Rev. Audra Singleton was born in Columbus County, North Carolina. Even as a child she was very active in many church and social arenas and had a strong desire to work in missions. She put herself through college and graduated from East Carolina University with a B.S. in English. She was a lead Mentor Teacher in the Pitt County School System and in 1999 she was awarded the Channel 1 Network National Teacher of the Year Award. She is twice listed as Who’s Who among America’s teachers (1997, 2000) and in 2000 she was awarded the North Carolina Principal Fellows Scholarship (class 7) to come out of the classroom and become a school administrator. In 2002, she graduated from ECU again with a Masters degree in School Administration. She also holds a Masters certification as a Curriculum Instructional Specialist, licensed mentor, and accomplished graduate studies in linguistics. She is a retired school administrator and is presently enrolled in the Duke University Non-Profit Management program and pursuing her doctorial studies.

In 1988, she became one of the founding members of Koinonia Christian Center Church in Greenville, NC, founded by Bishop Rosie O'Neal. She has held numerous ministry assignments. She served faithfully for 15 years.

Rev. Audra holds such honors as a veteran of the U.S. Army for five years of service, including a tour of duty in the first Persian Gulf War, Channel 1 Network National Teacher of the Year Award, 1999, and the “Great Commission Award for Entrepreneurship” by the Lydia Circle of Christian Business and Professional Women of Detroit, MI, January, 2004. She has had many interviews on TV and radio and she was featured in “Her” Magazine, February, 2007. Rev. Audra strongly believes and teaches that great leaders are great servers. She serves actively on the mission field in Jamaica, West Indies, and in South Africa. She has been married for twenty two years to her husband, Pastor Joseph Martin Singleton. The two of them share a wonderful love life raising their two daughters and Pastoring Project Anna's Christian Fellowship, preaching and teaching the Word of God, locally and internationally. Rev. Audra founded the "Christmas Everyday" Missions Outreach to Ghana, Togo, South Africa and beyond.

Her life is spent empowering the seed and strengthening families! Her message of hope, healing and deliverance is globally changing the lives of many. She is the founder and CEO of Project Anna, Inc., a non-profit organization.Visit her website at www.audrasingleton.org. Rev.Audra hails Project Anna, Inc. as her gift back to God for bringing her out of the abuse and the shame of her own childhood and empowering her to live her life to the fullest to empower many others to overcome. One instrument of this empowerment is her new book, “The Smile Within My Soul: Strength for Your Journey” which she authored and published in December, 2006. In 2007, she opened the first Food Pantry in Falkland, NC which provides hundreds of families with food, personal care items, free medical screenings and supplies. Rev. Audra’s exhortation to others is “If you are going to do anything in life worthwhile, do something to enhance the life of a child.”