Back to the Bible

Back to the Bible is an international Christian ministry based in Lincoln, Nebraska, dedicated to leading people forward spiritually. Using media and technology, Back to the Bible meets people at their own spiritual level and walks with them daily into a living, growing and passionate relationship with Jesus Christ by equipping and motivating them to engage Scripture daily. [1]

History

Founded in 1939 by Theodore H. Epp on radio station KFOR (AM) in Lincoln, Nebraska, Back to the Bible expanded by supporting missionaries and broadcasting via shortwave radio to other countries. In 1954, the organization's first international Bible teaching ministry office opened in Canada. By the time of Epp's retirement in 1981, the Back to the Bible program was syndicated as a daily 30-minute broadcast on more than 800 radio stations worldwide.[2]

Under Epp's direction, the broadcasts were also noted for music by the Back to the Bible Choir and quartet. Several popular phonograph recordings were made by the choir in the 1940s and 1950s. Back to the Bible also had a weekly youth program on Saturdays, featuring a youth choir and serialized adventures with a Christian theme, such as the Danny Orlis series written by Bernard Palmer.[3] Both the music segments and youth program were discontinued in the 1980s. Warren W. Wiersbe, former pastor of Moody Church in Chicago, Illinois, served as leader of the Lincoln-based ministry between 1984–1989.

Currently

Woodrow M. Kroll, former Back to the Bible president and principal radio speaker from 1990-2013.

Back to the Bible has offices in nine different countries and broadcasts in a number of different languages. Back to the Bible uses radio, web and mobile technology to meet people at their own spiritual level and walk with them daily into a living, growing and passionate relationship with Jesus Christ by equipping and motivating them to engage in Scripture daily.

Back to the Bible announced Woodrow Kroll's retirement in January 2013. Dr. John Munro, senior pastor at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, became the program's next Bible teacher and served from August 2013 to August 2014.

Currently, a team of Bible teachers serve on the daily Back to the Bible radio program. Teachers include Warren Wiersbe, David Chadwick and Darrell Bock.

Bible teachers

Bible TeacherYears
Theodore Epp 1939–1980
Warren Wiersbe 1980–1990
Woodrow Kroll 1990–2013
John Munro 2013–2014
Warren Wiersbe 2014–Present
David Chadwick 2015–Present
Darrell Bock 2015–Present

Back to the Bible locations

References

  1. ↑ "Back to the Bible website". 2008. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
  2. ↑ Theodore H. Epp biography, Mennonite Encyclopedia online
  3. ↑ Back to the Bible, God at work 40 Years, Lincoln, Nebraska: Back to the Bible (1979)

External links

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