Harley Atkinson taught youth ministry, Christian education, and ministry leadership for twenty-six years at Toccoa Falls College. He is the editor of the Handbook of Young Adult Religious Education (1995) and author of Teaching Youth with Confidence (2001) and The Power of Small Groups in Christian Education (2002). His articles have appeared in Christian Education Journal.
 
W. Lee Barnett is the president of Legacy Christian University and Professor of Christian Education. A twenty-year youth ministry veteran, he is also the founder of Rocket City Student Ministries, an organization whose focus is to coach, train, and support youth ministers. 
 
Mike Severe oversees the youth ministry degree program and other ministry degrees at Taylor University. He has done youth ministry training on three continents and has served as the vice president of the Association of Youth Ministry Educators and on the editorial board of the Journal of Youth Ministry.