A native of Greenwich, Connecticut, Jay Ferris was running for U.S. Congress in 1972 when the Lord got his attention. Prior to that time, he had received a B.A. in economics from the University of Connecticut, and had spent some time in industry. He had met and worked with Peter Steel, who had worked with and was following in the legacy of Lemuel Boulware of General Electric. Peter Steel and Philip M. Crane had worked together in the 1960s.

It was in the context of Peter's work and associations that Jay met Phil Crane, and Jay became the State Chairman of Young Americans for Freedom. During those years Jay also became acquainted with The Foundation for Economic Education, (FEE) and the dedicated people who were serving there. It was also during that time that Jay became involved with the Committee for Monetary Research and Education, (CMRE) and the many dedicated seekers and communicators of truth, among them Elizabeth Currier, President of CMRE. That list of people is long and illustrious.

These were the associations, and the personalities that finally positioned Jay to where the Messiah could get his attention, and that He did. Jay was captivated by the Kingdom of God in 1972. In 1974, while attending a CMRE conference in Washington D.C., he was forever changed by the revelation of an answer sought for years by others who had been concerned with the origins of inflation: "Inflation begins when Government calls money something else."

In late 1973 or early 1974, Jay and his wife Carleen opened their home, their family - by now, 2007, including four grown children - and their lives to what they had just begun to see was "the household dimension" of their inheritance in Christ. Since then, they have continued to gather with others in homes, mostly their own. In the process of making the transition from his old set of values to his new one, Jay spent seven years researching God's position on money. In 1982 his Inflation: The Ultimate Graven Image was published by New Leaf Press.

Jay is now in his late sixties. He and Carleen live in the mountains of western North Carolina.