James L. Snyder
Encyclopedia
The Reverend James L. Snyder (B. July 21, 1951), is a minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance
and an award winning author and humorist whose writings have appeared in more than eighty periodicals including Guideposts
. Snyder's first book, his 1991 biography of A.W. Tozer, In Pursuit of God: The Life of A. W. Tozer, won the Reader’s Choice Award in 1992 by Christianity Today. Snyder has authored 15 books altogether.
Through thirty-five years of ministry, he and his wife Martha, affectionately known as "The Mistress of the Parsonage," have been involved in three church-planting projects prior to their current ministry at the Family of God Fellowship in Ocala, Florida. One goal of Snyder's current ministry is to construct and complete The House of Onesiphorous, a facility to minister to pregnant and at-risk girls, to be built on 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) of land in Silver Spring Shores, Florida. The Snyders have three children and seven grandchildren.
Christian and Missionary Alliance
The Christian and Missionary Alliance is an evangelical Protestant denomination within Christianity.Founded by Rev. Albert Benjamin Simpson in 1887, the Christian & Missionary Alliance did not start off as a denomination, but rather began as two distinct parachurch organizations: The Christian...
and an award winning author and humorist whose writings have appeared in more than eighty periodicals including Guideposts
Guideposts
Guideposts is a Christian-faith based non-profit organization founded in 1945 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Raymond Thornburg, and Peale's wife, Ruth Stafford Peale. The Guideposts organization is headquartered in Carmel, New York, with additional offices in New York City, Chesterton, Indiana, and...
. Snyder's first book, his 1991 biography of A.W. Tozer, In Pursuit of God: The Life of A. W. Tozer, won the Reader’s Choice Award in 1992 by Christianity Today. Snyder has authored 15 books altogether.
Through thirty-five years of ministry, he and his wife Martha, affectionately known as "The Mistress of the Parsonage," have been involved in three church-planting projects prior to their current ministry at the Family of God Fellowship in Ocala, Florida. One goal of Snyder's current ministry is to construct and complete The House of Onesiphorous, a facility to minister to pregnant and at-risk girls, to be built on 13 acres (52,609.2 m²) of land in Silver Spring Shores, Florida. The Snyders have three children and seven grandchildren.