About our writers...

Jim Elliff is founder and president of Christian Communicators Worldwide. For nearly twenty years prior to the beginning of CCW, he served as teaching pastor or on the pastoral staff of churches in Florida, Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Since 1985 Jim has addressed organizations, educational settings, churches, and pastor's fraternals of various denominations throughout much of the United States and in many foreign countries. Most of Jim's foreign conferences have been in Europe, although additional trips include several countries of South and Central America, along with five extended tours to South Africa. Jim has been privileged to address groups in all kinds of settings—everything from a witch doctor's hut to a Communist meeting hall!

Jim has a passion to communicate. He is the author of three books that have been published in the US and overseas, Led by the Spirit, Pursuing God—A Seeker's Guide and Wasted Faith. He has written or edited many booklets which have been published by CCW. Jim’s articles also appear in a variety of periodicals and his messages are frequently heard on radio. He was featured in a seven-part interview called How Children Come to Faith in Christ with FamilyLife Today hosted by Dennis Rainey, and in a five-part series on Revive Our Hearts with Nancy DeMoss. Jim has contributed chapters in several other books, as well as writing extensively for the web. Many of his articles may be found at www.CCWonline.org, www.BulletinInserts.org and www.WayToGod.org.

Jim also served as the first consultant for the Midwestern Center for Biblical Revival at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri and co-directed the North American Convocation on Revival. He also participated in the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Summit meeting at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jim currently serves as a board member for the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals, and is on advisors boards for Passeggio Ministries (Italy) and Editoria FIEL (Brazil). These, and other associations, speak for Jim’s desire to see genuine reformation and revival in our day.

In addition to his writing and travel, Jim began Christ Fellowship in 2003. This unique church is made up of home congregations in the Kansas City metro area.

In 1974 Jim earned his B.A. from Ouachita Baptist University, followed by a Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1976 Jim married Pam Knight of Lincroft, New Jersey. Jim now has an active family of five. His wife and children, Benjamin, Bryan, and Laura sometimes travel with Jim both in the States and overseas.

Daryl Wingerd

Daryl Wingerd is the pastor of Christ Fellowship in Weston Missouri, and Editorial Assistant at Christian Communicators Worldwide. Some of his work can be found online on this site as well as on our sister site, www.CCWonline.org. Daryl has also been published in The Journal of Modern Ministry. Before being called into the ministry, Daryl was an Los Angeles County deputy sheriff from 1986 to 2000 where he was named Deputy of the Year in his region for 1999. He is an outdoorsman, and enjoys working with his hands. He has excellent gifts in teaching and writing. Daryl has a musical wife, Jenny, and five great kids who share the ministry with him.

Steve Burchett

Steve Burchett is the pastor of Christ Fellowship in Parkville, Missouri. He is happily married to Patty, and their two children are Katie and Luke. Before pastoring a church in Ohio, he taught Bible classes and coached the boys' varsity basketball team at a Christian school in Tennessee. He enjoys spending time with his family, using his gift of teaching, playing golf and basketball, and rooting for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Steve also conducts Childhood Conversion Seminars for Christian Communicators Worldwide. Contact him at Steve@ChristFellowshipKC.org for more information.

Susan Verstraete

Susan works part-time as the Administrative Assistant for Christian Communicators Worldwide. She and her husband Michael have two sons, Patrick and Christopher. Susan enjoys teaching children in Sunday School and leading a book discussion group for the women in her church.

James McAlister will never forget the amazing and unexpected transformation in his life that came in 1995. Though he had published scores of articles on subjects ranging from computers to personal development to religion, his daughter's death in that year shifted the focus of his writing to creative prose and poetry. Shortly thereafter, he co-authored (with well-known interior designer Georg Andersen) Silent Witness: The Language of Your Home and began writing for newspapers.

James' weekly columns usually have an inspirational, moral slant and continue to elicit approving reader comments. In addition, many of his poems have been set to music for congregational singing.

He has also developed and taught freelance writing courses for the extension divisions of both the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Central Arkansas. In addition, he has taught creative writing at Central Baptist College.

A graduate of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville with BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering, James served in numerous technical and management capacities over an engineering career of 34 years.

Mr. McAlister makes his home in Conway, Ark.

Email James or visit his web site at james-mc.com.