Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll and his family served as missionaries in Kuwait. In 1990 Jim was held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait during the Iraq invasion. (His real-life story was chronicled in his first book: Faith in Crisis: How God Shows Up When You Need Him Most). Jim is a physician on the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia and an elder at First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Shirley now live in Augusta, Georgia. They have been married for more than fifty years with eight children and...See more

Jim Carroll and his family served as missionaries in Kuwait. In 1990 Jim was held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait during the Iraq invasion. (His real-life story was chronicled in his first book: Faith in Crisis: How God Shows Up When You Need Him Most). Jim is a physician on the faculty at the Medical College of Georgia and an elder at First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Shirley now live in Augusta, Georgia. They have been married for more than fifty years with eight children and fifteen grandchildren. Because he has worked and traveled extensively in the Middle East, he is able to bring firsthand knowledge of the land and culture to bear in the writing of his gripping Islamic Conflict Trilogy Series. To contact Jim and schedule a speaking engagement and order his other books, go to: ... See less