As a young teenager, Don Jeffries sat on the back row when Gordon Weekley mounted the pulpit as the first pastor of the fledgling Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte. Later, Jeffries became an award-winning advertising agency creative director and board member of Rebound Christian Rehabilitation Center which Gordon Weekley headed. During his board tenure Jeffries created numerous pro bono fund-raising ad campaigns that brought a million dollars annually into the Center. As an ad writer, Jeffries won over 600 awards for creative excellence, including three first-place honors from the Ad Club of New York and a coveted Clio award. Today he continues to write as a free-lancer for a variety of clients.
