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George Verwer founded Operation Mobilisation in the early 1960s with his wife Drena. George has written several books on various Christian themes. He is a passionate critic of modern Christianity, he advocates radical discipleship as the only legitimate option for people who believe in Jesus.
- Was a pupil at Ramsey High School in New Jersey.
- Converted to become a Christian at the age of 16 in a Jack Wyrtzen meeting in which Billy Graham spoke in Madison Square Garden, New York.
- He started with distribution of Gospels of John in Mexico along with two friends. This continued with others during summer holidays - beginning in Mexico in 1957.
- The name of the Mexico operation was "Send the Light", and Verwer also used the same name for a book-exporting operation to India based in the UK. Although no longer associated with Verwer, this has since developed into Send the Light (STL), which is today the largest Christian book distributor in the UK.
- Attending Maryville College after high school. Later he transferred to Moody Bible Institute.
- While at Moody he met Drena, who was a fellow student and later become his wife.
- They went to Spain where in 1961 the work of OM was born.
- George was once thrown out of the USSR accused of being a spy, and as a result of this the name Operation Mobilisation was born.
- For many years he served as the International Co-ordinator of OM, until his successor Peter Maiden was appointed a few years ago.
- He became a naturalized British Citizen, and lives in Kent.
- He continues to travel widely as a speaker and preacher, and within OM leads the Special Projects team.
[edit] Bibliography
- No Turning Back (1983)
- The Revolution of Love (1994)
- Hunger For Reality (1997)
- Out Of The Comfort Zone (2001)
- Gods Great Ambition (2002)
- Literature Evangelism (2003)
[edit] Audio Books
- There Is A 29th Chapter To Acts
- If Your Not Called To Stay Then Go!
- Lukewarm No More
- Straight From The Heart
- Failure, Restoration, Forgiveness: Confessions of a Weak Servant
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