Donald A. Shirk (DMin, Baptist Bible Seminary) is pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Batavia, N.Y. Don has served on the Council of Ten of the Empire State Fellowship of Regular Baptist Churches, as a trustee of his alma mater, and on the advisory board of the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism. He is also a certified police chaplain for Batavia, N.Y. He and his wife, Claudia, have five children.