As a follower of Jesus, Jonathan’s favorite verses are Galatians 2:20 and Colossians 1:29. He and his wife Stephanie have been married twenty-eight years and have two adult children, Elise and Ian. Jonathan currently serves on the tech team, Elder Board, and with Stephanie in our Awana program. He also serves on boards for Pioneer Bible Translators, Global Assistance, and Chains of Grace. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Jonathan’s work experience was in IT management until returning to his family’s electronics contract manufacturing business in 2013. Next to knowing and serving the Lord, Jonathan strives to be the best husband he can be to the Lord’s daughter Stephanie to one day hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant,” and enjoys spending time with his kids, discussing the faith, and then hiking, tech, and remodeling.

Darrel and his wife Cheryl joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1979, and moved to the Dallas area in 1980 for Darrel’s initial training in Scripture publishing. They began attending Faith Bible Church soon after arriving. After Darrel’s training, he and Cheryl served in the Philippines from 1982 to 1990, where Darrel worked in Scripture publishing and computer operations. They returned to Dallas in 1991 to take up a new assignment with Wycliffe, still focusing on Scripture publishing, but at the international level. Darrel and Cheryl retired from Wycliffe the end of 2023.

The Epplers’ two children, Laura and Kyle, were both born in the Philippines. Laura is married and lives in Chicago with her husband and two children. Kyle lives at home with his parents.

After returning to Dallas, Darrel and Cheryl plugged back into Faith, where they have served in a variety of ministries through the years—music, international students, Sunday School, AWANA, and LifeGroups. Cheryl currently enjoys her ministry as a greeter, and Darrel has been serving on the Elder Board for several years. They rejoice at God’s faithfulness to themselves, their family, and to Faith Bible Church.

Ken met his wife, Bonnie, while studying music at Philadelphia College of Bible, which is now Cairn University. They have one daughter, Emily, and she and her husband, Nick, are the reason they decided to move from New Jersey to Texas in 2022. Ken is a Missionary Kid (MK) who grew up in Congo and Kenya. Bonnie grew up in the farm country of New York, and thought that getting to know an MK was a task worth pursuing! They married in 1978, and have subsequently spent time in New Jersey, Texas, New York, Maryland, back to New Jersey, and finally back to Texas. Ken retired after working in Information Technology for AT&T. Ken’s passion is to glorify God through music, and has been a choir director and worship leader for many years. As the psalmist says, ‘Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!’