Alex Kendrick

Alex Kendrick (born June 11, 1970) is an American film writer, producer, director and award winning actor. From 1999 to 2014, he was an associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church, in Albany, Georgia, where he led the movie outreach of the church, which includes Sherwood Pictures, the movie-creating entity that produced Flywheel (2003), Facing the Giants (2006), Fireproof (2008), and Courageous (2011). He has co-authored several best-selling books with his brother Stephen, including The Love Dare, which appeared for 131 weeks on The New York Times Paperback Advice & Misc. Best Seller list. His book, The Resolution for Men, again with his brother, also appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. He now leads Kendrick Brothers Productions with his two brothers, Stephen and Shannon. Kendrick's fifth film War Room was a box office number-one in the second weekend of release in the United States. Kendrick is married to Christina Kendrick, and they have six children together. His oldest son, Joshua Kendrick, recently signed to Lee University.