Stephen and Alex Kendrick hail from Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia.  They are certainly best known for the film adaptations of their work.  They have continually progressive success with movies since Facing The Giants, Fireproof, and Courageous are all amongst the highest-grossing Christian films of all time.  The movie Fireproof from 2008 was based on and accompanied by the book known as “The Love Dare” which was a 40-day spiritual challenge aimed at “Fireproofing” your marriage.

2) Sarah Young 

She is a missionary who primarily writes devotional works.  Some of her titles include “Jesus Lives:  Seeing His Love in Your Life”, “Jesus Today:  Experience Hope Through His Presence”, and “Jesus Calling:  A 365 Day Journaling Devotional.”

3) Philip Yancey

Zondervan Publishing has a winner with Yancey. The American Christian author won the “Christian Book of the Year” award in ’96 for “The Jesus I Never Knew” and again in ’98 for “What’s So Amazing About Grace.”  He has sold a total of 14 million copies worldwide.

4) Frank Peretti

Mr. Peretti is a “Christian fiction” author who has accumulated over 15 million copies sold worldwide.  He is best known for his novels “This Present Darkness”(1986), and “The Oath”(1995).

5) Terri Blackstock

Blackstock is also a “Christian fiction” writer whose novels span several genres including Christian romance to Christian mystery.  In 1994 she was writing for HarperCollins when she had a spiritual awakening which led to taking her career into Christian writing specifically.  Since that time she has released over 30 Christian titles.

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