SEASONED SPEAKER
Trusted Voice in Discernment
Pointing the Way to Healing and Resilience
A Call to Lead with Honesty and Courage
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.
“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 Holtz is one of the most authentic and genuine voices you will encounter. Her honesty and passion draw people in, but it’s her ability to connect heart-to-heart that leaves a lasting impact. Athena doesn’t just inspire—she equips her audience with practical steps to step boldly into their God-given purpose and goals. If you want your event to spark transformation and move people into action, inviting Athena to speak will be one of the best decisions you make.”
Mary Armstrong, MA, BCCC | Women’s Pastor, Calvary Community Church
ATHENA'S SIGNATURE PROGRAMS
Your Message Matters
Writing and Publishing with Excellence and Faith
Every believer carries a story, but when God calls you to share yours, it becomes more than a book project—it becomes a sacred assignment. In this practical and faith-filled workshop, Athena Dean Holtz equips writers to overcome fear, steward their message with excellence, and release their story with lasting Kingdom impact.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Discern your calling, overcome resistance, and develop a clear roadmap for writing your book with confidence and focus.
✔ Understand publishing options, editing, and marketing strategies that honor both your message and your mission.
✔ Learn how to release your story with authenticity, prayerful intention, and lasting impact for the readers God intends to reach.
Invite this program to encourage and equip your attendees to faithfully steward the message God entrusted to them.
No Longer Hidden
Recognizing the Battle. Reclaiming Your Voice. Walking in Freedom.
Many women love Jesus deeply yet quietly carry the weight of fear, confusion, church hurt, spiritual intimidation, or exhaustion. Some have endured toxic leadership, manipulation, betrayal, or years of believing lies about God and themselves.
In this powerful and hope-filled message, Athena Dean Holtz helps women recognize the subtle tactics of the enemy while rediscovering the unwavering faithfulness of God. Through biblical truth, personal testimony, and practical wisdom, women are equipped to walk in discernment, healing, courage, and spiritual readiness.
Key Takeaways:
✔ Recognize spiritual warfare without living in fear
✔ Heal biblically from church hurt and spiritual abuse
✔ Balance flexibility with accountability in remote settings.
Ideal for women’s conferences, church retreats, leadership gatherings, healing and restoration events, ministry training.
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.
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.
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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 who has spent more than four decades walking alongside leaders in ministry and the marketplace. She is the founder of Redemption Press, a publishing house recognized as a Best Christian Workplace for three consecutive years. Athena is the author of several books, including No Longer Hidden: You Cannot Resist What You Do Not Recognize.
She speaks at conferences, churches, and retreats across the country, encouraging leaders to cultivate discernment, resilience, and servant-hearted leadership. Her passion is helping others recognize what may be quietly hindering their growth so they can move forward in clarity, courage, and faith.
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.
