1. John Edward "Ed" Decker was born on 1935 and is an American counterculture apologist, and evangelist known for his studies, books, and public presentations, of the negative aspects of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Freemasonry.
Ed Decker is a former member of the LDS Church, and prominent early member of a Christian group for ex-Mormons called Saints Alive in Jesus.
Ed Decker was born to a Jewish mother and Dutch father of the Reformed Christian faith but raised an Episcopalian.
Phyllis Ed Decker contends that it was she who filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery and mental cruelty.
Since Ed Decker neither appeared in divorce court or made answer to the charges on which the divorce was sought, a default judgment was ordered in Phyllis Ed Decker's favor.
Ed Decker married again and has been married for 50 years, and has 8 children, 10 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren.
Ed Decker is currently a pastor in Palm Desert, CA.
Ed Decker has authored and coauthored, books addressing the inner workings and negative aspects of the LDS religion.
Ed Decker released a book in November 2007, titled My Kingdom Come: The Mormon Quest for Godhood.
Ed Decker participated in the documentary films The God Makers, The Temple of the God Makers, The Mormon Dilemma, and The God Makers II.
Ed Decker's work has attracted criticism not only from Latter-day Saints, but from others outside the faith.
One of Ed Decker's associates offered to exorcise the Tanners' demons, and expressed great sadness when they refused.