Meet the Barclay authors

Alvin Anderson
Alvin is author of God Is User Friendly. He is now retired from a lengthy teaching career (primarily at Malone College, Canton, Ohio) and years of service in developing countries. Read full bio…


Robert Barclay
Robert Barclay (1648-1690) is best known as the author of the classic systematic statement of Quaker faith—An Apology for the True Christian Divinity. Barclay's Apology in Modern English is edited by Dean Freiday and published by Barclay Press. Read full bio…

Ralph Beebe
Ralph is coauthor of Waging Peace. He is a retired George Fox University professor living in Newberg, Oregon. His most recent work is a novel (currently unpublished) set during the Civil War. Read full bio…

Bruce Bishop
Bruce is coauthor of Practicing Discernment Together. He lives in Newberg, Oregon, and is communications director for Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends and a full-time seminary student. Read full bio…

Lon Fendall
Lon is author and coauthor of several books, the most recent being Practicing Discernment Together. He is director of George Fox University's Center for Global Studies and Center for Peace and Justice. Read full bio…

James Foster
Jim coauthored Christians in the Crossfire with Mark McMinn. Foster is dean of graduate and professional studies and professor of psychology at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

Dean Freiday
Dean Freiday is perhaps best known as the editor of Barclay's Apology in Modern English. He is a scholar and a former editor of the periodical Quaker Religious Thought. He lives in New Jersey. Read full bio…

Betty M. Hockett
Betty Hockett is author of Catching Their Talk in a Box and 14 other books that reflect her concern for missions. Read full bio…

Lauren A. King
Lauren King (1904-2004) wrote numerous articles in addition to his book The Way You Believe. He was professor emeritus from Malone College, Canton, Ohio. Read full bio…

David L. McKenna
David's many books include The Leader's Legacy. David was thirty years old when he became the youngest college president in the nation. He has studied leadership principles all his life. Read full bio…

Susan McLeod-Harrison
Susan is author of Saving Women from the Church. She lives in Newberg, Oregon, where she is studying clinical psychology at the doctoral level. Read full bio…

Mark R. McMinn
Mark McMinn is the author of The Jekyll/Hyde Syndrome. He has also written numerous other books, book chapters, and journal articles. He teaches graduate-level psychology at George Fox University. Read full bio…

Donald McNichols
Don McNichols is author of Portrait of a Quaker. He is faculty emereti from Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, where he taught English and religion.

Charles Mylander
Chuck's extensive writing includes More Energy for Your Day. Chuck is executive director of Evangelical Friends Mission. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Brea, California. Read full bio…

E. Anna Nixon
Anna Nixon is the author of On the Cutting Edge. She represented Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region for 44 years as a missionary to India and now lives in Newberg, Oregon.

David Niyonzima
David is coauthor of Unlocking Horns. He is director of the Healing and Reconciliation Service in Burundi and a Friends pastor. He is a graduate of Kenya Highlands Bible College and George Fox University. Read full bio…

Dan Nolta
Dan is author of Compassion—The Painful Privilege. He lives in Tacoma, Washington, where he was an emergency services chaplain from 1971 through 2004. Read full bio…

Karen L. Oberst
Karen is author of But I Tell You. She is a librarian, and one of the elders at Klamath Falls (Oregon) Friends Church. She studied Greek at Houghton College in Houghton, New York. Read full bio…

Patrick Oden
Patrick is author of It's a Dance. He lives in Southern California where he writes and does Web design. Read full bio…

Arthur O. Roberts
Heavenly Fire is the most recent of Arthur's many books. He is professor at large from George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, where he began teaching in 1953. Read full bio…

Abraham Sarker
Dr. Abraham Sarker is the author of Understand My Muslim People. He and his wife, Amie, founded Gospel for Muslims, Inc. Abraham and Amie live in Dallas, Texas. Read full bio…

Christine Sine
Christine is the author of GodSpace. She and her husband, Tom, help churches and Christian organizations around the world face the challenges of the 21st century. Their home is in Seattle, Washington. Read full bio…

Jean Thomas
Jean is the author of At Home with the Poor. He and his wife, Joy, have lived in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti, and directed the ministry of the Haiti Christian Development Fund since 1984. Read full bio…

Nancy Thomas
The Secret Colors of God is Nancy's book of poems. She and her husband, Hal, currently live in Oregon and travel as they assist a Latin American doctoral program. Read full bio…

Jack L. Willcuts
Jack L. Willcuts (1922-1989) is the author of Why Friends Are Friends as well as other works that continue to be used. He served the Friends church as missionary, pastor, administrator, editor, and writer. Read full bio…

Jan Wood
Jan is author of Practicing Discernment Together with Lon Fendall and Bruce Bishop. She is executive director of Good News Associates and lives in Seattle, Washington. Read full bio…