Dr. Randel Everett is the founding president of the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, which focuses on international religious persecution and religious freedom in the U.S. He was part of the Wilberforce team which visited Iraq and Nigeria, authoring two reports on the atrocities committed there. These reports are now trusted resources for the government, NGOs and religious institutions, and are featured documents in a variety of nationally-recognized institutions. For four decades he pastored churches in Virginia, Florida, and Texas and served as chaplain to the Arkansas Legislature and executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Dr. Everett earned an M.Div. and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.