FirstLove Missions Team

Joseph Jacowitz

Joseph Jacowitz is the founder and Chairman of the Board of FirstLove Ministries. He was born and raised in a conservative Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York. He trusted Christ as his Messiah and Savior while serving as a rifle instructor in the U.S. Marines in 1976. He has been the pastor of Christ Bible […]

Tom Smith

Tom Smith serves as President of FirstLove Ministries and as a non-voting Director on the Board. Tom 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 […]

Edward Dalcour

Dr. Edward Dalcour is the president and director of Department of Christian Defense. He is the administrator and theological contributor in literature curriculum at Grace Bible University. He teaches apologetics and general theology at Harvest Bible University. He also serves as Mentor of Theology at Greenwich School of Theology (London, Eng.). He also holds the […]

Austin Huggins

Austin Huggins currently serves as the Vice President, FirstLove Ministries. Austin Huggins was saved shortly after serving in the U.S. Navy as a sonarman aboard nuclear submarines. The Lord Jesus Christ powerfully rescued this veteran from a broken life of sin and death. Today, By God’s redeeming grace, He serves his local church as an […]

Paul Nelson

Dr. Paul Nelson is the President of Grace Bible University, Board Member, and involved in numerous missionary efforts with FirstLove Ministries. Paul 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 […]

Randy Evans

Randy Evans travels with the FirstLove team on mission trips. Randy Evans served as a deacon for several years, at Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, under the leadership of Dr. W. R. Downing, Pastor, and Dr. Paul S. Nelson, Associate Pastor, until March, 2021. He is now the head Deacon at West Craig Road Baptist Church […]