Richard Young is a former educator, businessman, and pastor.
The son of a Free Will Baptist pastor, Richard started preaching at
fourteen and pastoring at twenty. He comes from a great heritage of
preachers and pastors, as there has been a member of his family in
the ministry consistently since 1876. Richard has been a writer all
of his adult life, writing corporate training manuals and
collegiate self-study courses, as well as two textbooks. He has
written articles for both Christian and secular magazines and
journals. His published biographies include The Rise of Lakewood
ChurchandJoel Osteen, The Journey of T.D. Jakes, Joyce Meyer, and
Messengers of Healing (the story of Charles and Frances
Hunter).
Richard received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from Southern Nazarene
University in Bethany, Oklahoma. He has completed the coursework
for his doctorate in education at Oklahoma State University. He
served as vice president of academics at American Christian College
and Seminary in Oklahoma City, as well as dean of academics at
Oklahoma Junior College. He also was a trainer for Century 21
across the state of Oklahoma.
Richard and his wife, Brenda, have been married for more than three
decades.
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