David Sanford and his wife, Renée, own Sanford Communications, Inc., a company that works with leaders, organizations, and publishers to develop brand-new books, Bible-related products, and other life-changing resources.
Over the years, David has written for, been quoted in, and been interviewed by leading news services, Today’s Christian, Christianity
Today, World, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, TheWords.com, Pastors.com, Palau.org, Gospel.com, FocusOnYourChild.com, Family.com, Crosswalk.com, ChristianPost.com, CBN.com, BurnsideWritersCollective.com, and nearly 100 other leading periodicals, Web sites, and blogs. His clients have been interviewed and featured extensively online, in
print, on radio, and on television including all the major news networks (ABC,
CBS, NBC, FOX, and CNN).
David Sanford was graduated with top honors from Multnomah Bible College. Prior to starting Sanford Communications, Inc., David served as Vice President of Publishing and Internet Ministries for the Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. David also served as Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Western Baptist College (now Corban College) and as Instructor of Mass Media at Multnomah Biblical Seminary.
David Sanford is the conceptual designer and executive editor of the Starting Point Study Bible (Zondervan, 2002), a 2003 Gold Medallion finalist for best Bible of the year. In addition, David and Renée are creators and co-authors of the 400 pages of devotional application notes for the Living Faith™ Bible (Tyndale, 2000). As well, they served as co-authors of How to Read Your Bible (Thomas Nelson, 2005) and creators of three popular new BibleZines™ (Thomas Nelson, 2006). Most recently, David is the author of the highly anticipated book If God Disappears (Tyndale House/Salt River Press) due out September 2008.
David is the editor of scores of books produced by the
ECPA’s leading publishers (helping them win several ECPA Gold Medallion Awards),
contributing author of More Than
Conquerors (another ECPA Gold Medallion winner), and coauthor with Luis
Palau of Calling America and the Nations
to Christ and God Is Relevant
(Doubleday—a Los Angeles Times critically
acclaimed title and Crossings Book Club selection).
In addition, David is a judge for the Evangelical Christian
Publishers Association’s Christian Book Awards (formerly Gold Medallion Awards)
and an associate professional member of the Christian Booksellers Association.
David is a former director of the Evangelical Press Association and a former member of the advisory council of Gospel Communications Network—an alliance of more than 300 Christian ministries at www.gospelcom.net.
David and Renée have been married for twenty-five years and are the parents of five children: Elizabeth (married to Billy Honeycutt), Shawna (age 21), Jonathan (age 19), Benjamin (age 10), and Annalise (age 7). They live just outside Portland, Oregon, where David has served as a lay teaching pastor at Spring Mountain Bible Church for the past 15 years.
David’s biography appears in multiple editions of Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Media and Communications.
David Sanford's new book, If God Disappears, was released in September from Tyndale. You can visit his blog at www.IfGodDisappears.blogspot.com. Watch a video clip here!