Edwin Zellner was born in Ardmore, OK and holds degrees in theology, education, music, and woodworking. He has pastored over 35 years in Arizona, Texas, and Colorado and was both a professor and president of the Independent Baptist College. He married his childhood sweetheart Franette and was married for 65 wonderful years, with three children, seven grand children, and twenty-four great-grandchildren at time of this printing. He is now a member of Heritage Baptist Church in Haslet, TX, where he teaches Sunday School and has taught in the Heritage Baptist Bible Institute.