Dr. Jim Garlow is former Senior Pastor at Skyline Church in San Diego, California. He came to national attention in 2008 for his leadership role in organizing religious groups to support California Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. He has done over 900 radio, TV and print interviews, national and local, covering a wide-range of historical, theological, and political topics. In 2013, Jim became the radio spokesperson for Alliance Defending Freedom as part of The Garlow Perspective broadcast commentary. He graduated from Drew University (Ph.D. in historical theology), Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Theology), Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity), Southern Nazarene University (B.A. & M.A.), Oklahoma Wesleyan University (A.A.). His co-authored book Cracking Da Vinci’s Code became No.17 on the New York Times Bestsellers List. A related book, The Da Vinci CodeBreaker, a dictionary with over 500 key Da Vinci Code related terms, went on to become a bestseller. Jim was married to his late wife Carol Garlow for 42 years prior to her passing. In 2014, he married Rosemary Schindler. They have eight children and nine grandchildren.
