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We are absolutely delighted and humbled to be part of the ELI team as this culminates a career of investing in church leadership in a way we could never have anticipated. We are also pretty anxious as well, I may…

Both Rick and Leslie grew up in the Western suburbs of Philadelphia. In January 1970, while a freshman at Elizabethtown College, a friend challenged Rick to read the Bible daily. Rick had trusted in Christ at an early age, but…

I was raised in a Christian family in the northern region of India. My parents came from a Sikh background and accepted the Lord as their Savior. After some youthful rebellion, I responded to the Lord’s call to faith and…

I accepted Christ in a Baptist church during a prayer service as a young man. I come from a very religious catholic family. So when I accepted Christ, I was thrown out of the house for being an evangelical Christian.…

I was born in Denver, Colorado and moved around the country with my family for the next 17 years. We lived in Colorado, California, Rhode Island, Kansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, some of the states multiple times. We were not Christians…

Dan was born to missionary parents in Fortaleza, Brazil. During his formative years he lived in British Columbia (Canada), Washington and Illinois. Although he has been involved in ministry since 1978, along the way Dan also gained experience as a…

Wendell and Priscilla (nee Saint) grew up in the same Bible church in Lancaster County, PA. Wendell’s parents, who were both ex-Amish, were later sent by that church to plant churches in Germany. Wendell thus spent ten years in Germany,…

A native of Atlanta, Ga, and the youngest of 4 children, Berry received Christ as Lord & Savior during his senior year in college at UNC Chapel Hill, where he obtained a B.A. in English. Having completed his seminary studies…

Jim was born in Pittsburgh Pa., raised in a Roman Catholic home, and at the age of 19 was humbled and brought to faith in Christ. Rita was raised in Western Kansas on a farm, grew up in a non-Christian…

Mike grew up in a Christian home hearing the stories of the Bible and experiencing Church life from an early age. As a pastor’s son, he saw the ups and downs of Christian ministry first-hand. This close connection to pastoral…