Author, educator and pastor Joel Getts has been involved in Christian ministry for most of his life. After spending nearly two decades owning and operating two businesses, he continued his education and went into pastoral ministry. Joel studied history extensively at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. He is a graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, the Church Leadership Academy of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Colorado Springs, Colorado and he holds certifications in Biblical Counseling and Life Coaching from the Light University of Forest, Virginia. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Concordia College in Wilmington, Delaware and a Masters Degree in Philosophy and Apologetics from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. He earned an additional Masters Degree in Sacred Historical Theology from the Universal School of Theology in Milford, Illinois and he also earned a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from the St. Luke School of Biblical Studies in Hephzibah, Georgia. In addition to his pastoral ministry, He has been an adjunct instructor at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in Cincinnati, Ohio and the Thomas Bilney Biblical Institute in Dayton, Ohio. Joe served on the pastoral staff at New Hope Community Church in Miamisburg for over ten years. He was the Senior Pastor for 6 years there. He became the Senior Pastor at Trinity Church in Miamisburg, Ohio in February of 2012. He and his wife Jeri, reside in Miamisburg, Ohio.