Heroic Faith

Lela Gilbert is an award-winning writer who has authored or co-authored more than sixty books. She authored Saturday People, Sunday People: Israel through the Eyes of a Christian Sojourner, and co-authored Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians with Nina Shea and Paul Marshall. Lela is Sr. Fellow for International Religious Freedom at Family Research Council and Fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom.

Arielle Del Turco is the assistant director of the Center for Religious Liberty at Family Research Council, where she is responsible for international religious freedom policy and advocacy efforts. Through research and analysis, she crafts policy solutions and coordinates advocacy. Her work has appeared in USA Today, RealClearPolitics, National Review, and Newsweek.

LTG (RET.) Jerry Boykin was one of the original members of the U.S. Army's Delta Force. He was privileged to ultimately command these elite warriors in combat operations. Later, he commanded all the Army's Green Berets as well as the Special Warfare Center and School. In all, General Boykin spent thirty-six years in the Army, serving his last four years as the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He is an ordained minister with a passion for spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ and encouraging Christians to become warriors in God's Kingdom. He and his wife Ashley have five children and live in Virginia.