Rafael Manzanares is a native of Mallorca, Spain, and has served as pastor of Santa Ponsa Community Church since 2002. He attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Austria and served alongside Brian Brodersen in a church plant in London, where he met his wife, Loretta. They have two children. Together, Rafael and Loretta founded a Calvary Chapel-affiliated Bible college in Mallorca, where they trained students for ministry for ten years. They continue to serve through Bible teaching and are working toward opening a Christian school on the island.

Brian Brodersen is pastor emeritus of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, featured speaker on the Back to Basics radio program, and co-host of the live call-in program Pastors’ Perspective. He holds an M.A. in Ministry and Leadership from Wheaton College. Brian and his wife, Cheryl, lead Echoes of Mercy, a new ministry focused on encouraging believers through teaching, writing, and media, drawing on decades of pastoral and discipleship experience. They have four children and seven grandchildren.

Phil Metzger is the pastor of Calvary San Diego. He previously served in Hungary for 20 years as a pastor and Bible college director. He and his wife have four children and six grandchildren.

Gilbert Lennox grew up in Armagh, Northern Ireland. He has an honours degree in Modern Languages from Queen's University Belfast, where he also did research and trained as a teacher. In 1995 Gilbert left his role as Head of Modern Languages in a local Grammar School to devote himself to Bible teaching church planting. He has taught widely at conferences and churches in Ireland and overseas. Now retired from his staff role at Glenabbey Church, Gilbert divides his time between Bible teaching, writing and family. He is also a keen landscape photographer, making the most of living in close proximity to the magnificent Causeway Coast.

Dave Sylvester is the founding pastor of Calvary Chapel York, England. Originally from the United States, Dave and his wife Nancy moved to England in 1994 to serve as missionaries. In 1996, they began a Bible study that grew into what is now Calvary Chapel York. In 2000 they started an extension campus of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s Bible College in Murietta, California. Dave and Nancy have four children and ten grandchildren, most of whom are living and serving in York.

Daniel Williams is the Lead Pastor of Redemption Church, a new church plant in Boynton Beach, Florida. He and his wife, Laura, have been married for 23 years and have two college-age children. Daniel hosts the Leadership Lessons Podcast and leads EELeaders, a nonprofit ministry to encourage and equip church leaders.