"Open the Sky"

Author teaches that God can use ordinary people in their own neighborhoods

Read the Gripping True Story of a Missionary Pilot in New Xulon Book

Author teaches that God can use ordinary people in their own neighborhoods

2011-06-24

LONGWOOD, FL"On September 1, 1991, bush pilot Dwayne King spearheaded one of the first missionary flights into the crumbling Soviet empire. The historic mission climaxed the transformation of a wild child from upstate New York into a selfless servant. The saga continues at Kingdom Air Corps, where he’s currently training the next generation of young missionaries to fly the Word beyond where the road ends and the wilderness begins. Within the pages of ?"Open the Sky” The Story of Missionary Pilot Dwayne King ($16.99, paperback, 978-1-61215-426-8; $26.99, hardcover, 978-1-61215-497-8; $8.49, eBook, 978-1-31215-681-1), a riveting new Xulon Press book, author Mark Winheld seeks to draw workers to God’s harvest fields by opening their eyes to the adventure He promises those who seek His will, and by opening their hearts to the fulfillment of reaching others with His message of love and forgiveness.

 

?"On one level, I hope readers will enjoy Dwayne’s story as an appealing family album and wilderness adventure saga, and on a deeper level, as a personal journey to the edges of faith at the ends of the world,” the author says. ?"The takeaway is that Dwayne is a real person, not a saint or superman, which means that God can also use other ordinary people, in their own neighborhoods.”

 

As an award-winning journalist with nearly 30 years of experience on daily newspapers, Winheld was lucky enough to be able to chronicle Dwayne’s adventure a few years after he retired. Dwayne, whom he met shortly after he met Christ, showed him how much fun both acquaintances could be. ?"As his friend and fellow traveler in Alaska and Russia, I saw in him what it means to be a bold, humor-filled servant of God,” he explains.

 

Xulon Press, a division of Salem Communications, is the world’s largest Christian publisher, with more than 8,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order ?"Open the Sky” through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore, amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.

 

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