Marvin J. Newell (DMiss, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior vice president of Missio Nexus, a North American network of evangelical mission agencies and churches. He served as a missionary in Southeast Asia for two decades and professor and chair of the intercultural studies program at Moody Theological Seminary. His books include Commissioned, A Martyr's Grace, and Expect Great Things: Mission quotes that inform and inspire. Peggy E. Newell (B.S., Moody Bible Institute) is Director of Events for Missio Nexus, a North American network of evangelical mission agencies and churches. She began in ministry in 1978 when she and her husband, Marv Newell, moved to Papua (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia to serve at a Bible college. The Newells have 4 children and 11 grandchildren.