Joslyn Moldstad was born in Jenera, Ohio, to Wayne and Esther Wiechmann. The fourth child of six, Joslyn moved with the family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at eight months of age and spent her childhood there. After elementary school, she attended Wisconsin Lutheran High School and later graduated from Martin Luther Academy in New Ulm, Minnesota. Joslyn continued her education and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Dr. Martin Luther College, also in New Ulm. She taught third and fourth grade at Wrightstown, Wisconsin, and then married Pastor John A. Moldstad. John and Joslyn were blessed with seven children and while their children were young, Joslyn operated a Christian day care in their home. Through these early years Joslyn wrote two devotional books for families: A Few Minutes With Jesus and At Home With Jesus. She also wrote an object lesson book titled, Don’t Forget the Happy Ending, which emphasizes the happy ending of God’s love found in the gospel. Joslyn also completed two novels, The Kids Nobody Liked and Megan’s Mountain. Joslyn’s latest devotional has recently been published. Its title is Jesus, Our Family Guest. Joslyn is now serving as the director and teacher of Jesus’ Lambs at Peace Preschool in North Mankato, Minnesota, at Peace Lutheran Church.

The Rev. Steven Petersen served ELS congregations in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin before assuming duties as Missions Counselor in 1997. At present he serves the Board for Home Missions and the Board for Foreign Missions, as primary contact between those Boards and the missionaries they support in the United States, Peru, Chile, Korea and India. He currently serves as President of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, which is comprised of 20 Lutheran church bodies in North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. He is married and the father of three grown children.

The Rev. Jay Webber has served as Rector and Professor of Theology at St. Sophia Lutheran Seminary in Ukraine (under call from the “Thoughts of Faith” mission society), and as a parish pastor in the states of Missouri, Massachusetts, and Arizona. At present he is the pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, and of Sun of Righteousness Lutheran Mission in Queen Creek, Arizona. He is also a member of the ELS Doctrine Committee. He and his wife Carol are the parents of Paul, Sarah, and Catharine.