Joy J. Linn  Joy is a graduate of Phillips University with a degree in Christian Education. Raised in a parsonage family, her father was an ordained Disciples minister, and her mother was a church musician all her adult life. Joy is licensed by the Upper Midwest Region of the Christian Church (Disicples of Christ). Her primary focus in minitry is worship, children's education, and hospitality.

Jan G. Linn   Prior to co-founding Spirit of Joy, Jan was a tenured member of the faculty at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky where he served for eight and a half years as Professor of The Practice of Ministry. His primary teaching responsibilities were in spiritual formation of clergy and congregational leadership. Before joining the seminary faculty he was pastor of Independence Boulevard Christian Church, Kansas City, Missouri with major emphasis on urban issues such as housing and homelessness. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Jan spent ten years as Chaplain and a teaching member of the faculty member at Lynchburg College in Virginia. Jan is the author of numerous articles and eleven books. His latest book, Disciples: Reclaiming Our Idenity, Reforming Our Pratice, was co-authored with Michael Kinnamon, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, and is published bu Chalice Press.