Pioneer and Voice of Inspiration
DIANNA HOBBS, FOUNDER
A Buffalo native and ordained minister, Dianna Hobbs has built one of the most recognized digital platforms for Black Christian women in the country, one article, one prayer, one word of encouragement at a time.
In 2007, she launched EEW Magazine Online from her kitchen table in Delaware, where she and her husband had relocated, while raising four children and managing a full household. There was no staff, no budget, and no audience. Within months, that changed. EEW grew steadily, then rapidly, logging millions of pageviews and establishing itself as one of the nation's foremost digital publications for Black Christian women. Hobbs later formalized the ministry behind the magazine, founding Empowering Everyday Women Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit extending EEW's reach through community programs, resources, and global outreach.
Her blog, Your Daily Cup of Inspiration, ranks consistently among America's top faith blogs, and its companion podcast draws a global audience seeking Scripture-grounded encouragement for daily life. Across every platform, Hobbs brings the same thing: a direct, faith-rooted voice committed to helping women walk boldly in their God-given purpose.
Milestones
EEW Magazine Online (2007)
Hobbs launched EEW Magazine Online to serve Christian women of color with faith-informed content, news, and inspiration. Over nearly two decades, she built EEW into a leading national digital brand, logging millions of pageviews and earning recognition as one of the most trusted platforms for Black Christian women in the country.
Strategic Partnerships
Under Hobbs's leadership, EEW has secured media and sponsorship partnerships with major brands including Verizon, McDonald's, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Discovery, and NBC. Her team has also collaborated with leading Christian publishers, including Zondervan, Thomas Nelson, and HarperCollins, running book campaigns that bring inspirational content directly to the urban faith market.
Broadcast Media
Hobbs expanded her reach into radio, creating "Cross Culture in HD" on Buffalo's WUFO 1080 AM, the city's top Gospel station, simulcast globally online. She later hosted the daily show "Turnt Up with Sunny D" on WUFO, where as on-air personality "Sunny D" she reached urban audiences with Gospel music and faith-based commentary, propelling the show to number one. After nearly four years on air, she stepped away from daily radio in 2016 to devote her full attention to her growing ministry.
Author and Recording Artist
Hobbs is both a published author and a worship leader. In 2018, she released God Did It: A True Story of Miraculous Healing, an indie best-selling memoir chronicling her journey through chronic illness and recovery, available at major retailers. In 2024, she released the original single "Don't Know Why," drawn directly from her healing journey. She has co-written and recorded several original works.
Recognition and Media
Hobbs has been featured by PBS, ABC, NBC, The Washington Post, The Christian Post, and other major national outlets, cementing her standing as one of the most influential voices in faith-based digital media.
PERSONAL JOURNEY
Dianna Hobbs's biography cannot be told without her testimony.
In 2017, after years of battling two debilitating autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, Hobbs experienced what she and those around her describe as a sudden and complete healing during a prayer service. Doctors had offered no further hope. In a moment she attributes entirely to God, she regained her ability to walk, talk, and sing. That healing anchored her faith in Isaiah 53:5 and became the foundation of everything she would build and endure afterward.
Two years later, a routine surgery turned into a crisis. A severe allergic reaction sent Hobbs into the ICU, where she endured more than two dozen seizures and suffered a ministroke that left her temporarily paralyzed on the left side. Doctors were uncertain she would fully recover. She walked out of the hospital within days.
She lives today with the lingering effects of a traumatic brain injury, including memory challenges and cognitive fatigue. She does not minimize those realities. She also does not stop. Her view of the journey is unambiguous: God has turned her pain into purpose, and every trial has only deepened the testimony she carries to the women she serves.
ADVOCACY AND IMPACT
Hobbs uses her platform to address issues that other faith-based publications often avoid.
Through Empowering Everyday Women Ministries, she distributes free Christian resources globally, including devotionals, blogs, podcasts, and community programming designed to uplift women and girls of faith. Your Daily Cup of Inspiration has earned a recommendation from Christianity Today and continues to draw a growing international audience.
She is also a candid advocate for mental and emotional health in the Black Christian community. As a brain trauma survivor, Hobbs speaks openly about her experience with trauma, recovery, and the psychological weight of chronic illness. On her platform, she addresses depression, anxiety, and healing with both pastoral honesty and prophetic conviction, encouraging believers to seek help without shame.
As a speaker and Bible teacher, Hobbs travels to conferences, women's retreats, and church events nationwide. She operates within the five-fold ministry gifts outlined in Ephesians 4:11-13, delivering messages and workshops that have moved and mobilized audiences across the country.
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Hobbs's mission has not changed since she sat down at that kitchen table in 2007: to impact the culture for Christ by empowering women to fulfill their Kingdom purpose.
What has changed is the scale. EEW is developing expanded podcast programming, leadership training initiatives, international speaking engagements, and global humanitarian efforts. New books and original worship music are in development. Each project extends the same conviction that has driven Hobbs from the beginning: that women of faith are called to something greater than the limitations placed on them, and that the right word at the right moment can change the trajectory of a life.
Dianna Hobbs has built a ministry out of her own hard seasons. That is precisely why women trust her. And it is why she is not finished.