Stephen Strang, founder and editor of Charisma magazine, is an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, businessman and author. He is founder and president of Strang Communications Company, which in addition to Charisma, publishes Ministry Today, the Spanish magazine Vida Cristiana, The Church Bookstore, excel, Passage and two trade magazines. His Orlando, Florida, based company also includes Charisma House, Siloam, Creation House, CharismaKids, Casa Creación, Realms, and FrontLine plus many other innovative products that in the last 31 years have earned a reputation as the world’s leading charismatic publisher.

Marcus Yoars is editor of Charisma. After serving as editor of Ministry Today for the past three years, Marcus now leads the team at Charisma as only the third editor in the magazine’s 35 years. Marcus has worked in publishing for more than 15 years as a writer and editor for magazines, books, newspapers and online ventures. His unique background (born and raised in Hong Kong as a missionary kid) and ministry experience (worship pastor for more than 12 years) help to shape an editorial vision that includes making Charisma more accessible, relevant and helpful than ever.

Jimmy Stewart, managing editor, studied journalism at the University of Florida, specializing in news writing and reporting. He has been on the Charisma team since 1993. He and his wife, Debbie, live in Orlando, and enjoy music, art, the area's many local lakes and Florida's ample beaches. Feature and personality-profile stories written by him have received state and national awards. A lengthy article he wrote about the Goth subculture was published in a university textbook on magazine writing as an example of techniques used successfully to research, report and obtain interviews.

Valerie G. Lowe, associate editor, is an award-winning journalist. She reports on topics ranging from the black church and Christian TV to gangs, single parenting and pop culture. Valerie has interviewed well-known people, including actor Denzel Washington, actress Ashley Judd and the late civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. A women's leader in her church, she is the founder of Keep the Faith Single Moms ministry. She enjoys spending time with her daughter, parents and six siblings.

Adrienne S. Gaines, news editor, joined the editorial team in 1998 after graduating from Florida A&M University. Since then she has served as an assistant editor and associate editor of Charisma. A native of Florida, Adrienne enjoys reading, watching classic movies and spending time with her family.

Leigh DeVore, assistant editor, for Charisma since 2002. She worked with the team while she earned her journalism degree from the University of Central Florida. She is close to her family and absolutely adores being an aunt (four nephews and one niece). Leigh has a shortlist of cities she wants to visit and crossed off Seattle in 2005 (though she would go back in a minute if she could). She has her heart set on exploring Chicago, Nashville, Tenn., Savannah, Ga., and Boston … and her list keeps growing. She enjoys a wide variety of movies, including musicals, classics, comedies, "guy movies" (she admits she likes Gladiator) and of course chick flicks.

Felicia Mann, online editor, joined the Charisma team in August 2006. She graduated with a journalism degree from the University of South Florida. Go Bulls! She found her passion for the Web while she did an internship with TBO.com, WFLA and Tampa Tribune. Felicia also has a passion to see young people grow in their relationships with Christ and enjoys mentoring young ladies. Her wonderful parents and two younger brothers live in her hometown Tampa, Fla. Outside the office Felicia enjoys dancing, traveling, reading and playing sports with her friends and family.

J. Lee Grady, is contributing editor for Charisma. He was the magazine's editor for 11 years. He has been involved in Christian journalism since 1981 and has faced a monthly deadline ever since. A native of Atlanta, he has been with Charisma since 1992, serving as news editor, managing editor and then becoming editor in 1999. He and his wife, Deborah, have four daughters. Lee has won three first-place reporting awards from the Evangelical Press Association, and his monthly column in Charisma, "Fire in My Bones," has won awards from the Florida Magazine Association. Also an author, Lee's book 10 Lies the Church Tells Women, published in 2000, opened a unique door for him to preach internationally. He has since traveled to 12 nations, challenging the church to release women in ministry and to end abuse and gender discrimination. In his spare time Lee is trying to learn to speak Spanish.