Jon Melin

Founder & President

By Design Ministries International (BDMI) was founded in 2007 by Jon Melin, a pastor, expository Bible teacher, chalk artist and international teacher trainer. BDMI began as a teacher training ministry committed to chronological Bible storytelling.

Jon and his wife Diana have seven children and fifteen grandchildren and live in Winnebago, IL.

God blessed Jon with an unusual ability to visualize Scripture. While conducting teacher training in Estonia in July of 2004, Jon was deeply impressed in his spirit to create a new visual aid for chronological Bible story telling. The goal was to create realistic lifelike images for a versatile high-quality product that would be affordable anywhere in the world. 

By Design Visuals LLC was launched in 2010 as the sales and distribution arm of BDMI to make that vision a reality.