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Edward Graham, Chief Operating Officer for Samaritan’s Purse, is the youngest son of Franklin Graham.

Edward graduated from the United States Military Academy where he went on to serve 16 years in the US Army. After multiple combat deployments within the Special Operations Community and working in various leadership and command positions, he felt called to return home and serve in the ministry starting in the winter of 2019.

Edward has one daughter and three sons and has been married for more than 17 years to his wife, Kristy, who hails from a proud Army family. Edward and Kristy are raising their four children in the mountains of North Carolina, serving in the name of Jesus Christ.

Alistair Begg is the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, a daily and weekend program that brings the exposition of Scripture to a global audience through radio, podcast, and a wide range of digital and streaming platforms. Since its launch in 1995, Truth For Life has featured teaching drawn from Alistair’s decades of faithful preaching at Parkside Church, where he served as senior pastor from 1983 until 2025.

Today, Alistair is actively engaged with Truth For Life and speaks frequently at conferences throughout the United States and around the world, where he encourages pastors, theology students, and believers and proclaims the Gospel to those who have yet to come to faith in Jesus Christ.

Alistair is the author of several books, including Name Above All Names, Pray Big, and Brave by Faith. His books have been translated into many languages and are read by a global audience.

Alistair began in pastoral ministry in 1975 after graduating from the London School of Theology. Before joining Parkside Church, he served for eight years in Scotland, ministering at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church.

Alistair and his wife, Susan, have been married since 1975. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.

In 1991, Gary Hamrick became the first pastor of Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia with 18 charter members. Today, Cornerstone Chapel is the church home to several thousand in-person weekly worshipers, with thousands more joining online across the country and around the globe.

Pastoring in the shadow of the Nation’s Capital has allowed Pastor Gary opportunities to meet and pray with government officials such as the President, Cabinet Secretaries, Supreme Court Justices, members of Congress, and the Governor of Virginia.

Pastor Gary is on the Board of Directors at the Museum of the Bible and the Family Research Council, both in Washington D.C. His radio broadcast, “Cornerstone Connection” airs weekdays on over 200 radio stations.

Pastor Gary was ordained by Pastor Chuck Smith and the Calvary Chapel Association in 1995.

He is an avid news “junkie” and enjoys fishing, camping, playing sports, woodworking, and especially spending time with his family. He married his wife Terri in 1987, and they have three grown children (who also serve in ministry) and nine grandchildren.

Jack Hibbs is the founder and senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Southern California. He started the church with his wife, Lisa, as a home Bible study fellowship and church plant from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in 1990.

Under his leadership, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills has grown to minister to more than 14,000 people on campus and reaches millions worldwide through Real Life television and radio broadcasts. The Real Life broadcasts can be heard on more than 800 stations in the US, including SiriusXM satellite radio, and is also heard internationally in regions like South and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia.

Jack Hibbs also hosts weekly "The Jack Hibbs Podcast," and a radio version called "The Jack Hibbs Show" geared for secular radio markets, where he challenges today's generation to understand and practice an authentic Christian Biblical worldview. On the show, he explores timely topics such as Israel, Jesus, sin, abortion, and heaven with Jack's Biblical insights and faith-based perspective.

Jack Hibbs is also the founder and president of The Real Life Network (RLN), a video-streaming platform that provides truth-based, quality content in a wide variety of categories, including films and documentaries, faith and culture, children’s programming, Bible prophecy, legacy teaching, podcasts, and live events. He also is actively involved in various national executive committees and boards, including the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.

Pastor Allen Jackson applies God’s timeless Truth to our generation, making it understandable and applicable to our lives today. He serves as senior pastor of World Outreach Church, a congregation of 15,000 in Middle Tennessee, and founder of Allen Jackson Ministries, which broadcasts his biblical messages across the world on TV, radio, and the internet. The host of Allen Jackson Now and Culture & Christianity: The Allen Jackson Podcast, Pastor Allen has also authored over twenty books, including Intentional Faith  and Big Trouble Ahead.