Some years back, because I love JESUS so much and wanted to share Him with others, I briefly considered changing my name (not legally). I played around with a couple of names (Genesis, Zion) & even told a friend or two to begin calling me "Genesis". I figured that if I had an unusual religious sounding name, then everyone who met me would be forced to think about Christ or the Bible. Previous to that I had been just sort of off-handedly adding "The Missionary" to my name because it was easy for people to remember. But then at some point I began sticking with the phyllisthemissionary designation in earnest.

Phyllisthemissionary is really just a nickname I use - for lack of a better name - for someone (me) who is called full-time into a free-lance, non-denominational ministry of sorts. I go into the highways and by-ways the way Paul, the disciples, JESUS and many other people since that time have done, to spread the gospel in various ways; I go on little "missions" per se - often short-term.

(This was edited from an explanation I originally wrote in the latter part of 2006.)