Carla and Hal White have been married for 24 years and have worked for various ministries including Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), Crown Financial Ministries, Blueprint for Life, iDisciple, Lighthouse Family Retreat, Cup of Joy, and North Point Ministries. Hal holds an International Relations and Affairs degree from Florida State University and a Master of Divinity from Erskine Theological Seminary, and Carla has a BA in Communications from Auburn University. They find joy in leading small groups for singles and couples. Carla loves the great outdoors, and Hal is a raving Chic-Fil-A fan. Traveling, serving on mission teams, and sunsets on the beach are among their favorite things. Hal brings order to the chaos from the whirlwind Carla creates as she tries to fit as much into a day as possible. They currently reside in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Boyd Bailey, the author of Wisdom Hunters devotionals, is the founder of Wisdom Hunters, Inc., an Atlanta-based ministry created to encourage Christians (a.k.a wisdom hunters) to apply God s unchanging Truth in a changing world. By God s grace, Boyd has impacted wisdom hunters in over 86 countries across the globe through the Wisdom Hunters daily devotion, wisdomhunters.com devotional blog and devotional books. For over 30 years Boyd Bailey has passionately pursued wisdom through his career in fulltime ministry, executive coaching, and mentoring. Since becoming a Christian at the age of 19, Boyd begins each day as a wisdom hunter, diligently searching for Truth in scripture, and through God s grace, applying it to his life. These raw, real time reflections from his personal time with the Lord, are now impacting over 106,000 people through the Wisdom Hunters Daily Devotion email. In addition to the daily devotion, Boyd has authored nine devotional books: Infusion, a 90-day devotional, Seeking Daily the Heart of God Vol I & II, 365-day devotionals Seeking God in the Proverbs, a 90-day devotional and Seeking God in the Psalms, a 90-day devotional along with several 30-day devotional e-Books on topics such as Wisdom for Fathers, Wisdom for Mothers, Wisdom for Graduates, and Wisdom for Marriage. In addition to Wisdom Hunters, Boyd is the co-founder and CEO of Ministry Ventures, a faith based non-profit, where he has trained and coached over 1000 ministries in the best practices of prayer, board, ministry models, administration and fundraising. Prior to Ministry Ventures, Boyd was the National Director for Crown Financial Ministries and an Associate Pastor at First Baptist Church of Atlanta. Boyd serves on numerous boards including Ministry Ventures, Wisdom Hunters, Atlanta Mission, Souly Business and Blue Print for Life. Boyd received his Bachelor of Arts from Jacksonville State University and his Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary. He and Rita, his wife of 30 plus years, live in Roswell, Georgia and are blessed with four daughters, three sons-in-law who love Jesus, two granddaughters and two grandsons. Boyd and Rita enjoy missions and investing in young couples, as well as hiking, reading, traveling, working through their bucket list, watching college football, and hanging out with their kids and grand kids when ever possible.
