as a “mother of many” with spiritual sons and daughters that continue to draw from her well after their recovery and restoration. Her heart is to establish family. She has completed Bethel’s School of Supernatural Ministry (DSSM-Redding, CA) and has attended Liberty University, with a focus in Religion with an emphasis on Christian Counseling as well as studies in Psychology.  She has been trained in Bethel's Sozo Inner-healing and deliverance ministry. She has nine years of experience in financial institutions which have provided her with experience in leadership, management, implementation of policies and regulations, training, human resources and customer service.  She was in the mortgage industry for seven years and has been self-employed, owning several businesses within the last 13 years.