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Dr. Velma Bagby
An Award-Winning Author /Certified Dating/Relationship Coach / Minister (ThD) / Speaker

Dr. Velma Bagby loves the Lord with all her heart. God is at the forefront of everything she does in life, ministry, writing and in service to others.

She became an Author of Christian Fiction/Nonfiction after retiring from her 38 years with State Government working as a Deputy Administrator. Tired of watching the pattern of today’s dating culture and encouraged by her daughters to help other Christian single women, she wrote her first Christian nonfiction relationship-focused book based on their conversations. The book Your Adam Is Asleep Until God Opens His Eyes, became a call to action for single Christian women to date with intent. As a Dr. Velma Bagby
An Award-Winning Author /Certified Dating/Relationship Coach / Minister (ThD) / Speaker

Dr. Velma Bagby loves the Lord with all her heart. God is at the forefront of everything she does in life, ministry, writing and in service to others.

She became an Author of Christian Fiction/Nonfiction after retiring from her 38 years with State Government working as a Deputy Administrator. Tired of watching the pattern of today’s dating culture and encouraged by her daughters to help other Christian single women, she wrote her first Christian nonfiction relationship-focused book based on their conversations. The book Your Adam Is Asleep Until God Opens His Eyes, became a call to action for single Christian women to date with intent. As a Christian Coach and a member of the AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors, Dr. Velma has coached/counseled over 30+ years, providing pastoral/pre-marital/marriage counseling.

Dr. Velma continued her writing on love and relationships with her short Kindle story, My 70s Love Story, & found in the Back in the Day Anthology. She shares dating from the 70s perspective, when dating was for fun, and guys treated girls more respectful. She jokes about her “husband to-be prayer list” and how God changed some of the details in the man he sent her. Dr. Velma uses her inspiration from her own blessed marriage of 48+ years to her high school sweetheart and does not hesitate to be transparent when she shares her personal journey, which is rich with tips for women prior to saying “I do”.

Her 2020 release is a Christian fiction book entitled A Place Called Down-Why Christians Suffer. She deviates from a relationship-focus topic to bring us into her own testimony of tests, trials, and tribulations, to offer insight into a place of suffering common to us all. She shares why God allows it and how He is in control the entire time. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW).

She returns to her love of writing about mate-seeking, dating-relationships with her upcoming book entitled, The CATCH No One Wants-Discover the husband you deserve through intentional dating, releasing in 2022.

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