Pastor Ayers graduated from Auburn University in 1982 with his Bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering.  One year later he married his wife Ann.  After several years and many job relocations, Pastor Ayers accepted Christ as his personal Savior in 1988 while working in New Jersey.  He and his wife would later become actively involved at Open Bible Baptist Church in Williamstown, New Jersey.  In 1995, Pastor Ayers felt the Lords call on his life to preach.  He left his job as an engineer and took his family to Knoxville, Tennessee where he began seminary at Crown College.  After graduating from seminary in 1997, Pastor Ayers returned to Open Bible Baptist Church to serve as Assistant to the Pastor under Dr. George Riddell (Senior Pastor).  In June of 1999, Pastor Ayers and his family relocated to Erie, Pennsylvania where he serves as the Pastor of Walnut Creek Baptist Church.  Pastor and Ann have four children:  Trisha, Joe, Colleen and Sarah.

Dave Welsch accepted Christ as his Savior on June 13, 2001 at "The Wilds" camp in North Carolina. God began to work in his heart about serving him full time and Dave gave his life to serve God full time in the ministry. Dave graduated from Heart of America Bible College with a Degree in Pastoral Theology, in the summer of 2003 he traveled as a Neighborhood Bible Time Evangelist. During the summers of 2004, 2005, 2006 he served as the Youth Pastor at Valley Baptist Church in Oswego, Illinois. In March 2007 God led Dave to come on staff at Walnut Creek Baptist Church as the Youth iPastor, where he still serves with his wife Trisha, daughter Reagan and son Grant.