About the Author Alex Kendrick grew up in Smyrna, Georgia, and graduated from Kennesaw State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications. Later, Alex attended New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as a minister to college students in Marietta, Georgia, for four years, then got married and moved to Albany, Georgia, where he served as the associate pastor of media at Sherwood Baptist Church. In 2003, Alex and his brother, Stephen, founded Sherwood Pictures and began writing, producing, acting in, and directing feature films, including Facing the Giants, Fireproof, and Courageous. In addition, Alex cowrote three novels and The Love Dare, which reached number one on the New York Times best-seller list. Alex and his wife, Christina, have six children. Stephen Kendrick is a cowriter and producer for Sherwood Pictures. He also works with Provident Films, developing marketing and Bible-study resources for churches in conjunction with Sherwood movies. Their first movie, Facing the Giants, played in more than one thousand theaters after its September 2006 release and grossed more than ten million dollars in box-office receipts. Facing the Giants DVD was later released in 14 languages, in 56 countries, and on every continent. More than 6,500 churches have used the movie for ministry and community outreach.   Read more
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