PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER
Resilience Expert | Discernment Strategist
Truthful Leadership in Deceptive Times
With four decades of experience pioneering faith-based publishing, equipping leaders, and walking with Christ through both personal and professional triumphs and trials, Athena Dean Holtz brings a message of servant leadership, resilience, and spiritual discernment. Her four signature programs equip Christian leaders, nonprofit directors, coaches, entrepreneurs, C-suite leaders and business owners to lead with integrity, recognize the enemy’s schemes, and build cultures rooted in Kingdom values.
“Athena Dean Holtz brings a rare combination of biblical wisdom and practical leadership expertise that transforms how we can approach both ministry and marketplace challenges. Her ability to weave together servant leadership principles with real-life applications creates a challenge that is both spiritually enriching and immediately actionable. As a publishing pioneer and resilience expert, she delivers insights that help leaders navigate complexity with courage and discernment. Organizations seeking to build a Christ-centered leadership culture will benefit greatly by Athena's practical, inspiring, and thought-provoking presentations.”
Carol Kent, Founder & Executive Director of Speak Up Ministries |
Speaker & Author of Speak Up with Confidence and Becoming a Woman of Influence
Athena Dean Holtz is a powerhouse of truth, tenderness, and Holy Spirit-led wisdom. She’s both informative and deeply engaging—sharing from the heart, trusting God every step, and leaving her audience feeling seen, challenged, and inspired. If you want a speaker who brings real impact and lasting value, Athena delivers every time.”
Mary R. Snyder, Professional Speaker Coach | Storytelling Expert | Live Event and Tour Producer
ATHENA'S SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
Servant Leadership That Stands Apart
Jesus modeled leadership through service, not self-promotion. This program helps leaders embody humility, accountability, and stewardship.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Shift from control-based leadership to stewardship-based influence.
✔ Practice humility without losing authority or clarity.
✔ Build long-term trust that fuels loyalty and growth.
Invite this program to raise up leaders who reflect Christ’s model of service.
Eyes to See, Power to Stand
This program equips leaders to discern the schemes of the enemy—distraction, deception, and division—and respond with biblical truth.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Identify common schemes the enemy uses to undermine ministries and teams.
✔ Apply Scripture-based strategies to resist and overcome attacks.
✔ Build a culture of prayer and vigilance that protects people and mission.
Book this session to equip your leaders with biblical discernment and practical readiness.
Guarding the Flock
Discerning and Defeating Deception
Helping leaders recognize and confront false doctrine and New Age influence before it undermines their mission.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Learn how to spot New Age, cultish, or distorted theology that undermines biblical truth.
✔ Develop biblical strategies for addressing deception within your team or organization.
✔ Create a culture of discernment that strengthens integrity and guards Kingdom impact.
Invite this program to help your leaders shepherd with vigilance, guarding the flock from destructive teaching and keeping your mission rooted in God’s Word.
Winning with Virtual Teams
Distance doesn’t have to mean disconnection. Learn proven practices for leading virtual and hybrid teams with spiritual health and accountability.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Learn proven practices for leading highly effective virtual or hybrid teams.
✔ Keep your team spiritually aligned and relationally connected from afar.
✔ Balance flexibility with accountability in remote settings.
Book this training to help your team thrive in today’s digital ministry environment.
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You Cannot Resist What You Do Not Recognize – Unmasking the Unseen War Threatening Our Homes, Churches, and Nation is a spiritual warfare field manual that reveals the enemy’s schemes and equips believers with biblical truth, practical strategies, and holy confidence to stand firm and live in victory.
What sets this resource apart is its striking comparison between guerrilla warfare tactics used in Vietnam and the subtle, calculated strategies of Satan. Just as the Viet Cong disguised themselves, set booby traps, and provoked soldiers into attacking one another, the enemy of our souls uses deception, fear, and division to keep believers ineffective. By drawing these parallels, the book equips readers to recognize spiritual ambushes for what they really are—and to resist with clarity instead of confusion.
PUBLISH Your Message Matters
"This is the book I wish I had BEFORE starting to write!"
Starred Reviewer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Athena Dean Holtz, Christian publishing veteran and ministry leader, is the author of PUBLISH Your Message Matters. This empowering guide blends spiritual encouragement with practical publishing strategies to help aspiring authors overcome fear, clarify their God-given message, and bring it to life with excellence. Packed with Bible-based wisdom, testimonies, and actionable steps, this book equips Christian writers, speakers, and ministry leaders to write with clarity, publish with integrity, and share their stories in ways that honor God and impact lives for eternity.
Meet Athena
Athena Dean Holtz is a Christian publisher, author, and speaker with more than forty years of experience equipping leaders in ministry and the marketplace. She is the founder of Redemption Press, recognized as a Best Christian Workplace three years in a row, and author of multiple books including No Longer Hidden: We Cannot Resist What We Do Not Recognize. Athena speaks nationwide at conferences, churches, and retreats, empowering audiences to lead with discernment, resilience, and servant-hearted influence.
Speaking Engagements & Partnerships
I’ve been honored to serve at a wide variety of events and organizations—sometimes as a keynote speaker or workshop leader, other times through meaningful strategic partnerships. Each opportunity has been a privilege, whether standing on a stage in person or joining audiences through digital platforms.
