Dr. Jim Garlow, author, communicator, commentator, historian, cultural observer, and Senior Pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, CA, is heard daily on over 800 radio outlets nationwide in his one minute historical commentary called “The Garlow Perspective.” In addition he airs a 30-minute broadcast called “The Garlow Perspective Special.”
Garlow has done over 900 radio, TV, and print interviews – national and local – covering a wide range of topics: historical, theological, marriage and family issues and cultural trends.
He founded and led the California Pastors Rapid Response Team, a group of several thousand pastors who were committed to preserving the traditional, natural definition of marriage as being "one man - one woman" which recently experienced a victorious campaign with Proposition 8 receiving over 7 million votes, 52.3% of the vote.
He graduated from Drew University (Ph.D. in historical theology), Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Theology), Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity), Southern Nazarene University (B.A. & M.A.), Oklahoma Wesleyan University (A.A.).
Due to the book Cracking Da Vinci’s Code (co-authored with Peter Jones, nearly 450,000 copies in print, becoming No.17 on the New York Times Bestsellers List – paperback, nonfiction), Jim has appeared on numerous national TV shows on NBC, CNN, Fox, MSNBC and CNBC. A related book, The Da Vinci CodeBreaker,a dictionary with over 500 key Da Vinci Code related terms, went on to become a bestseller.
The Secret Revealed, an expose on the New Age The Secret, was released in July 2007. He co-authored Heaven and the Afterlife: What Happens When You Die? in 2009, which was followed by the 2010 release of Encountering Heaven and the Afterlife, and the release of Miracles Are For Real in 2011.
Other books include How God Saved Civilization (re-released as God And His People,) A Christian’s Response to Islam, The Covenant, Partners in Ministry, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Tested by Time, and God Still Heals. Jim’s books have been translated into a dozen languages.
Jim’s wife Carol is a graduate of Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. She serves as Minister of Prayer & Intercession at Skyline Wesleyan Church. Jim and Carol have four children and five grandsons.
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