Kendria McKnight is the founder and CEO of Make Fear Homeless Christian Publishing, a licensed evangelist, conference speaker, book coach, and advocate for women living out God's purpose in their lives. Though her advocacy centers on empowering women, her impact reaches everyone through conferences, retreats, and engagements with businesses and companies, where she inspires audiences to walk in obedience in every area of their lives.
As a published author with more than 30 years of experience in communications, ministry, customer care, and project management, Kendria brings a unique combination of professional expertise and spiritual calling to her work. Before launching Make Fear Homeless Christian Publishing Company, she spent a decade leading multimillion-dollar projects at a healthcare organization. She's a builder. She's organized. This project management experience, combined with her deep love for writing, makes her advocacy for new writers unmatched. As a dedicated book coach, Kendria directly supports each writer in overcoming fear and the roadblocks that often hinder publication. Her warm disposition instills confidence, while her attention to detail helps complete each writing project.
Kendria's passion for writing is rooted in her family heritage; she comes from generations of poets and writers. She distinctly remembers falling in love with books during her junior year of high school when she turned the last page of "The Grapes of Wrath." That moment sparked a lifelong love affair with the written word.
For Kendria, writing is an act of worship. She understands the importance of living in total obedience to God's call and believes that everyone has a voice. Many people are compelled to write because they carry powerful testimonies. Others have experienced God's profound love firsthand. Her mission is to amplify these stories of love and redemption. She understands the pull; she calls it an "authorship mandate." Make Fear Homeless Christian Publishing is designed to support and encourage aspiring authors who need help capturing, writing down, and completing a God-given vision.
When she's not helping authors bring their visions to life, Kendria enjoys reading, sewing with her mom, fishing and hunting with hubby, and hiking with friends. She loves the outdoors and is a certified nutrition specialist through the American Council on Exercise and a hiking instructor with the Sierra Club and GirlTrek. She tends a healthy backyard garden and finds inspiration in all of God's creations.
Kendria has been married to Juan McKnight Sr. for 36 years. Together, they have four children: LaShonna, Teota, Juan Jr., and Ashayla(Clark). They also have 3 grandsons and 1 granddaughter.
