Thomas Bartel is a 2005 graduate of the Masters in Theology, Biblical Studies program at Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California. He has been involved in divorce recovery, divorce prevention, remarriage preparation, conflict resolution, and personal enrichment ministries at Scottsdale Bible Church, Highlands Community Church, and Christ's Church of the Valley in Scottsdale, Arizona for the past 15 years. He has taken part on numerous evangelical church planting missions trips to Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, with e3 Partners of Dallas, Texas since 1999. Tom lives in Gilbert, Arizona taking some time away from there visiting his grandchildren in Colorado and California. He and his wife Dongyi also travel to her home in Jinan, China, to visit family and distribute Bibles to many people they meet while there.