PASTOR SAM POLSON is the Lead Pastor of West Park Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee, and featured teacher with the SonLight Radio media ministry. He also currently serves as Chairman of the Board for ABWE, the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, and previously served for many years on the Board of Shepherds Ministries, an educational ministry for adults with developmental disabilities. Sam was born and raised in New Castle, Indiana, where he met and married his wife, Susan. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degree in theology from Bob Jones University and then served seven years as an assistant pastor at Calvary Baptist
Church in Findlay, Ohio. The Polsons then moved to Knoxville, where Sam has served as Lead Pastor for more than 33 years. They have three grown children who live in the Knoxville area. Sam advises the pastoral team and staff, teaches in large and small group settings, and is most energized by witnessing people come alive to the reality of the gospel. His first book, In His Image, explores God's plan through the power of the gospel to restore people to their purpose as image-bearers and is available online in English, Romanian, and Mandarin. By Faith: Timeless Insights for Staying on Course from Hebrews 11, is available in English and Romanian. And his devotional, SonLight, provides daily guidance from the pages of God's Word.

"For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake" (2 Corinthians 4:5).