Jim Essian
After eight years of professional baseball Jim retired and entered vocational ministry.
John Ferrer
John Ferrer is an “all-but-dissertation” PhD student in Philosophy of Religion at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Beau Bishop
Beau Bishop is an apologist and teacher who engages both Christian and non-believing audiences with Christian philosophy and apologetics.
Justin W. Bass
Justin W. Bass has a Ph.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in New Testament Studies.
Ron A. Cheek
Ron A. Cheek is a contemporary realist painter from Texas who began his career in architecture.
Shane Gray
Shane Gary started Hope Works from scratch in the summer of 2003.
Allen Hainline
Allen Hainline graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Texas at Austin.
John Howell
Dr. John Howell has M.Div and Th.M degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and MA and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from Baylor University.
Robert J. Howell
Currently a Professor of Philosophy at SMU with a Ph.D from Brown University
Alan Smith
Alan oversees Freedom Ministry and Healing Ministry at Gateway Church in Southlake, TX
Zachary Moore
Zachary Moore serves on the Board of Directors for Camp Quest Texas, the Fellowship of Freethought in Dallas, and the Foundation Beyond Belief.
Nick Ostermann
Nick Ostermann is the planting pastor of the Rooted Church, an Acts 29 church in the Near Southside district of Fort Worth.
Matt Walker
Matt is an undergraduate of the School of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and has spent his graduate work for a Master of Divinity (Emphasis in Apologetics and Systematic Theology) at Southwestern Seminary and Telos Biblical Institute.
Jim Spiegel
Dr. Jim Spiegel earned a B.S. in Biology at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi. From there he turned his interests to Philosophy, earning two graduate degrees in the field, an M.A. at University of Southern Mississippi and a Ph.D. at Michigan State University.
Rick White
Rick White is the lead and founding pastor of CityView Church – a church located in far-north Fort Worth in the Keller ISD.