Howard Hendricks

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Howard G. Hendricks is a longtime professor at Dallas Theological Seminary^[1] and speaker for Promise Keepers. ^[2]

Prior to his birth on February 11, 1921^{[citation needed]}, Howard Hendricks' parents separated.^{[citation needed]} After birth he was sent to live with his grandparents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]} Upon his graduation from high school, he was offered a scholarship to medical school at Northwestern University but turned it down to pursue Christian ministry at Wheaton College during World War II where one of his classmates was Billy Graham.^{[citation needed]} He graduated in 1946 and then attended Dallas Theological Seminary, graduating in 1950 with a Master of Theology.^{[citation needed]}

Upon his graduation from Dallas, Hendricks accepted the pastorate at McKinney Memorial Church in Fort Worth, Texas. An opening on the seminary staff led Hendricks to begin teaching twice per week in the fall of 1951. ^[1] After one year on staff, Hendricks resigned his post to pursue a doctorate at Yale University. However, the founder and President of Dallas Theological Seminary, Lewis Sperry Chafer, died and the new President, John Walvoord, asked Hendricks to delay his doctorate and return to Dallas as a teacher. Hendricks later earned a doctorate of divinity from Wheaton College in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

For over fifty years, Howard G. Hendricks has been a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary where he teaches "Bible Exposition and Hermeneutics" to freshmen. ^[1] He has mentored many fine Christian leaders, including Chuck Swindoll, Tony Evans, and Joseph Stowell, David Jeremiah^[1], and Bruce Wilkinson.^{[citation needed]} Hendricks has been at DTS for so long that he has taught grandchildren of some of his original students. According to an interview conducted by Talbot School of Theology, Hendricks is the only professor of Christian education to teach in the field and at the same school for over half a century.^{[citation needed]}

Hendricks has been involved in nearly every evangelical venture during the past half century. He has been a keynote speaker for Promise Keepers and has authored sixteen books. He has ministered in over 80 countries and continues to maintain a hectic travel schedule despite being over eighty years old. He was present for the recent installment of Michael J. Easley as the new President of Moody Bible Institute. Easley was a former student of Hendricks'.^{[citation needed]} He also served as chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys football team from 1976 to 1984^[1], replaced by fellow Dallas Theological Seminary alum, Tony Evans.

In 1986, the Howard Hendricks Center for Spiritual Leadership opened on the Dallas Seminary campus. This ministry attempts to develop Christian leaders and future church curricula through a process of mentoring. Hendricks and his wife, the former Jeanie Wolfe, have four grown children, one (William) of whom is a co-author of some of Howard Hendricks' books.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Books

• Living By The Book
• Heaven Help The Home
• Teaching to Change Lives
• Husbands and Wives

[edit] References

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