Lear, Joseph M.: - Joseph Lear Sr., alongside his wife and ministry partner, Alice, has served as an Assemblies of God missionary, church planter, educator and pastoral counselor for the past 38 years in both West Africa and in Eastern Europe. Along with his latest work entitled Gospel Witness Through Weakness: Insights into Missionary Life and Ministry from Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians he has also written two pastoral counseling courses: an undergraduate course titled Marriage Counseling: A Cross-Cultural Approach and a graduate course titled Grace Counseling: The Gospel Applied.