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 founder of FirstLove Ministries. He recently promoted Tom Smith to the position of President and has taken on the role of The President of The Board of Directors. 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 Mount Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida where he oversees the ministry of Chapel Library. He is also currently serving as Vice President of 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 three 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 recently assumed the role of President of FirstLove Ministries. His gifts are in teaching, counseling and administration.

Jon Mark Olesky has served The Cross Church as the founding and lead preaching pastor since 2008. A native of Pensacola, Jon Mark was converted to Christianity at age 18 and soon called to serve as Youth Pastor and missionary before being commissioned to plant and pastor The Cross Church. After graduating with a Philosophy (B.A) degree from University of West FL, Pastor Olesky attended several seminaries before graduating from Reformed Baptist Theological Seminary (M.A). He is currently in the doctoral program at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (DMin., Homiletics). He serves on the board of Trinitas Christian School and has published with Tabletalk magazine of Ligonier Ministries.

Jon Mark has been married for seventeen years to his wife, Priscila, and is the father of Noah, Cora, and Judah.

Stephen Louis was born in the San Francisco Bay Area and raised in a Christian home, Pastor Stephen Louis was delivered from a self-righteous profession of faith and brought to saving faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ at the age of 25. After several years of service in his local congregation, he went on to join Sovereign Grace Baptist Church of Silicon Valley in Morgan Hill, California and enrolled in the seminary within the church in 2012. He received his training for the ministry under the tutelage and pastoral care of Dr. William R. Downing. In April 2016, he earned his Bachelor of Theology degree from Sovereign Grace Baptist Theological Seminary. Pastor Louis served his local congregation by preaching when called upon to fill the pulpit. In addition to his labors at SGBC, he preached weekly at a local rescue mission in Watsonville, California from 2016–2020. He was also sent on two missionary trips to the Philippines with FirstLove Missions in 2018 and 2019. In December 2021, he accepted the call from SGBC to become the successor to Dr. Downing along with Co-Pastor Jim Billings. He commenced his ministry in January 2022.

Pastor Louis resides in Morgan Hill, California with his wife, Holly. They have been married for 11 years and have four children, Joshua, Madelyn, Nathaniel, and Eliana.

Kent Langham has served as a staff pastor since the Cross Church called him to be an elder in June 2019. Converted while in college at age 20, Kent sensed a strong desire to study and teach the Word of God and to serve the church as an overseer. Shortly after he and his wife joined The Cross in 2017, Kent began leading a community group and was eventually assessed and ordained as an elder. Kent holds both his B.A and M.A in English-Literature from the University in West Florida, and in 2023, he received his Dedmin in Biblical Counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Kent is a certified biblical counselor through the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) and is a Country Coordinator for Overseas Instruction in Counseling (OIC).

Kent has been married to his wife Molly for eight years and is father to Mackenna, Micah, and Emery.