Tom Ascol has served as a Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, FL since 1986, and serves as the President of Founders Ministries and The Institute of Public Theology. He has a BS degree in sociology from Texas A&M University (1979) and has also earned the MDiv and PhD degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. He has served as an adjunct professor of theology for various colleges and seminaries, including Reformed Theological Seminary, the Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary, African Christian University, Copperbelt Ministerial College, and Reformed Baptist Seminary. He has also served as Visiting Professor at the Nicole Institute for Baptist Studies at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He and his wife Donna have six children along with three sons-in-law and a daughter-in-law. They have fifteen grandchildren.