What exactly is Wisdom Hunters?

We are glad you asked!  Wisdom Hunters was inspired by Proverbs 13:20, “He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.”

The Christian life was never meant to live alone, in fact, we grow wise as a result of daily spending time in the Word and surrounding ourselves with those striving to live accordingly.

For over 30 years, Boyd Bailey, has begun each day as a wisdom hunter, diligently searching for truth in Holy Scripture in the early quiet hours of the morning from the couch in his living room, with a cup of coffee, journal and pen in hand.

In 2004, he began to informally email out his personal reflections from his mornings devotional time to select group of fellow wisdom hunters. Overtime, these informal emails grew into Wisdom Hunters Daily devotional, and today, thanks to our friends Family Christian Bookstore, reach over 9,500 wisdom hunters each morning.

Boyd still remains relentless in his pursuit of wisdom and and continues to daily write a raw, original ‘real time’ reflection from his personal time with the Lord which you can read here, our Wisdom Hunters blog, or sign-up on our home page to receive the daily devotional email. We are also excited to begin providing each day’s devotional on our new Facebook fan page and an excerpt each day on twitter.

Boyd Bailey, Chief Encouragement Officer

Boyd likes the role of Chief Encouragement Officer. His passion is to encourage and equip leaders engaged in Kingdom focused enterprises.

Founded in 2000, Ministry Ventures has trained over 500 ministries and coached over 100 ministries in the best practices of prayer, board, ministry model, administration and fundraising. By God’s grace over $20 million has been raised through the ministries served and thousands of people led into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Prior to Ministry Ventures, Bailey was the National Director for Crown Financial Ministries. He was instrumental in the expansion of Crown into 30 major markets across the U.S. He was a key facilitator in the $25 million merger between Christian Financial Concepts and Crown Ministries.

Before his work with Crown, Boyd and Andy Stanley started First Baptist Atlanta’s north campus, and, as an elder, Boyd assisted Andy in the start of North Point Community Church. In college he bought a service business with five employees. This business endeavor financed his education and the equity from its sale was the economic launching pad for his graduate school experience.

Boyd Bailey was born in Huntsville, Alabama and received his bachelor of arts from Jacksonville State University and his masters of divinity from Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. Boyd and his wife Rita live in Roswell, Georgia. They have been married 30 years and are blessed with four daughters and two son-in-laws who love Jesus! He and Rita are most excited about new granddaughter Lillian Jean Prince born June 26, 2009.

Boyd serves on the boards of Ministry Ventures, Wisdom Hunters, Blue Print for Life and the Atlanta Christian Foundation. He is engaged in an annual mentor program with 7 younger business and ministry leaders. Bailey has co-authored a small group curriculum, a 90 day devotional book Infusion and a 365 devotional book, Seeking Daily The Heart of God .