Rev. Paul T. Murphy was born in Rome, Italy (1953) and came to this country when he was three. He was raised in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood in the Bronx, N.Y.C.. Although he was an altar boy in the church and attended regularly until age 14 he did not know Jesus Christ personally. From an early age he searched for Truth and the meaning of life. A college degree in philosophy brought him no closer to the Truth. He pursued a career in deep-sea diving and underwater construction that took him all around the world as he continued the search for Truth. This searching also was vain. At the age of 29 he was confronted with the claims of Jesus Christ. Thinking them foolishness he sought to refute Christianity with the teaching of secular philosophy. The Lord broke down the barriers of his heart and captivated his life. The Truth had found him! Now like the apostle Paul this Paul can say “to live is Christ. Prior to coming to Messiah’s Reformed Fellowship, Rev. Murphy pastored Dutton United Reformed Church, Dutton, Michigan. Rev. Murphy is married to a fabulous wife, Julie. Together they have five children aged 16, 14, 14, 11, 9.

Joe lives in Toronto with his wife Jenny and their three children Naomi, Hannah and Isaac. Joe and his family are from England, having come to Canada six years ago to work in Christian apologetics, education and evangelism with a particular focus among university students and cultural influencers. Rev. Joe Boot is an apologist, educator, author and pastor. He serves as senior pastor of Westminster Chapel and founding president of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity in Toronto. He served with Ravi Zacharias for seven years as an apologist in the U.K. and Canada. Prior to this he served as an associate pastor with Christ Church Fulham, heading up their evangelism work in central London, England. In his first ministry role he travelled as national evangelist for Saltmine Trust in the U.K. He has spoken all over the world in over 25 countries in numerous universities, seminaries, churches, colleges and conferences, including Eton College Windsor, Oxford University, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Carlton University, London School of theology, Virginia Tech, Forman University in Lahore, Pakistan and has publically debated leading atheists in North American universities.

Dr. Arjan de Visser has been a professor at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton where he teaches Church History and a variety of practical courses, such as Preaching, Evangelism and Mission since 2004. He is currently also serving as the Vice-Principal, Registrar and Corresponding Secretary of the Senate. From 1989 to 2004 Dr. de Visser worked as a missionary in Soshanguve, close to Pretoria (South Africa). He also worked as a part-time lecturer at Mukhanyo Theological College in KwaNdebele, South Africa from 1997 to 2004. He retains his ministerial status with the Canadian Reformed Church at Ancaster, Ontario.

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