Al Smith I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart, Lois, for 44 years.  We are blessed to have two loving children and five wonderful grandchildren. I was raised Catholic, baptized and confirmed.  I never really understood much about the Catholic beliefs, but I knew if that was christianity, I wanted no part of it.  Over the years I attended several different denominational churches and believed they were false. At 47 years old I began to search for the truth and for God.  After two years of searching, a friend gave me a book on Bible prophecy, showing the Bible was God’s Word and it clearly presented the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  After reading the book for a couple of days, I came to understand that Jesus died for my sins and paid my sin penalty in full.  I knew I was headed for hell because of my sins and I had to make a choice.  I repented of my sins and received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.  Since that night my life has totally changed. Having been in apostate churches prior to salvation, I am very concerned about the ecumenicalism and departure from sound doctrine that I see taking place in the church today.  I desire the pure Word of God and reject all humanistic ideas and psychological theories.  I believe the Word of God gives us everything we need to live a life that is pleasing to our Lord.

Andy Wallis Andy Wallis accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior as a child.  He married his wife Caroline in 1992, and they moved to Ashland in 1999.  God has given them two children, Amy and David.  Andy's desire is to be found faithful to the qualifications of an elder given in Titus 1:6-9.  Titus 1:9 tells us, "holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict."