Get to Know Gilbert L. Morris: Christianity is central to Gulf Shores author's works | Press-Register Community News - al.com

Get to Know Gilbert L. Morris: Christianity is central to Gulf Shores author's works | Press-Register Community News - al.com: "'I felt the call of God to present the gospel when I was a young man,' the Arkansas native said. 'I was a Southern Baptist minister 17 years, and that overlapped with my teaching.'

Morris earned his Ph.D. in English at the University of Arkansas and taught 22 years at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark., before launching his career as a Christian novelist."