Pastor James Pannafino
Pastor James Pannafino has served in full-time ministry since 1990, faithfully teaching and equipping believers to stand firm in their faith. He holds a Master of Arts in Theology from Liberty University and specializes in apologetics and worldview training. His ministry is focused on two primary goals: equipping Christians to confidently defend their faith… read more
Pastor Rick McGough
Rick McGough was a senior pastor of a local church for 34 years before establishing Local Church Apologetics in 2016 to equip local churches and individual believers in how to better defend their faith. He utilizes his 34 years of pastoral preaching experience to present apologetics in a simple, interesting and easy to comprehend fashion… read more
Patrick Nurre
Patrick Nurre, speaker and author, was in the second grade when he made his first big find – a large dinosaur bone in the alley behind his house! That was the beginning of a love for geology. Raised in beautiful Montana, he spent many days rockhounding near the Big Horn River. This early interest led… read more
Rich Bitterman
Pastor Rich Bitterman serves as pastor of Cedar Ridge Baptist Church in Galena, Missouri, a small Southern Baptist church tucked back in the Missouri Ozarks. After nearly two decades as a business owner in the Kansas City area, the Lord saved him later in life and called him into gospel ministry. He earned a Bachelor… read more
Rich Overman
Dr. Richard Overman has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Science Education, a Master’s in Divinity and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies. Rich has nearly 40 years of engineering experience. In 1992, he and his wife, Ginger, accepted a call by God into a creation ministry. This led to… read more
Rob Webb
Rob Webb earned his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2011. Shortly afterwards, he and his wife moved to Colorado to start his career with an aerospace company while working on his graduate degree. In 2014, Rob received an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation from… read more
Scott Weckerly
Scott Weckerly lives in Nashville, TN where he was a full-time musician for over 26 years. He still performs professionally but has scaled back his music career to allow more time for his passion to speak and teach on Biblical apologetics. Scott has taught at churches, life groups and youth retreats across the country for… read more
Spike Psarris
Spike Psarris worked for a number of years as an engineer in the U.S. military space program. He went into that career as an atheist and committed evolutionist, and left it as a creationist and a Christian — a transformation that happened in this order (becoming convinced of creation first, and submitting to Christ afterwards)…. read more
Tom DeRosa
Tom DeRosa is the Executive Director and Founder of Creation Studies Institute. He is an author, having written Evidence for Creation: Intelligent Answers for Open Minds (2015) and Evolution: Fatal Fruit (2023), and has co-authored an elementary curriculum titled Investigate the Possibilities, Integrating God’s Word in the Teaching of Science. Tom is an outstanding… read more
Willie Herath
Willie Herath is on a mission to add rocket fuel to your evangelism! He is deeply dedicated to helping believers build a rock-solid, reasonable worldview, taking it one exciting question at a time. Willie hasn’t always been this bold. He spent years as a timid Christian, feeling paralyzed and unequipped to answer the tough… read more