Edward L. Dalcour is the President and Director of the Department of Christian Defense, an educational and apologetic ministry. He is a Mentor at Greenwich School of Theology and serves as Vice President of Grace Bible University. 

Dr. Dalcour holds a Master of Apologetics from Columbia Evangelical Seminary and a Ph.D. in Theology from North-West University. He is a published author of several apologetic and theological books.

Paul S. Nelson received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Arizona State University in 1982. He has authored numerous scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is the inventor of eight US patents. He is founder and President of Nelson Biotechnologies, a small biotech company located in Flagstaff, AZ. In 2003, after Dr. Nelson fulfilled requirements for a Master of Theology, he was ordained to the gospel ministry by Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Silicon Valley where he served 20 years as co-pastor.

He lectured at the Pacific Institute for Religious Studies in Apologetics, and has written two books entitled, “The Song of the Suffering Servant” and “Presuppositionalism: A Biblical Approach to Apologetics.” Currently, Paul is the president of Grace Bible University and involved in numerous missionary efforts with FirstLove Ministries. He has been married for over 45 years, the father of three children, and grandfather of five.

Joseph Jacowitz is the president of FirstLove Ministries. He has been the pastor of Christ Bible Church, Pleasanton, CA, since 1990. He has a Bachelor's degree in Pastoral Theology. He and his wife Sherry have been married since 1978 and have five children and eight grandchildren.

Austin Huggins serves as an elder at First Baptist Church in Bagdad, Florida. He is also currently serving as the Executive Vice President, FirstLove Ministries and is actively involved in mission work in Africa and around the globe. He is married to Britney and their union is blessed with two boys and two girls

Tom Smith was raised in New Jersey and came to Christ as a teenager in 1972 through a youth ministry at a church his family attended. He came to understand the Doctrines of Grace through studying God’s word and sermons by Pastor Al Martin. Tom has several years’ experience as a pastor. He is currently a member of Covenant Reformed Baptist Church in Warrenton, Virginia. He and his wife Margaret have four children and six grandchildren. Tom currently serves as Vice President, Director of Missions for FirstLove Ministries. His gifts are in teaching, counseling and administration.

Stephen Louis was born and raised in California, and holds a Bachelor of Theology from Sovereign Grace Baptist Theological Seminary in Morgan Hill, California. He has pastored Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Silicon Valley since December 2021. Stephen has been married for 13 years to his wife Holly, and together they have four children.

Joshua M. Wallnofer is a graduate of Cairn University and Tyndale Theological Seminary, and is currently a doctoral candidate in Theology and Apologetics at Liberty University.  He has been in ministry since 2000, and served as Pastor at Klondike Church of Pensacola since 2004. He serves on the board of Creation Today and Pro Rege Classical Academy, and has had the privilege to teach theology classes yearly for Instituto Bíblico Reformado Nueva Providencia, Seminario Reformado Latinoamericano, and Samford University, and The Leadership Pipeline. He is blessed to be married to his wife, Melissa, and the father of two teenagers.

John Waldrip was born in 1950 and raised on Indian reservations. He was a satellite design engineer from 1973-1977. He was converted in 1974. Married in 1975 to Pamela. Adopted Sarah in 1987.He has Pastored two Churches, 1978-1985, 1985-present (Calvary Road Baptist Church, Monrovia, CA). He has written three books and visited seventeen foreign mission fields.

Dr. Samuel Rai is Pastor of Canaan Baptist Church in Pokhara and the General Secretary of the United Baptist Churches of Nepal. Additionally, he serves as a member of Carey Outreach Ministries for the regions of Nepal and Bhutan. Samuel gives oversight to over 100 churches within his network.

Pastor Tony Okoroh is an elder of Sovereign Grace Bible Church in Lagos, Nigeria. The 79- year-old pioneer elder has served in SGBC for over 20 years. Tony Okoroh is the Director of the Grace and Truth Theological Seminary, [GTS] Lagos, the Firstlove missionary in Nigeria, and a conference speaker. He is married to Ori, and they are blessed with two sons and three grandchildren.

Murungi Igweta was saved by the grace of God in His Son Jesus Christ from 2001. Married Charity in 2003. The Lord has blessed them with three children – Asaph (19), Ruth (14) & Gaius (10). Serves as one of the pastors of Trinity Baptist Church in Donholm, Nairobi since 2010. He is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the Trinity Pastors’ College, a church based theological institution training pastors. He is on the Board of Directors of African Pastors’ Conferences and speaks regularly in different countries in Africa. He is the branch manager for Firstlove Ministries in Kenya. He holds a MDiv. From the Reformed Baptist Seminary.