{"id":14,"date":"2013-05-29T02:51:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T07:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-05-30T08:05:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:05:47","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?page_id=14","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"authordwaynebell\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/authordwaynebell.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Bell has been involved in men&#8217;s ministry in local churches for over thirty-five years. With degrees in mathematics and theology he was a public school teacher before pursuing a career in aviation. He served in the US Air Force and reserves for twenty years flying F-16 fighter aircraft while concurrently concluding a twenty-five year career as an airline pilot, most recently flying Boeing 777s to Europe and Asia. He recently retired early to start a new chapter of \u00a0kingdom life and adventures. He enjoys short-term missions trips, back country flying, writing, photography and outdoor hobbies. He and Elizabeth, his wife of forty-seven years, make their home in Springdale, Arkansas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Dwayne-Bell-Interview.mp3\">Radio Interview<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"Friend of the King Trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kLmY2oBkL3M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Book Trailer<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dwayne-Bell\/e\/B00DYC6PMI\/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon.Author<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"A Friend of the King David and His Mighty Men\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Friend-King-David-His-Mighty\/dp\/1449793827\/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369853839&amp;sr=1-5&amp;keywords=dwayne+bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/?p=677\">AFR Radio Interview 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bell_Helmet_Gray2-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bell_Helmet_Gray2-copy-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bell_Helmet_Gray2 copy\" width=\"191\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bell_Helmet_Gray2-copy-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bell_Helmet_Gray2-copy-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bell_Helmet_Gray2-copy-624x775.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne Bell has been involved in men&#8217;s ministry in local churches for over thirty-five years. With degrees in mathematics and theology he was a public school teacher before pursuing a career in aviation. He served in the US Air Force and reserves for twenty years flying F-16 fighter aircraft while concurrently concluding a twenty-five year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afriendoftheking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}