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Biographical Overview
One thing that stands out about Anita is her ability to enter God’s Presence quickly ascending into high worship and taking entire groups of people with her. She has a childlike faith and contagious energy believing in the kindness of God’s heart to welcome us into His Throne Room.
She loves orchestrating teams in such a way as to call out the strengths of each person and uncap their creative potential. Although she is often in front of people, she’s quite content behind the scenes serving others in whatever way is needed — whether that’s making a meal or building a website. Perhaps her most happy place is in some quiet place digging into His Word and discovering a new insight about God’s Beauty to fuel her worshipping heart.
While studying Music Education at Southwest Baptist University in Missouri, Anita stumbled into a Bible study group where Becky Castle revealed the Gospel in a way that left her speechless and resulted in a radical shift in her life direction towards ministry. Soon she was leading worship with teams of college students and in her small but radical house church in Bolivar, Missouri. Out of this group came the core team who eventually established Cornelius Connection International.
Living single and focused on ministry into her mid-30s, Anita married long-time friend John Tisdale in 2007. They lived in Ft. Worth, Texas before moving to come alongside Becky in ministry in the Houston area in 2010. A quick learner, Anita added new technology tools to her skill-set gleaning from her husband’s expertise and began helping ministries with basic technology needs. She continues in this capacity today as one of the ways she serves.
Anita’s unifying influence helps worshippers come higher in the expression of their gifts and understanding of the impact of worship on a region. Anita continues today doing the same as Worship Director at Freedom Outpost Houston and Support Staff at Cornelius Connection International.