Minister Cheryl J. Woods is an associate minister, Sunday school coordinator, adult Sunday school teacher, and assistant evangelism team coordinator at Faith Christian Center in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She holds degrees in biology from the University of Chicago and Chicago State University. Her greatest desire is to grow daily in her knowledge of Christ and to make Him known to the world through her Christ-centered lifestyle, teaching, and writing and by proclaiming the gospel. She has a passion for bringing the lost to Christ and for equipping believers to be effective in their daily walk with God. She is the author of two books: Heartwise: Experiencing the

Life of Christ through a Transformed Heart and The Christian's College Survival Guide: How to Maintain Spiritual Strength in a Natural World. Cheryl and her husband, Thomas Frederick Woods III, have been married for forty years. They reside in Country Club Hills, Illinois, have four adult children and three grandchildren.