Jerry Long has four decades of experience in leadership, management, writing, scripting, media design and delivering training in communication and support raising skills. He has written and published three books: Amazonia Reborn, about the impact of Bible translation and literacy-based community development in Peru; Heavenomics, stories illustrating God’s economic system; Modules for Memorable Talks, instruction and resources for motivational speakers. He has written and produced two full length dramatic stage productions: An Ancient Splendor and Sunong, the Right to Machatan, both of which have toured with hundreds of performances across the United States and Canada.
Jerry is a keynote conference speaker and has spoken for over 800 fundraising banquets across the United States and Canada. The Longs have trained ministry teams for over two thousand fundraising banquets that have raised over six million dollars for development projects around the world. Jerry has traveled the world conducting workshops on raising support, public speaking, presentation skills, newsletter writing and media presentations for missionaries preparing to tell their stories to their home churches.
The Longs served for eight years on the staff of the Townsend Institute for International Relations and ultimately managed the program. The TIIR delivered training in leadership, management, public relations and fundraising for mission leaders and ministry professionals who served cross-culturally around the world. They conducted Townsend Institutes throughout North America and in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
They directed Wycliffe Associates of Canada for seven years, where Jerry was Director and CEO and Brenda served as Chief Financial Officer. Together they organized the first ever touring dinner theatre ministry that effectively communicated the Wycliffe story to over 100,000 Canadians. Jerry wrote and produced stage plays, designed sets and managed the artistic elements of the theatre program. They recruited and trained teams of young performing artists, stage crews and kitchen crews who toured the U.S. and Canada and conducted 80 dinner theatre events each year.
Jerry and Brenda retired from Wycliffe in October, 2006 and Brenda went to be with the Lord in January, 2007. Since then Jerry has founded Kingdom Come Training, which uses videoconferencing to equip missionaries and missionary candidates to raise their support in much less time than it normally takes.