Born in Little Rock, AR, in 1939 and raised in southern California; graduated from Compton High School in 1956; member of the USAF from 1956 to 1960; married to Linda J. Ives in 1958 in Compton, CA; graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1964; served as Director of Christian Education & Youth at Bethel Baptist Church and Sunkist Baptist churches in Anaheim, CA, between 1964 & 1966; graduated from BIOLA University in 1967 with a B.A. in Christian Education; graduated from the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1974 with an M.A. in Missiology; served as a missionary with the Latin America Mission (LAM) from 1972 to 1989 in Costa Rica; served jointly as a missionary with IDEA Ministries from 1983 to present in Costa Rica; founder and president of IDEA Ministries in Orange, CA, in 1983; founder and director of the Latin American Socio-religious Studies Program (PROLADES in Spanish) from 1977 to present; missionary educator, researcher, author, editor, translator, encyclopedist, technical advisor, consultant, etc.; current websites: www.prolades.com - www.ideaministries.com - www.hispanicchurchesusa.net - www.religioninlosangeles.net
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Born in Little Rock, AR, in 1939 and raised in southern California; graduated from Compton High School in 1956; member of the USAF from 1956 to 1960; married to Linda J. Ives in 1958 in Compton, CA; graduated from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 1964; served as Director of Christian Education & Youth at Bethel Baptist Church and Sunkist Baptist churches in Anaheim, CA, between 1964 & 1966; graduated from BIOLA University in 1967 with a B.A. in Christian Education; graduated from the School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1974 with an M.A. in Missiology; served as a missionary with the Latin America Mission (LAM) from 1972 to 1989 in Costa Rica; served jointly as a missionary with IDEA Ministries from 1983 to present in Costa Rica; founder and president of IDEA Ministries in Orange, CA, in 1983; founder and director of the Latin American Socio-religious Studies Program (PROLADES in Spanish) from 1977 to present; missionary educator, researcher, author, editor, translator, encyclopedist, technical advisor, consultant, etc.; current websites: www.prolades.com - www.ideaministries.com - www.hispanicchurchesusa.net - www.religioninlosangeles.net
www.mesoamericaonline.net