Gene Jennings has been a pastor since 1987 having served churches in Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina. He has traveled as a missionary and speaker in many other states as well as Australia, Tanzania, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Southeast Asia. Gene is the Associate Pastor at TrueNorth Church in North Augusta, SC. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina-Aiken and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in North Augusta with his wife, Beth, and their dog, Deacon, and cat, Napoleon. He has one son, Cliff, and one daughter, Bailey. Gene blogs at www.genejennings.com. He is also the author of Timely Words.