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 Jim and Rachel Britts are a husband and wife team who share a combined passion for serving God and impacting the lives of teenagers. The Britts met as undergraduate students at Biola University, where Jim received his degree in film and Rachel her degree in English. They both also completed master's degrees - Jim in general ministry at Western Seminary and Rachel in Education at Biola. Today, Jim is a seasoned youth pastor at New Song Community Church. Among his youth group teens, he's known for his wacky sense of humor, his likeness to Jim Carrey and his passion for helping students live out their faith authentically. Rachel is a veteran high school English teacher at Oceanside High School. She hates grading essays but loves greeting students at the door with a smile and pushing them to be their best. The Britts are living the dream in Oceanside, California, which Jim likes to call the Home of the Pacific Ocean. If you watch carefully, you can see Jim and Rachel's church, kitchen, and cool black Jeep in the movie To Save A Life!
Here is a special message.
When Jim proposed to Rachel just over ten years ago he got down on one knee at Knotts Berry Farm and said, “I can’t promise that we’ll be rich or famous or that I’ll even have a full head of hair five years from now but I do promise at the end of each day as we’re pouring our lives into teenagers we will be able to say, what a ride! That’s definitely held true for us working full time with teens together for the past decade.
We never envisioned getting to write novels together but it’s been an unbelievable honor hearing from our readers about how the film and books have impacted their life.
A lot of people ask what’s it like writing as a husband and wife and we’ve had to say that honestly it’s pretty tough. But God has made our gifting perfect for getting a story out. Jim comes up with the ideas and writes them down and then Rachel (the High School English teacher) comes along and makes it good. We hope you like our stories and would love hear from you. Feel free to email us @ Jim@newsongchurch.com or Rachelbritts@gmail.com.
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