W. Oscar Thompson, Jr.

W. Oscar Thompson, Jr. was a pastor for twenty years before joining the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the area of evangelism. He served as president of the Oscar Thompson Evangelistic Association; as pastoral consultant of Cancer Counseling and Research Foundation; and pastoral consultant and board member of the Trinity Valley Hospice Association, Inc. Thompson died in 1980.

Cornelius Van Til

A pioneer in presuppositional apologetics, Cornelius Van Til taught in that field for more than forty-five years at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He received the Ph.D. from Princeton University.

R. A. Torrey

Reuben Archer Torrey was respected as one of the greatest evangelists of modern times. Several years after his graduation from Yale Divinity School, he was selected by D. L. Moody to become the first dean of the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Under his direction, Moody Institute became a pattern for Bible institutes around the world.

Dr. Torrey spent the years of 1903-1905 in worldwide revival campaigns, winning thousands of souls to Jesus Christ. He continued worldwide crusades for the next fifteen years while he served as the dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and pastored the Church of the Open Door in that city.

Torrey longed for more Christian workers to take an active part in bringing the message of salvation through Christ to a lost and dying world. His straightforward style of evangelism has shown thousands of Christian workers how to become effective soul-winners.

Jeffrey L. Townsend

(University of Northern Iowa B.A., Dallas Theological Seminary Th.M.) He is pastor of Woodland Park Community Church in Woodland Park, Colorado.