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Dean Merrill is a veteran of 38 years in Christian publishing, having served with such organizations as Youth for Christ/Campus Life, David C. Cook, Christianity Today Inc., and Christian Herald. For seven years he was a vice president at Focus on the Family, overseeing the magazine group, book publishing, an online service, and the in-house agency up until early 1996. He is now vice president of international publishing at the International Bible Society, overseeing start-up publishing entities in places as varied as Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Brazil.
His career began in the editorial field but has embraced larger and larger responsibilities for all aspects of publishing as the years have progressed. As a journalist, he has been published in over 40 Christian magazines. He is also the author or co-author of 23 books, including the Fresh Wind trilogy with Jim Cymbala, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, which sold more than a million copies in hardcover.
Another collaboration launched in May 2003 was the harrowing story of Gracia Burnham, a missionary in the Philippines who endured a year as a hostage of the ruthless Muslim terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. She escaped with her life on June 7, 2002-her husband, Martin, did not. The book is entitled In the Presence of My Enemies (Tyndale) and is gaining national media attention.
Dean Merrill's education includes a bachelor of theology degree from Chicago Bible College and a master of arts degree in journalism from Syracuse University. He served a term as president of the Evangelical Press Association in the mid-1980s and is currently a board member of Global Publishers Alliance. He isalso an ordained minister.
