In addition to serving as Associate Pastor and worship leader at Marion First Naz, Brannon teaches worship and practical theology full-time at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. Before moving to Marion, from 2007-2014 he was the worship pastor at Xenia Church of the Nazarene in Ohio. He is an ordained elder and completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Brannon and his wife Gloria have been leading worship together for 2 decades, and they have three children: Andrew, Joseph, and Cecilia.

Pastor Ella ministers to First Naz's students and their families, and gives leadership to the broader discipleship efforts of the church. She is a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, where she studied Humanities and Christian Ministry, and she is working toward ordination in the Church of the Nazarene. Ella is married to Christian, who also serves in youth ministry.