Harris Himes is pastor of Big Sky Christian Center in Hamilton, Montana, and was ordained by Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel and his board. He is also a Vietnam vet who commanded a tank platoon of young Marine heroes on the DMZ, 1967-68. Prior to Vietnam, he graduated from Cornell, then, after Vietnam, went to law school nights in California where he practiced for almost twenty years. He is a voluntary attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund and is the author of Stand, a book aimed at galvanizing the church and her pastors and priests and leaders to regain the moral leadership in the public forum which they once held, dating from before the Revolution—to become God’s Watchmen, warning the people, before it’s too late.

Sandra Himes, Harris’s wife, is also a Marine officer. Born in Arkansas, she is a true Southern belle—and speaks like one—graduating from Ouachita Baptist University, Mike Huckabee’s alma mater. Harris and Sandra met at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in 1969 but didn’t see each other again until 1998. Two weeks later, they married. She owns and runs a business, General Gasket Corporation, in St. Louis—they have a commuting marriage.

They have a son and a daughter who are grown and have their own lives.