Paul Tautges has been in gospel ministry for over 30 years and serves as the senior pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He has written or edited over 70 books, including Remade: Embracing Your Complete Identity in Christ, A Small Book for the Hurting Heart, Anxiety: Knowing God’s Peace, and Counseling One Another. Paul also serves as editor for the popular LifeLine mini-book series. He is a teaching fellow with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and has completed the Formation Certificate from CCEF. He and his wife, Karen, enjoy their ten children, their sons- and daughters-in-law, and a growing tribe of grandchildren. Paul enjoys writing to cultivate one-another soul care and discipleship and, therefore, blogs regularly at Counseling One Another.

I grew up in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa. After high school (1998), God led me to The Master’s College where I studied biblical languages and got involved in student leadership. After graduation (2002), Cindi and I stayed in Southern California, got married, and joined the Student Life team. During those years, I did my M.Div. and Th.M. at The Master’s Seminary while serving as a Resident Director and Associate Dean of Men (2002–2010).

After 12 years in California, God led us to Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky to finish my education. There I did a Ph.D. in Biblical Theology while serving as the Director of Student Life at Boyce College, Southern’s undergraduate school (2010–1015). Near the end of our time in Louisville, I joined the faculty teaching spiritual life dynamics and biblical counseling (2016–2017).

God then called our family to Houston, Texas, where I served as Lead Pastor at BridgePoint Bible Church for 7 years (2017–2024).

Most recently, God has called me to serve as the Dean of Faculty at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) just outside Philadelphia. CCEF is a practical theology think tank, counseling center, and publishing house.

Along the way, Cindi and I have adopted 4 kids who are now teenagers, along with our beloved dog Thurmond. Outside of ministry activities, I enjoy sports, the outdoors, reading, and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

Rick, a senior pastor at Violet Baptist Church since 1996, has been happily married to his wife, Lisa, since 1980. They have raised three daughters and are blessed with five grandchildren.

Rick holds a Master of Divinity degree from Rockbridge Seminary. He firmly believes in leading from a healthy soul, which fuels his passion for encouraging and coaching other leaders to do the same. When he’s not fulfilling his pastoral duties, Rick enjoys reading, hiking, exercising, and vacationing with his family.

Drs. Bob and Susan Burnett have been serving as pastor and wife in Southern Baptist

churches in Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Louisiana. Bob is the bi-vocational pastor of Mt.

Gilead Glory Baptist Church, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. He is also the Chaplain/Bereavement

Coordinator for ViaQuest Hospice, Marysville, Ohio. Susan is an Intervention Specialist

for the Groveport - Madison High School, Groveport, Ohio. They have been married for

36 years and they enjoy their chocolate labs, Hershey and Nestle.