Board of Reference
Joe Dallas
Joe Dallas is a pastoral counselor, author, and founder of CloudFire Ministries in Tustin, CA. He has authored 9 books on human sexuality from a Biblical perspective and hosts the weekly podcast Christians in a Cancel Culture.
Since 1987, he has been active in ministry to people dealing with same-sex attraction, sexual addiction, and marital struggles. He served for 3 years as the President of Exodus International, and for 4 years as the Program Director of the national Every Man's Battle seminar. He was also a keynote speaker for 12 years with the Focus on the Family Love Won Out conference, and he has addressed congregations, conferences, and universities throughout the United States as well as Canada, Spain, Costa Rica, Denmark, Norway, Mexico, New Zealand, Geneva, and Hong Kong.
Joe continues to serve as a contributing editor to the Christian Research Journal, and his work has been featured in Moody Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, and New Man Magazine. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and has been a featured guest on Focus on the Family, The ABC Evening News, The Laura Ingraham Show, and The Bible Answer Man.
Joe and his wife Renee have two sons, and they live in Orange County, CA.
Anne Edward
Anne Edward is an author, speaker, spokesperson and advocate for men and women struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions and is the executive director and a board member of Restored Hope Network. Restored Hope is a US coalition of member and affiliate ministries, pastors and Christian counselors who restore hope to those broken by sexual and relational sin, especially those impacted by homosexuality.
Anne Edward's mission in leading the organization is to restore hope to those broken by sexual and relational issues, especially those impacted by homosexuality.
Anne explains, “I know it’s possible to be set free from sexual confusion because that is my story. It is the testimony of thousands just like me. We at Restored Hope want to make sure all who seek the same healing we’ve experienced through surrendering ourselves to Jesus can have it be their story, too.”
Anne has spotlighted the transformative power of Christ in television, radio and magazine interviews that she began doing in the ‘90s and continues to do today. Oprah, Good Morning America, The CBS Evening News, The 700 Club, Family Talk, Coral Ridge, and Focus on the Family and have profiled Anne, as have People magazine and Newsweek – which put her on its cover.
She has appeared on Dr. James Dobson’s FamilyTalk, In the Market with Janet Parshall, Equipped with Chris Brooks (Moody Radio), Dr. Michael L. Brown’s In The Line of Fire, Joni and Friends/Table Talk (Daystar TV), The Eric Metaxas Show, Total Living Network with Jerry Rose, among other broadcasts.
Author of Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction and co-author of Love Won Out, Anne also has written for Spirit-Led Woman, Charisma, and The Gospel Coalition. Anne lives in Colorado and her greatest joy is being mom to her three grown sons and daughter-in-law.
Dr Melvin Wong
Dr. Melvin Wong is a licensed clinical psychologist. He is a Board Member of the Herald Foundation, Exodus Global Alliance, and Culture Regeneration Research Society, Canada. His most recent clinical research and interests include Traumatized Asian Women: Prevention and Treatment Strategies; Sexual Violations: Prevention and Recovery; Gender Identity Formation: Theory and Practice; homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexuality, and transgenderism; Christian Leadership and Management Theory; Prevention of Divorce and Single Parenting; and children aftercare for orphans and street children. Wong has authored two books: Raising Gender-Confident Kids and Trauma Survivors' Casebook.
Dr. Wong was born and raised in Hong Kong but was educated and has lived in the
U.S. since 1970. He was Honorary Director of the Pastoral Counseling Program at
the Hong Kong Baptist Theology Seminary as well as a co-worker at CCM and CFFC.
He was Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF school of medicine and Attending
Psychologist at SF General Hospital: African-American Psychiatric Unit 6-B. He has
been a volunteer teacher at many universities and seminaries in Asia and China.
He has completed 6 years of earthquake relief work in Sichuan as well as volunteer work in Cambodia where he assisted/supervised the prevention and aftercare of human trafficked victims. 25% of his time is dedicated to missional volunteer work abroad in Leadership Development, Clinical Training, and cross-cultural psychology.
Dr Wong and his wife Connie have been married for 40 years with a daughter (LMFT, LPCC) and son-in-law.
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