Colonial Baptist Church, Cary, North Carolina

Jimmy DeYoung resides part time in Jerusalem where he served 22 years as a journalist, covering the Middle East. He has interviewed Israeli prime ministers and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He also has served in various positions with Word of Life Fellowship and as vice president and general manager of New York City’s first Christian radio station. He holds doctorates from Tennessee Temple University and Louisiana Baptist University.

Abe Kuruvilla is associate professor of pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. Born in Kuwait to Indian parents, Dr. Kuruvilla came to the U.S. to complete his medical education and seminary training; he also earned a doctorate in theology in Scotland. Dr. Kuruvilla, a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology, maintains an active clinical schedule. Single by choice, he has a special interest in the theology of Christ-centered singleness.

Keith Davey is founder and director of Missions to Military, a ministry that has provided centers for evangelism and discipleship for military personnel in the U.S. and broad for more than 50 years. Dr. Davey founded Colonial Baptist Church in Virginia in 1979 where he pastored until 1988 when he was named pastor emeritus. He and his wife Yvonne are the parents of Colonial’s senior pastor, Dr. Stephen Davey.

Mark Hitchcock, a prolific writer on end-time Bible prophecy, currently serves as senior pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmund, Oklahoma. Beginning his professional life as an attorney, Mark worked four years for a judge in the Oklahoma Court of Appeals before answering the call into full-time ministry and pursuing his doctorate at Dallas Theological Seminary. Mark and his wife Cheryl have two adult sons: Justin (married to Natalee) and Samuel.

Mark Hitchcock, a prolific writer on end-time Bible prophecy, currently serves as senior pastor of Faith Bible Church in Edmund, Oklahoma. Beginning his professional life as an attorney, Mark worked four years for a judge in the Oklahoma Court of Appeals before answering the call into full-time ministry and pursuing his doctorate at Dallas Theological Seminary. Mark and his wife Cheryl have two adult sons: Justin (married to Natalee) and Samuel.

Brian Edwards holds a divinity degree from the University of London. After pastoring Hook Evangelical Church for 29 years, he served as president of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, an association of 500 evangelical churches in the United Kingdom. Brian has been chairman of the trustees and editorial board of the charity Praise Trust, and he also is a founder trustee for Christian Prison Ministries. He and his wife Rosie married in 2011.