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Kerri Shepard is a teacher, speaker, reconciler, and mentor with over 25 years’ experience in ministry. She is a licensed and ordained minister and lives in the Fort Worth, Texas area with her family.

by Kerri Shepard

Helping children know God experientially for themselves

Jerry & Faith McCollough are originally from the West Coast and Midwest but currently call Texas home. They are parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and foreign missionaries. For approximately 20 years they lived in New England, where Jerry worked in city government and studied Land Use and Development Law at Harvard University. Jerry is also an ordained minister with the General Council of the Assemblies of God and has an MA in Biblical Literature. The McColloughs served in the mission field for over 20 years in Belgium, Bulgaria, the Slovak Republic, and Germany. During their time in Eastern Europe, they established the Sofia Bible Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as authoring and illustrating two books: “Cyril & Methodius, Illuminators of the Slavs’’, (the development of the Cyrillic alphabet) and “Bohemia: Heaven’s Forge”, (the lives of Jan Hus and Jan Zhizhka). With a background in the study of the development of civilizations and a keen interest in archaeology, they have conducted extensive research in the British Library and the University of Denmark. They have also been able to visit Christian historical sites in other areas of the world, including Scandinavia and the Silk Road countries. Their love for history, archaeology, and the study of the development of Christianity throughout the world has taken them to 28 countries, gathering firsthand knowledge of the sites and architecture of the locations they illustrate. As a couple their teamwork extends toward collaboration on several illustrative books and projects. Jerry works mainly in pen and ink, with Faith being the primary colorist. In their spare time the McColloughs enjoy gardening, working on home improvement projects, taking walks in their neighborhood, as well as spending time with their grandkids and great-granddaughter.

by Jerry & Faith McCollough

The McColloughs have teamed up to produce a compelling narrative concerning the harsh realities of the Reformation in Central Europe in comic book style.