Douglas Bond is author of more than twenty-five books of historical fiction, biography, devotion, and practical theology, including several books now in Dutch, Portuguese, and Korean.
Bond is a ruling elder in the PCA, has served on a Presbytery committee, and in 2015 was elected to the per.
His NEW REFORMATION HYMNS album with Greg Wilbur and Nathan Clarke George released in 2017; a growing number of his hymns are being sung in churches and at conferences.
As a hymn writer and author of several books on hymn writers and hymnody, Bond was asked to be a consultant for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation\'s (CBC) special feature series on Christian hymns, God\'s Greatest Hits (2012).
In the Psalms Project (2009), funded by the Lilly Foundation, Bond was selected to be a speaker at Union University and to contribute a chapter to the book Forgotten Songs.
He is on the advisory board of Glorious Films (Montreal) with Derek Thomas, Michael Haykin, and others (2014).
Additionally, Bond has ministered overseas in Peru, and taught in the Kingdom of Tonga, and with Equipping Leaders International (ELI) in Uganda.
Bond frequently speaks on writing at various conferences.
He has taught English and history for many years, and was awarded by the Pierce County Library Foundation and Arts Commission the 2005 Teacher Award for teaching young adults how to write; his high-school-aged writers have consistently dominated local and regional writing contests, including a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place sweep of the three-state and British Columbia Optimist 2015 essay writing contest; the Optimist Club awarded Bond the 2015 Teacher of the Year.
Bond has earned a Masters in Teaching (MIT) from St Martin\'s University, and a Preliminary Certificate in Theology from Moore Theological College, NSW Australia.
Along with the Oxford Creative Writing Master class, his church history tours can be taken for university level credit at New College Franklin.
He is adjunct Instructor in Church History at Western Reformed Seminary (WRS) where his Church history tours can be taken for graduate elective credit.
Married to his wife Cheryl since 1983, they have been blessed with six children and four grandchildren.
Two-book Grace Award finalist (The Revolt and The Battle of Seattle, 2016), Bond directors the Oxford Creative Writing Master Class, is adjunct instructor in church history and creative writing at three institutions of higher learning, and leads Church history tours in Europe.
Douglas Bond is author of more than twenty-five books of historical fiction, biography, devotion, and practical theology, including several books now in Dutch, Portuguese, and Korean
