Robert L. Peterson
Robert L. Peterson is a retired physicist with Master's and Doctor's degrees from Lehigh University and an undergraduate degree in metallurgy from the Colorado School of Mines.
The author of some 60 scientific papers, he is also the author of Robert Chapman: A Biography, and is the co-author (with Alexander Strauch) of Agape Leadership. His book, A History of Some Assemblies of Christians in North America is available on Emmaus Bible College website.
Bob and his wife, Jane, have five children and 15 grandchildren and live in Parker, Colorado.
Doyle Roth
As a successful businessman and long-term elder in his church, Doyle has worked with hundreds of couples from every walk of life. He's seen the power of God's Word heal hurting marriages and he's watched man-to-man confrontation revive hardened hearts.
In addition to his counseling work, Doyle has now enjoyed over forty years of "happily ever after" marriage with his wife, Nancy. They have four grown children, twelve grandchildren (at last count), and make their home on the family ranch in Colorado.
Doyle is the author of Oops! I Forgot My Wife, the Oops! I Forgot My Wife Discussion Guide (with Paul Santhouse) and Oops! We Forgot the Kids.
Paul Santhouse
A graduate of Moody Bible Institute and The King's College (New York), Paul Santhouse has been involved in the development of spiritual growth and discipleship materials for over twenty years.
He is a former director of Church Reform & Revitalization, a publishing and training organization specializing in equipping men for spiritual leadership in the church. He is the author of the Oops! I Forgot My Wife Discussion Guide (with Doyle Roth), Biblical Eldership Discussion Guide (with Alexander Strauch) and Youthwork: Let God Use Your Influence (with Don Pearson).
Paul and his wife, Rebecca, have five children and live in Indiana.
Alexander Strauch
Alexander Strauch was raised in New Jersey and converted to Christ at a Bible camp in New York State. He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado Christian University and went on to earn his Master's in Divinity degree from Denver Seminary.
For over forty years he has served as an elder at Littleton Bible Chapel near Denver, Colorado. Additionally, he has taught philosophy and New Testament literature at Colorado Christian University. A gifted Bible teacher and popular speaker, Mr. Strauch has helped thousands of churches worldwide through his expository writing ministry.
He is the author of Biblical Eldership, The New Testament Deacon, Men and Women: Equal Yet Different, The Hospitality Commands, Agape Leadership (with Robert L. Peterson), Meetings That Work, Leading with Love, and Love or Die: Christ's Wake-up Call to the Church. Mr. Strauch and his wife, Marilyn, reside in Littleton, Colorado, near their four adult daughters.
Richard Swartley
Richard Swartley is a retired advanced space systems manager and senior systems engineer with Lockheed Martin. He has a Masters in Divinity and is a founding elder of Church of the Saviour in Wayne, Pennsylvania, a nondenominational church founded in 1972, presently with an adult attendance of two thousand. In the past, Dick served two terms as the chairman of the eldership. In the mid-nineties, he was instrumental in the restructuring of the church from a senior pastor framework to team ministry, with three elders sharing the pulpit.
His written works include the Biblical Eldership Mentor's Guide (with Alexander Strauch), Eldership in Action, and The Right Start Premarital Counseling Program.
Dick and his wife, Anne, live in Colorado, where Dick continues to be active as author, ministry consultant, and counselor.
