Steven Britt holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from NCSU (2015). He was ordained into the ministry of UCG in 2018 and served as pastor to congregations in Maryland and Virginia from 2019-2022.

Aaron Dean was born on the Feast of Trumpets 1952. At age 3 his father died, and his mother moved to Big Sandy, Texas, and later to Pasadena, California. He graduated in 1970 with honors from the Church's Imperial Schools and in 1974 from Ambassador College.

At graduation, Herbert Armstrong personally asked that he become part of his traveling group and not go to his ministerial assignment.