Leadership

Board of Directors

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 […]

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 […]

Paul Rendall

Paul Rendall is a Board member and speaker on FirstLove radio. Paul was born in 1951 and raised by loving parents in a liberal Presbyterian church and came to Christ in August of 1976. He wanted to become a pastor from early on in his Christian life. And having much to learn about the Christian […]

Peter Sarkis

Peter Sarkis serves on the Board of Directors. By God’s grace, Peter Sarkis has been a long time co-laborer with Pastor Joe Jacowitz and he assisted him in FirstLove Publications by doing some editing, formatting, and helping to mail the free orders that came in. He also built the original FirstLove Publications and the FirstLove […]

Owen Alford

Owen Alford serves on the Board of Directors. Owen Alford is a bi-vocational pastor, having worked for 45 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a mechanical designer while co-pastoring with Pastor Joe Jacowitz at Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, CA for the last 25 years. Owen has been heavily involved with prison ministry for […]

Tom Smith

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 […]

Jeff Bailey

Jeff Bailey currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for FirstLove Ministries. As a teen, Jeff trusted Christ to take away his burden of sin. Since then, the Lord has taught him much, and he desires to be a faithful steward of all the time and resources God has given him. Growing up […]

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