Our Exchange Team is Amazing: The People Behind the Exchange

By amazon Thursday, November 1, 2018 Comment Edit

When I write something on The Exchange, someone else has almost always helped.

I read a tweet recently from Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, commenting on our new data, but also on my work output. He wrote: "Side note I am starting to believe @edstetzer is the name of a collective rather than an individual because I frankly don’t understand how a single person could sustain this level of output.”

It bothered me, not because it was unkind, but because I want people to know that we are, indeed, a team here. Sometimes we assume that people know that, but it is important that everyone know about our great team—which is why I so frequently tweet or comment about them!

(The picture is of our whole Billy Graham Center team, but it makes the point that team really makes a difference.)

When I write something, you will sometimes see a shared byline at the front, or a “contributed to” at the end, of the article. However, it is important to note, that almost every time I publish something, my team has helped. They may help research, or edit, or assist in the writing. So, I want you to meet them.

Also, going forward—even when they are not co-authors or contributors—I am going to add a link to the bottom of each article in which they worked that says, “The Exchange Team assisted with this article.” They always do at some level. Sometimes they contribute their own articles, sometimes they edit mine, etc.

I just don’t want anyone to think that I am doing all this alone. We have a great team and I am thankful for them!

Others do help from time to time, but here is the team upon which I rely the most for the resources we publish here at The Exchange.

Here they are:

John C. Richards, Jr. is the Managing Director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. He is a graduate ...