Archives: Authors

Vonette Bright is the coauthor of The Joy of Hospitality (with Barbara Ball) and Building a Home in a Pull-Apart World (with Bill Bright); editor of The Greatest Lesson I’ve Ever Learned; and author of four devotional books in a series entitled My Heart In His Hands. Since cofounding Campus Crusade for Christ with her husband, Bill Bright, in 1951, Vonette has maintained a rigorous schedule as hostess, speaker, discipler, and author.

Alice Mathews is the Lois W. Bennett Distinguished Professor Emerita of Educational and Women’s Ministries at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She is widely known for her participation in the daily RBC Bible-teaching radio program Discover the Word and is a sought-after speaker for conferences and churches. Alice and her husband spent ten years in Paris, France, in a church-planting ministry, then seven years in Vienna, Austria, ministering to the international community. She is the author of several books. Alice and husband live in Massachusetts.

Dorothy Patterson is a homemaker, wife, mother and grandmother. She is also a successful writer and speaker. As Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies, she teaches theology to women at South Western Baptist Theological Seminary, where her husband, Paige, is the president. Dorothy and Paige live in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dee Brestin is a bestselling author and international speaker who longs to make the Word clear to today’s woman. On her website, you can see videos of her speaking, find out if she is speaking near you, discover her favorite books and movies, and join her webfriends. Dee lost her husband, Steve, to cancer but is so thankful for the love they shared and for their five children, who love Jesus.

Cynthia Heald is a popular speaker and author of the Becoming a Woman of . . . Bible studies, which have sold millions of copies. Her passion is to help women walk more closely with God and live life to their full, God-given potential. She and her husband, Jack, are full-time staff with The Navigators in Tucson, Arizona.

Ann Voskamp is a farmer’s wife, the home-educating mama to a half-dozen exuberant kids, and a New York Times 60 week bestseller. Named by Christianity Today as one of 50 women most shaping culture and the church today, she’s a writer for DaySpring, a speaker with Women of Faith, and partners with Compassion International as a global advocate for needy children.Featured on the TODAY Show, in WORLD Magazine, and Focus on the Family magazine, Ann loses library books, usually has a sink full of soaking pots, and sees empty laundry baskets rarer than a blue moon. There are gifts everywhere and the sky and the fresh mercy over the farm is large and all is grace.

Elizabeth George, whose books have sold more than 7 million copies, is the author of A Woman After God’s Own Heart (more than 1 million copies sold) and Breaking the Worry Habit Forever! She’s also a popular speaker at Christian women’s events. Elizabeth and her husband, Jim, are parents and grandparents, and have been active in ministry for more than 30 years.

Linda Dillow is the author of several books, including A Mother’s Journey, Calm My Anxious Heart and the best-selling Creative Counterpart. A sought-after speaker, she ministers at women’s conferences across the United States, Europe and Asia. Linda is the mother of four grown children and grandmother of two. She and her husband, Jody, lived overseas for 17 years and now make their home in Monument, Colorado.

Lysa TerKeurst is the New York Times bestselling author of Made to Crave and Unglued. She isn’t shy about admitting what a mess she can be. But she’s been learning God’s lessons and sharing them on her blog and in her books. Lysa is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and writes from her sticky farm table in North Carolina where she lives with her husband, Art, five kids, three dogs, and mouse that refuses to leave her kitchen.

Gene A. Getz is senior pastor at Fellowship Bible Church North in Plano, Texas. After serving as a Bible college and seminary professor, Gene became involved in planting Fellowship Churches.