Ralph Earle served as professor emeritus of New Testament at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, where he first began teaching in 1945. He served on the Committee on Bible Translation, which is the governing body for the New International Version of the Bible. Earle earned degrees from Eastern Nazarene College, Boston University, and Gordon Divinity School. He also took post-doctoral courses at Harvard and Edinburgh Universities. Mike Wonch serves as a senior editor at Nazarene Publishing House. Mike lives in Olathe, Kansas, with his wife, Geremi. Their son, Seth, attends Olivet Nazarene University.