James Bjornstad, Past President of EMNR, serves as professor of philosophy at Cedarville College at Cedarville, Ohio. Mr. Bjornstad also serves as the Executive Director of the Institute of Contemporary Christianity. B.A., Northeastern Bible College, 1967. He holds the following degrees: Th.B., Northeastern Bible College, MRE., New York Theological Seminary, and Ph.D., New York University, ABD. In much demand as a speaker, he is also the author of six books. Professor Bjornstad brings a wealth of experience to the EMNR Board and to those he ministers alongside having been involved in researching religious movements and practices for over thirty-two years.

Bill Honsberger and his wife Terri live in Aurora, CO and have eight children. Bill has been working with and around cults for over twenty-five years. For the past twenty years he has worked for Haven Ministries (under the auspices of the Conservative Baptist Home Mission Society for the first 9 years), a ministry that focuses on evangelizing people in cults, the New Spirituality and other non-Christian religions. Haven Ministries also works on educating the church as to the issues raised by non-Christian religions. Bill has a Bachelors degree from Western Bible College in Pastoral Theology, a Master of Arts Degree in Systematic Theology from Denver Seminary, numerous hours in graduate study in philosophy and history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Colorado-Boulder, and was AbD at the University of Denver. He is now in the process of completing his PhD at The Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, KY. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at several Christian schools and for a local community college. He speaks at colleges and churches around the country and has had numerous television, radio and newspaper interviews. He serves on the national board for Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR), a network of Counter cult/apologetic ministries from around the US. 

Dr. H Wayne House, M.A., Th.D., J.D., is the president of Christian Perspectives International. He is also Distinguished Research Professor of Biblical Studies and Theological at Faith Seminary, Tacoma, Washington and a professor law at Trinity Law School, of Trinity International University, Santa Ana, California. He has earned doctorates in law and theology, and has taught Bible, theology, ethics, and law at a number of institutions. Dr. House is editor of the Journal of Christian Apologetics and a contributing writer with the Christian Research Journal. He serves on the board of Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and the Institute for Christian Apologetics, as well as various national boards dealing with cults, contemporary issues, theology, and law. He is the author of more than 30 books and more than 100 articles in journals and magazines. He is a former president of the national Evangelical Theological Society and the New Testament editor of Nelson's Complete Study Bible, an editor of the Nelson Illustrated Bible Commentary, and the general editor of the Baker Encyclopedia on Cults and World Religions, and the Nelson Exegetical Commentary.

Dr. Gordon Lewis, one of the founders and the first president of EMNR, now serves as Board Member Emeritus. Dr. Lewis was born and reared in Johnson City, New York and earned degrees from Gordon College (BA), Faith Theological Seminary (MDiv) and Syracuse University (MA and Ph.D. in Philosophy). The Senior Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Denver Seminary, he has been visiting professor at Union Biblical Seminary, India, and other schools. Dr. Lewis was President of the Evangelical Theological Society (1992) and of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (1978). Dr. Lewis has authored several books, including Testing Christianity's Truth Claims: Approaches to Apologetics, Decide for Yourself: A Theological Workbook, Confronting the Cults and is co-author of the 3 volume Integrative Theology. He contributed chapters to 14 other books, published many articles and has produced a recorded course on apologetics. Further information about his "Resources for Principled Living and Serving" is available from him upon request.

Janice Lyons is director of CINAM (Current Issues in Alternative Medicine) a non-profit Christian based information and resource organization which seeks to educate the church as well as the wider audience of health consumers about issues which occur with ?alternative? and other fringe health practices. CINAM evaluates alternative health practices, products, and promoters, considering both science and the spiritual/philosophical issues. Janice is an RN and LPC. She and her husband have previously served as missionaries to India.

Bill McKeever founded Mormonism Research Ministry in 1979 with the hope of informing the Body of Christ about the differences between Mormonism and Christianity. He has also made it an effort to reach out to many individuals who are members of the LDS church with the truth of God's Word. His many writings include the books, Answering Mormons' Questions (Bethany House), Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend (Bethany House), and Mormonism 101 (Baker). The latter two were co-authored with MRM associate Eric Johnson. Bill was also the principal contributor to 10 Questions and Answers on Mormonism (Rose Publishing). He has also acted as consultant and contributor to several other printed works dealing with Mormonism.

Dr. R. Philip Roberts is president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously he served as Vice President, Strategic Cities Strategies Group of the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) North American Mission Board. He also serves as the Executive Director of Christian Ministries to the U.N. Community office in New York City as well as ministries to government leaders in Washington, D.C. Phil was a professor at Southeastern and Southern Baptist Theological Seminaries and had served as the pastor of churches in Belgium, England and Germany. He has also previously served as the Director of the Interfaith Witness Department where he was greatly involved in the production of the SBC produced video, The Mormon Puzzle, which brought him into extensive dialogue with LDS leaders and experts including, the co-author of the controversial book How Wide the Divide, Stephen Robinson. Dr. Roberts was also a contributor to the Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism.