Born and raised in Stockton, Calif., Pastor Mike Speegle became a Christian (and Seventh-day Adventist) in his early 20s, while working as a journeyman butcher.

After feeling that God wanted him to become a minister, Speegle attended Pacific Union College — where he also met his wife of 30 years, Lorie. He later earned a master's degree from Andrews University.

Speegle has pastored in Las Vegas, Utah, Lake Tahoe, Atlanta, Colorado, California and Washington, and has worked at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Md.

He and Lorie have two sons: Aaron, a cardiac radiography technician in Orlando, and Benjamin, who works in the Napa Valley area of California.

Pastor Jason Decena was born in Long Beach, Calif., and raised in Southern California. He met his wife (an incredible cook), Heidi, when they were freshmen in high school.

Decena attended Pacific Union College and was an undecided major for two years before realizing that God had wired him for pastoral ministry: his talents, desires and burdens all pointed in that direction. After graduating, he pastored up and down the state of California, serving in Chico and Escondido, before moving back to Pacific Union College to serve at the campus church.

Decena loves bass guitar, disc golf, food and podcasts. He can frequently be found geeking out at the many free museums in the Washington, D.C., area.

He and his wife have two sons, Luke and Aidan, who love reading, board games and dessert.