J. Vernon McGee
| J. Vernon McGee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Vernon McGee June 17, 1904 Hillsboro, Texas |
| Died | December 1, 1988 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum Altadena, California |
| Education |
B.Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary; Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary |
| Occupation |
Minister; Bible Teacher Founder and teacher of the "Thru the Bible Radio Network" program. |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth |
| Children | One daughter, Lynda; first child stillborn |
| Website | Thru the Bible |
B.Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary;
Minister; Bible Teacher
John Vernon McGee, Th.D., LL.D, (June 17, 1904 – December 1, 1988) was an ordained Presbyterian minister (PCUS) and later became the pastor of a non-denominational church, a Bible teacher, theologian, and was also a radio minister.
He was born in Hillsboro, Texas. He graduated with his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary and his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. He served Presbyterian churches in Decatur, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Cleburne, Texas before he moved with his wife to Pasadena, California, where he accepted a position at the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church.
He moved from Pasadena to Los Angeles and became the pastor of the Church of the Open Door in 1949, where he continued as pastor until 1970. McGee also served as chairman of the Bible department at the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (Biola University) and as a visiting lecturer at Dallas Theological Seminary.
In 1967, he began broadcasting the Thru the Bible Radio Network program. In a systematic study of each book of the Bible, McGee took his listeners from Genesis to Revelation in a two and one-half year "Bible bus trip," as he called it. After retiring from the pastorate in January, 1970, and realizing that two and a half years was not enough time to teach the Bible, McGee completed another study of the entire Bible in a five-year period. Thru the Bible has been translated into over 100 languages and is broadcast on Trans World Radio throughout the world every weekday.
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