Kay Swatkowski holds a degree in elementary education and a masters in pastoral counseling. She and her husband, Raymond, have 40 years of ministry experience and have planted churches in the United States and France. Kay is a counselor and certified women's ministry specialist, and has served as the director of women's ministry for Converge MidAmerica. She is the author of the book A Grandmother's Prayers.

Raymond Swatkowski earned a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Seminary in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the co-author of The Retool Kit Pathway and works with colleagues at Pinnacle Ministries in Mosinee, Wisconsin, to help struggling churches in the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. Ray served as the director of church relations and later as executive vice president of Converge Worldwide.