Ken Yates (D. Min, Erskine; Ph.D., DTS) retired from the Army as a Lt. Col. He served for over 20 years as a chaplain. He has pastored churches in Texas and South Carolina since retiring from the chaplaincy.

Ken is the editor of the GES Journal, the head of our short-term missionary teaching trips overseas, and a regular contributor to our journal, magazine, blogs, and podcasts. He and his wife Pam have four grown daughters and three grandkids and they live in Columbia, SC.