Born and raised in the war zone of Beirut, Fouad Masri founded Crescent Project out of a passion for sharing Christ with Muslims. He has trained tens of thousands of Christians to share their faith with Muslims. He holds an M.A. in Islamic Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary.

As a lifelong church-goer, follower of Jesus, and former CCM recording artist with the Dove award-winning group ZOEgirl, I experienced a period of profound doubt about my faith in my mid-thirties. I felt as though I had been tossed in a stormy ocean of uncertainty with no life jacket or  lifeboat in sight. I didn’t know where to find answers to my questions, or if answers existed at all. Did I have to accept it all on some kind of blind faith?  I began to investigate my faith intellectually—I took seminary classes and read everything I could get my hands on. This began my  journey from unreasoned doubt into a vibrant, rational, and informed faith.

Todd Nettleton is Vice President of Message for The Voice of the Martyrs—USA and host of The Voice of the Martyrs Radio. His most recent book, When Faith Is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted Christians, was published in 2021 by Moody Publishers and won the Christian Book Award for 2022 in the category of Biography and Memoir.

Gia Chacón is a humanitarian, motivational speaker, and founder of For the Martyrs and the March for the Martyrs. She first began her humanitarian efforts in 2017 and has since traveled to Central America, East Africa, and throughout the Middle East. God laid it on her heart to bring awareness to the growing crisis of Christian Persecution and to make a positive impact in the lives of the suffering faithful. This led to the founding of For the Martyrs.

Shirin Taber is the founder and director of the Middle East Women’s Leadership Network. She is a media producer and the author of Muslims Next Door. With an Iranian Muslim father and an American Catholic mother, she has lived in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Today she helps women leaders create media for their mission. She partners with United Nations, NGO and faith-based organizations.

Al Fadi originally came to the USA as an international student from Saudi Arabia. One of his original goals as a Muslim international student was to convert Americans to Islam. He was befriended by a Christian family that showed the love of Jesus to him through kindness and hospitality. Over time, Al Fadi said yes to Jesus and was baptized. He went on to graduate from Phoenix Seminary and now has an international ministry to Muslims.