Ed Tandy McGlasson is a former lineman in the National Football League where he played with the Giants, Jets, and the Rams. Ed's call to ministry began in college after getting healed from a career ending knee injury that led to his conversion while playing for Youngstown State. Ed eventually entered the ministry in 1984 after a dramatic call, and started traveling and sharing his testimony and doing evangelistic crusades. In 1988 Ed planted the Stadium Vineyard in Anaheim Calif. and has been a pastor there since.

Ed has spoken at numerous conferences across the country and around the world, including sharing his testimony on a number of ralliesfor Billy Graham crusades. Ed's first book The Difference a Father Makes--which has over 200,000 copies in print--along with his conference "The Blessing of the Father," has kept Ed busy in churches, conferences, and corporate events.

Ed and his wife of 27 years, Jill, live in Orange, California with their five children, Edward, Jessica, Mary, Lukas, and Joshua.