G. N. Barkman received his BA and MA from BJU and later founded Beacon Baptist Church in Burlington, NC where has pastored for over 40 years. In addition, Pastor Barkman broadcasts over several radio stations in NC, VA, TN, and the island of Granada and conducts annual pastors’ training seminars in Zimbabwe, Africa. He and his wife, Marti have been blessed with four daughters and six grandchildren.

Dr. Paul Tautges served in pastoral ministry for twenty-two years. He is the husband of Karen and father of ten. Paul is also an adjunct professor of biblical counseling, conference speaker, and author of eight books including Counsel One Another, Comfort Those Who Grieve, Discipline of Mercy, and Brass Heavens. He also serves as the series editor for the HELP! discipleship counseling booklet series. Paul is also a teaching fellow with ACBC (formerly NANC).

Doug Brown was born and raised in Ohio and is an USAF veteran (1990-1992) who has a BA in Pastoral Studies from Bob Jones University. He was ordained by Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Taylors, SC in 1999. He pastored Madawaska Gospel Church in Madawaska, Maine for 12 years (2001-2013) until he and his wife, Sherry, and their two daughters, Rebecca and Sarah, returned to the Greenville, SC area in October 2013 for him to become the assistant pastor to Dr. Michael Gray at Colonial Hills Baptist Church.

David R. Brumbelow is pastor of Northside Baptist Church, Highlands, Texas and a graduate of ETBU and SWBTS. David is the author of “Ancient Wine and the Bible” and “The Wit and Wisdom of Pastor Joe Brumbelow.” He writes at gulfcoastpastor.blogspot.com.

Joel Shaffer is founder and Executive Director of Urban Transformation Ministries (UTM) and a deacon at New City Church in Grand Rapids, MI. Joel received his undergraduate degree from Michigan’s Cornerstone University. He completed his Masters in Intercultural studies at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.

Jared Compton is an assistant professor of New Testament at DBTS, having joined the faculty in 2011. He received his M.Div. from DBTS in 2007 and a Ph.D. in New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL, in 2013. He is a member of a handful of scholarly societies (ETS, IBR, SBL) and currently serves on the editorial board for the Trinity Journal. He and his wife Charisse have three children.

L. Bolton currently oversees the educational ministries at All Nations Baptist Church, (Minneapolis, MN) and is completing his MDiv at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, (Plymouth, MN). He and his wife, Lisa, have two young boys. They have served together in cross-cultural ministry and education for about seven years.

Benjamin Hicks graduated from Bob Jones University with a BA in Bible and is currently a seminary student at Bob Jones Seminary working on an MA in Theological Studies.

Josh Savage holds a Th.G. in Theology with a Counseling emphasis from Southeastern Baptist College in Huntsville, Alabama. The pastor at Victory Baptist Church, he is a happily married father of four who resides in Eden, North Carolina. He blogs theology at victoryofeden.com/pastors-blog, and is an avid reader and student of Theology. He can also be found occasionally as a guest contributor at a devotional blog, tabernaclefortoday.org.

Christopher Cone (ThD, PhD) is former President of Tyndale Theological Seminary and Biblical Institute, and serves as pastor of Tyndale Bible Church. He is the author and editor of several books and blogs at drcone.com.