Jerry Bridges
Jerry Bridges (December 4, 1929 – March 6, 2016) was an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. Born in Tyler, Texas, United States, he was the author of more than a dozen books, including "The Pursuit of Holiness", which has sold more than one million copies. His devotional "Holiness Day by Day" garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the inspiration and gift category, and "The Discipline of Grace" received a similar award in 1995 for the Christian living category. Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma before serving  as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He joined Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission. At the time of his death, he was a widower, and had married a woman named Jane a year after his first wife's death. Bridges died on March 6, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the age of 86