Meet Our Award-Winning Photographers

Guy Gerrard

Tom Mills

Pasquale R. Mingarelli

Greg Schneider

Guy Gerrard
Guy Gerrard took a roundabout way into photojournalism. But from his perspective, no step has been wasted. "Whatever you’ve done in the past all seems to come into play at sometime," he says. His experiences have helped him become an award-winning photographer for Worldwide Challenge magazine.

He began his college studies in aeronautical engineering, but when his school dropped the program, the aspiring engineer was forced to alter his plans. He transferred to Cal-State Fullerton and graduated in 1978 with a degree in biology, hoping to become an optometrist.

Guy soon realized he would rather do something he enjoyed, so he changed course and pursued scuba diving. While working as a dive instructor in Newport Beach, Calif., a co-worker introduced Guy to underwater photography. He enjoyed taking pictures so much that he quit his job to learn photography.

In 1982, Guy worked on a photo assignment while on a Campus Crusade for Christ mission trip to Fiji. A year later, he began working for Paragon, Campus Crusade’s multimedia ministry. In 1988, he joined Worldwide Challenge where he currently serves as Photo Manager.

Guy has won multiple honors from the Evangelical Press Association and the Florida Magazine Association including first place for a Photo Feature, Best Photographic Essay and Best Original Photo. Experienced as he is, he still remains dependent upon God for his success. "I pray a lot. I really believe God can provide special moments for me to take pictures of when I’m on assignment if I ask Him."

Guy and his wife, Judy, have been married for ten years and have three children, Ben, Megan and Nicole.

Tom Mills
A photographer for Worldwide Challenge magazine since 1976, Tom Mills loves to see firsthand what God is doing. He also enjoys challenges. "I like doing things that are too big for me," he says. "Things that only God can do." But it took him a while to realize his love for God-sized challenges could dovetail with his interest in photography.

Tom grew up with a camera in hand taking pictures alongside his parents. In high school, the teenager pursued photojournalism by taking advanced courses at a local college and working for the school newspaper. He earned a degree in photojournalism from El Camino College, Calif., in 1975. Just before graduation, however, Tom decided to give it up, sell his camera and serve God in ministry.

Within a year Tom discovered he could serve God as a photojournalist for Worldwide Challenge. His excitement over seeing people accept Christ and visually telling their stories continues to motivate him. "It’s a challenge to be sensitive and not interfere with the moment," he says. "But to be part of that moment (when someone receives Christ) is really awesome."

During the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Tom worked as an intern with the Orange County Register, where he was part of a Pulitzer Prize winning photo team. He has since traveled to Asia, Africa, Europe and Central America and won photographic awards from the Evangelical Press Association.

Tom is active with Christians in Photojournalism – an outreach to photographers which he helped start in 1978. He and his wife, Karen, have been married for twenty years and are actively involved in ministry together. They have three sons, Daniel, Jonathan and Andrew.

Pasquale R. Mingarelli

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"I’ll only shoot 3 rolls of film a year," Pat told his mom. He hoped his argument would convince her that photography was affordable. While on a recent trip to Ghana, Worldwide Challenge photographer, Pat Mingarelli took 74 rolls of film in two weeks.

Now a veteran photographer for Worldwide Challenge, Pat has taken thousands of pictures showing God at work around the world through the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Spurred on by his desire to photograph nature and sports, Pat pursued a degree in photojournalism at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. There he became involved with Campus Crusade and his love for Christ began to grow. As his faith deepened, so did Pat’s desire to honor God through his photography.

After graduating in 1989, the enthusiastic photographer worked for a small newspaper. A short time later, he saw a copy of Worldwide Challenge. "No one ever told me Campus Crusade had a magazine," recalls Pat. "The very first time I saw the magazine I knew God wanted me to work for it."

His call has been clear ever since he joined the ministry in 1991. Pat’s work has also been printed in other publications including Sports Spectrum and Christian Reader.

Still an avid nature lover and sports fan (he loves wolves, enjoys scuba diving and plays rugby), Pat finds his greatest satisfaction in doing what he dreamed of in college – glorifying God through his photography.

Greg Schneider
The first time Greg Schneider saw one of his photos printed in the local paper, he was hooked on photography. Taking pictures put him in the middle of the action and gave him a sense of importance. It also gave the dateless teenager something to do on Friday nights.

Greg went on to work at the San Bernardino Sun newspaper after graduating from Cal-State Fullerton in 1971. During his eight years with the paper, the ambitious photojournalist was twice selected California Press Photographer of the Year and co-Regional Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association.

But the prestige he earned didn’t bring the joy he had anticipated. "I had a lot of success as the world views it," Greg remembers, "but it really wasn’t satisfying."

At 29, Greg found what he was looking for when he trusted Jesus as his Messiah. Two years later, he began working for Worldwide Challenge where he has received highest honors for his photography from the Evangelical Press Association.

As Greg travels the globe His faith continues to grow. "I can see His people speaking different languages, wearing different clothes and eating different food, and all exhibit the same fruit. They are filled with compassion and joy and filled with faith . . . It confirms the reality of God’s work in the world."

Greg, his wife, Lane, and 14-year-old daughter Rachel live in Southern California with their two cats and two newts. In his off time, Greg, who is especially fond of jazz, enjoys playing saxophone and violin.