Douglas Banister

Doug Banister, author of The Word and Power Church, is a writer, pastor, and mentor to businessmen in Knoxville, Tennessee. He has a doctorate of ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and is working on a Ph.D. in medieval history at the University of Tennessee. He and his wife, Sandi, have four children.

E. Glenn Wagner, general editor of the Dialogue of Faith series, is the senior pastor of Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a former vice-president and the minister at large for Promise Keepers. He holds a Ph.D. in religion and society from Oxford Graduate School and D.Min. from Northwest Graduate School. He is the author of numerous books, including Escape from Church, Inc. and The Church You’ve Always Wanted. Glenn and his wife, Susan, have two children.