OUR PUBLISHING TEAM

Ronald Kirk: Theology Editor

Ron Kirk has been married to Christina since 1971. They have five children and six grandchildren. Upon a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, he has practiced professional landscape architecture since 1974, and now practices as Ronald Kirk Design, in Oxnard, CA. Entering Christian education, he soon became an eager student of the Reformed Faith and of America’s Christian history. Since 1980, Ron has studied and taught the Biblically and historically identified applied-faith view of life and education known as Get Wisdom! In 1982, he founded the Master’s School K through 12 in Camarillo, CA. He was ordained as a minister of the Gospel in 1984 by the American Heritage Christian Church, and served as its pastor from 1991 to 1996. Ron founded Berean Christian Academy in Milford, CT in 1996, and in 2000 worked with Covenant Academy Asheboro, NC. He has served the Chalcedon Foundation to write and speak on applied faith and educational subjects, and has spoken at venues all around the USA.

Desta Garrett: Editor

For many years Desta channeled her penchant for perfection by working in law offices and volunteering to produce church bulletins. Then the Lord put her in touch with Verna M. Hall and Rosalie J. Slater, co-founders of the Foundation for American Christian Education in San Francisco. She began as a phone volunteer counseling homeschooling parents and soon graduated to digitizing microfiche of early American documents in period English, along with Greek and Hebrew words. For eighteen years she worked and learned in “The Ladies’” incredible personal library, assisting in research, technical editing and producing all of their publications from draft to printed books.

When the Foundation relocated to Chesapeake, Virginia, in 2005, Desta became a private contractor, continuing to assist with the Foundation’s publications, as well as publishing her husband’s music. She now does business as dg-ink and with Nordskog Publishing, helping produce Bible-based books that spread God’s Word and glorify Him – for the sake of the Gospel and for our Nation.

Mark Kakkuri: Editor

Mark Kakkuri is a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader as well as an ordained minister of the Gospel and elder at Five Points Community Church in Auburn Hills, Michigan (www.5pointscc.org ). His writing has appeared in Focus on the Family's Breakaway Magazine, Sports Spectrum Magazine, Discipleship Journal, The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, Home Office Computing, and more. As an editor and proofreader, Mark has teamed up with Dr. Don Kistler and the Northampton Press, NORDSKOG PUBLISHING, and has worked with Veritas Press, Canon Press, and Dover Publications. When he's not writing and editing, Mark can be found running the roads and trails near his home. He holds a bachelor's degree in communication arts from Cedarville University and lives in Oxford, Michigan, with his wife and four children. You can reach him via email at kakkuri@gmail.com or read his blog at kakkuri.wordpress.com.

Bayard Taylor, Editor

Bayard Taylor is an author, speaker, and freelance editor in Ventura, California. An M.Div. graduate from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, Illiniois), he has experience in college campus ministry, cross-cultural missions and for 13 years was Senior Editor of Biblical and Theological Issues at Gospel Light Publications/Regal Books. His first book — Blah, Blah, Blah: Making Sense of the World's Spiritual Chatter — is a fun, simple introduction to worldviews and how the biblical worldview compares to and contrasts with the alternatives. His second book — The Late Great Ape Debate — is a fun, simple introduction to four Christian responses to evolution. His articles on worldviews have appeared in Campus Crusade's CruPress, Focus on the Family magazine, Rick Warren's pastors website, and The Home School Digest. He can be reached by clicking through the "book me" button at www.blahblahbook.com

Tim & Jody Bepler: Graphic Designer

Bepler Design is a husband and wife team with 15 years of professional experience and degrees in Advertising (Design) and Journalism. Tim handles all the design work, while Jodi is the person behind communications, project coordination, and just about everything else. Bepler Design specializes in all areas of print design, and some front-end web design. They are known for our striking use of color and texture, along with innovative type treatments, to create anything from logos to packaging, brochures to mailers, book layout and design to billboards.

Robbie Destocki: Graphic Designer

After 12 years as Art Director for Powerboat Magazine and 17 years of design experience total, Destocki decided to start his own firm which was founded as a creative services studio focusing on Publication Design and Re-Design, Logo Design and Print Advertising.

We focus on building brands that bring together two powerful ideas—lifestyle and innovation. But how we work is just as important as what we do. We believe that results are driven by strategic planning, superior design and out of the box creativity. We custom design and develop media that will not only communicate who our clients are today but will help them build a competitively superior brand over time.

Aaron Ford: Graphic Designer

Aaron owns and operates a small Graphic Design firm www.digicomdesigns.com specializing in corporate branding and identity with emphasis in web site design. Other specialties include Publication Design and Project Art Direction. Aaron is a graduate from The Art Institute of California, Orange County and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design.

For the past 2.5 years he has served Logomark, Inc.; a Promotional products company in Orange County. He manages and Art Directs the internal Creative Department, whose main responsibilities are catalog and print design. Projects include an annual 800 page catalog, many additional smaller, seasonal catalogs, email ads, trade magazine ads, regular website updates, and more.

Aaron currently resides in Oxnard with his wife and three children.

Kimberley Winters: Copy Editor

Providing NPI with proofreading services, Kimberley Winters has more than 15 years experience in the publishing industry including 12 years with Affinity Group Inc., a premiere publisher of more than 41 magazine titles geared toward the outdoors enthusiast. After serving many years as managing editor of an international magazine with a readership of 2.3 million, currently she is a freelance editor of both books and magazines. Kimberley resides in Southern California with her husband where she also breeds national champion Morgan horses.

Brent Nims: Webmaster

Brent Nims is a successful freelance design artist dedicated to creating compelling media. His expertise ranges from solid print campaigns to immersive web design and video production. Seven years of solid experience in corporate & entrepreneurial settings have yielded a sense for design that makes sense. Brent was webmaster for Gospel Light/Regal Books From 1999 to 2005 and still enjoys contributing to many of their web initiatives. He resides in Ventura with his wife and two boys.

Helen Cook: Publicist

PrimeStar Publicity & Public Relations offers cutting-edge, customized media strategies to publicize your book or product. Founded by media specialist Helen Cook, former Vice President of The B & B Media Group, PrimeStar offers exceptional quality, affordable publicity and public relation services to the Christian and cross-over marketplace.

PrimeStar's goal is to help companies establish momentum in the marketplace, achieve sustained media exposure through building lasting media relationships, increase book and product sales, create marketing opportunities and to establish credible and memorable brand awareness.

Rev. Christopher Hoops: Founding Theology Editor

Chris Hoops when pastor of American Christian Heritage Church, Camarillo, CA with his (now adult) sons: Chris, Jr. and Michael.

Whether in missionary ministry to the Navajo and Hopi reservations, his founding Inland Christian Center Academy, or the founding of American Heritage Christian Church and other churches, Chris tirelessly served His Lord. He voraciously studied Biblical theology, with its apt expressions in Christian history. Christian liberty was his great passion. With great energy, Chris forged outlets for his acquired wisdom in the form of public speaking, classroom teaching, pulpit ministry and political action. Among his outlets, Chris regularly contributed to Jerry Nordskog’s Southern California Constitution Education Committee, speaking on America’s Christian History and Liberty. In all these activities, Chris became a well-known leader in Reformed and Christian action circles.

Rev. Hoops has been reunited with his oldest daughter, Erin, who died at age 16 in an auto accident in Colville, WA, where the family lived for many years. He is survived by his devoted wife, Gail, and sons Christopher (with his wife Shay), Michael, and adopted daughters Bridgette, Tia, and Katie.