Thomas H. Olbricht grew up in Southern Missouri. He attended Harding University and received degrees at Northern Illinois University, the University of Iowa, and Harvard Divinity School. Olbricht commenced preaching in 1948 in small congregations in Arkansas and Missouri. In 1948 he helped found a Church of Christ in DeKalb, Illinois, where he served as the full time minister in 1949-51. Olbricht has published books and essays on Biblical theology, rhetoric and church history, especially on the American Restoration Movement. He has taught at Harding, the University of Dubuque, Abilene Christian, and Pepperdine University.
James L.
McMillan grew up a preacher's kid in western Colorado. He attended Colorado State College and received degrees from Ozark Bible College and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. From 1970 - 1995 he preached for non-denominational Christian Churches and taught at Ozark Bible College, Mid-South Christian College, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. From 1995 - 2019 he worked in Information Technology.
As of April 2019 he is Archival Associate with the Disciples of Christ Historical Society, Bethany, WV.