Barbara J. Yoder is the senior pastor of Shekinah Christian Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the founder and director of Breakthrough Apostolic Ministries. She serves on the faculty of Wagner Leadership Institute, on the International Coalition of Apostles, and on the Apostolic council of Prophetic Elders. A widow with five grown children and six grandchildren, Barbara speaks extensively around the world.

Bishop Joseph L. Garlington, Sr., PhD is the Senior Pastor of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, a multiracial and cross-cultural community of more than two thousand members, which he founded with his wife, Barbara, in 1971. Guided by Bishop Garlington's vision, Covenant Church has been a model of reconciliation and racial healing for Reconciliation Ministries International. Reconciliation Ministries spans the globe in representation with nearly a thousand congregations worldwide.

Bishop Garlington is the president of Building United of Southwest Pennsylvania, an ecumenical coalition of bishops in the Southwestern and Western Pennsylvania corridor. He is also an accomplished musician, recording artist, author and scholar, whose work touches thousands through radio and television. His preaching and teaching ministry, known for its humor and deep insight, has made him a popular speaker at many national conferences such as Promise Keepers, the international men's movement, where he has regularly addressed tens of thousands of men.