About the Author

Burle Mattingly is a Presbyterian minister. He was ordained in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and later transferred to the Presbyterian Church U.S. His commitment has been to small town and rural churches. He is also a teacher and has taught many courses in various churches and presbyteries. He also taught world history in high school for six years while he was pastor of a church in Texas. Burle has a B.S.Ed. in the social sciences from Henderson State Teachers College. He also has a master of divinity and a master of arts in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Burle has forty-seven years of service to small town and rural churches.