Jerry and Faith Mccollough
Email: jerry.mccollough@agmd.org
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Jerry and Faith McCollough create evangelical books using "cultural keys" - well known people or events within a culture,
incorporating the Gospel message. Literature can often go into places a missionary cannot, stay longer, and reach
millions of non-believers who may never be in contact with a pastor, missionary or church. As people read about their own
history and heroes they will also read the message of Jesus Christ. Their first book in the Cultural Key book series is
directed toward Eastern Europe, and traces the lives of Cyril and Methodius, brothers who created the Cyrillic (Russian)
alphabet from the three languages on the cross of Christ so that the Slavik people could read the Bible in their own language.
Extensive research makes this an excellent way of reaching the large body of atheists and scientific humanists who know these
brothers as literary figures but not as committed Christians.
The McColloughs have currently completed the rough manuscript draft for the second book in this series for the Czech Republic
on Jan Hus, a Christian martyr and national hero. They are also doing research on a book for Northern Europe and
Scandinavia, where many young people are returhning to the "old gods". This book tells the true story of a Viking hero who
brought the Gospel message to the area around the Baltic Sea.
Jerry has completed his Master's Degree in Biblical Literature. This degree will prove invaluable as the McColloughs combine
research with teaching in Bibles schools throughout the world. In April, 2003, Global University/International Correspondence
Institute invited the McColloughs to join forces with them to continue the comic book Bible story series, "Heroes of the Faith",
which they began in Belgium in 1988. This transition gives Jerry and Faith the international classification needed to
facilitate the Cultural Key series book projects to reach not only Europe but the rest of the world, including China, Latin
America, the Mid East, etc.
While working for International Correspondence Institute in Brussels, Belgium, (now Global University located in Springfield,
MO) the McColloughs illustrated the first full-color series of Bible stories in comic book form produced by ICI. These are now
in over 50 languages including Russian. Since over 50% of the world's population is under 15, these comics have proven to be
an effective tool in bringing children to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Jerry and Faith have two children: Mrs. Jenny Cypher, 39, who resides in Fort Worth, Texas, with her husband, Brian, six year
old son, Colin, and 18 month old daughter, Grace; and Major Devon McCollough, 37, who resides with his wife, Traci, and 6
month old son, Nathan, in Alamogordo, NM. He presently flies the F-117 Stealth fighter out of Holloman AFB.