Dillon Burroughs

Dillon Burroughs
Born	1976 Norwalk, Ohio
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Spirituality, Christianity
Website
http://www.DillonBurroughs.com

Dillon Burroughs is an ECPA-bestselling American writer of more than thirty books and founding partner of Activist Faith. He is best known for his collaborative works with faith-based leaders, authors, and athletes, though he has also earned a growing reputation within the social justice movement, especially in fighting human trafficking.

Biography

Dillon Burroughs is a best-selling author or co-author of more than thirty books and founding partner of Activist Faith. Known for his collaborative efforts with faith-based leaders, his works range from editing The Apologetics Study Bible for Students to serving behind the scenes for some of today’s New York Times best-selling authors. His latest co-authored book, Activist Faith: From Him and for Him (with Daniel Darling and Dan King), is based on his work with ActivistFaith.org and addresses 12 of today’s most pressing social issues in ways that connect faith to action, including immigration, homelessness, and fighting human trafficking.

In addition to writing and editing, Dillon is a frequent teacher, speaker, and commentator for a variety of outlets. His work has been featured in over 325 interviews, including Fox News, CNN, NPR, CBS, NBC, FOX, and ABC outlets. As a researcher, Dillon serves as staff writer at The John Ankerberg Show, a leading media ministry on presenting and defending the Christian worldview, broadcast weekly on television to over one billion potential viewers in 200 nations and territories. He is also the primary writer for The Ankerberg Minute, a daily radio program broadcast on nearly 1,000 daily outlets in English and Spanish.

Deeply committed to communicating with the millennial generation, Dillon writes for two of the nation’s largest religion portals, Beliefnet.com and Patheos.com, and connects regularly with over 150,000 active friends, fans, and followers on Facebook and Twitter. Burroughs lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife and three children.

Recent News

Reported upcoming release of book based on "Activist Faith" blog for July 2013 release with Navpress.

Launched Holy Writ blog to handwrite a copy of the entire Bible in partnership with Patheos.com and OneVerse.org.

Dillon Burroughs served with Mission of Hope Haiti and other NGO organizations following the Haiti earthquake on January 12, 2010.

Dillon Burroughs' co-authored book Generation Hex was featured in the feature film Paranormal from Cross Shadow Productions, January 2010.

Dillon Burroughs' co-authored book Taking a Stand for the Bible (with John Ankerberg) won an ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) book cover award, November 2009.

Dillon Burroughs' co-authored book Generation Hex was nominated for an Outreach Magazine book award, December 2008.

Dillon Burroughs' book What Can Be Found in LOST? was #30 on the March 2008 ECPA (Evangelical Christian Publishers Association) Christian bestseller list.

Dillon made an appearance in the 2008 film The Imposter starring Kevin Max of DC Talk.

Dillon appeared on two episodes of The John Ankerberg Show television program, discussing his book on the television show Lost.

Bibliography

Non-Fiction

• Activist Faith: From Him and For Him (July 2013 with Daniel Darling and Dan King) (Navpress)
• Hunger No More (September 2012) (New Hope Publishers)
• Thirst No More (November 2011) (New Hope Publishers)
• Not in My Town: Ending America's Modern Day Slave Trade (June 2011 with Charles Powell) (New Hope Publishers)
• Undefending Christianity (March 2011) (Harvest House)
• Apologetics Study Bible-Student Edition (Associate Editor) (February 2010) (General Editor, Sean McDowell) (B&H)
• God in 60 Seconds (January 2010) (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• Israel Under Fire: Study Guide (October 2009) (with John Ankerberg and Jimmy DeYoung) (ATRI)
• Israel Under Fire (September 2009) (with John Ankerberg and Jimmy DeYoung) (Harvest House)
• Taking a Stand for the Bible (January 2009) (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• Extreme Exploits (March 2009) (with Dr. Danny Lovett) (B&H)
• The Facts on the Masonic Lodge (March 2009) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on the Mormon Church (March 2009) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on Roman Catholicism (March 2009 2008) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on World Religions (April 2009) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on the Bible (April 2009) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• Generation Hex: Understanding the Subtle Dangers of Wicca (August 2008) (with Marla Alupoaicei) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on Halloween (August 2008) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on Jehovah's Witnesses (August 2008) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• The Facts on Islam (August 2008) (with John Ankerberg and John Weldon) (Harvest House)
• How Can We Know God Exists? (with John Ankerberg) (AMG)
• How Do We Know Jesus Is God? (with John Ankerberg) (AMG)
• How Reliable Is the Bible? (with John Ankerberg) (AMG)
• Why Does God Allow Suffering & Evil? (with John Ankerberg) (AMG)
• What’s the Big Deal about Other Religions? (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• What Can Be Found in LOST? (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• Defending Your Faith (with John Ankerberg) (AMG)
• What’s the Big Deal about Jesus? (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• Comparing Christianity with World Religions (with Steve Cory) (Moody)
• Comparing Christianity with the Cults (with Keith Brooks and Irvine Robrtson) (Moody)
• Middle East Meltdown (with John Ankerberg) (Harvest House)
• Get in the Game (with Tony Evans and Jonathan Evans) (Moody)
• The Da Vinci Code Controversy (with John Ankerberg and Michael Easley) (Moody)

Other Titles

• The Jesus Family Tomb Controversy (2007) (Nimble Books)
• Misquotes in Misquoting Jesus (2006) (Nimble Books)
• The Use of the Bible in The Da Vinci Code (2006) (Amazon Shorts)

Films

• Not in My Town: Ending America's Modern Day Slave Trade (Summer 2011 with Charles Powell) (New Hope/Mercy Movement)
• Israel under Fire (September 2009) (with John Ankerberg and Jimmy DeYoung) (Harvest House)
• Paranormal (2010) (script consultant/discussion guide editor) (Cross Shadow Productions)
• Pray 2.5 (2009) (discussion guide editor) (Cross Shadow Productions)
• Pray 2 (2008) (discussion guide editor) (Cross Shadow Productions)

External links

• Dillon Burroughs Official website