Pastor Salness earned his undergraduate degree from Moorhead State University, and a Master of Divinity degree from Luther Seminary, both in Minnesota where he was born and raised.  He and his wife, Marilyn, have been married over 42 years.  Their marriage has been blessed with two children and three grandchildren.  Ordained in 1969, he has served multiple congregations in Minnesota as well as in Memphis, TN.  In 1998 he felt a call to transitional or interim ministry.  Following formal training he has now served ten congregations in this specialized ministry.

Sherry is a 1987 graduate of Wayne State Univ. in Detroit, MI. She earned a Master of Divinity degree from Gettysburg Seminary in 1994.  Sherry's first call was in Hollis, Queens, NY.  She then served as Associate Pastor in Winchester, VA, Centreville, VA and McLean, VA before moving south to Norcross, Georgia.  Her ministry mission statement is,  "To help all people, especially youth, discover their spiritual giftedness, and to discern how and where they can further develop and use their giftedness for the kingdom of God."