David M. Atkinson was born north of Toronto, Canada and has been appearing on public platforms since he was 15. He has taught and preached in the US, Ireland, Papau New Guinea, Australia, Russia and the Ukraine. He became the pastor of the Dyer Baptist Church in Dyer, Indiana in 1990. Pastor Wayne Shirton of Medicine Hat, Alberta studied theology under him in 1970 an says, “This author is the most creative thinker I have ever met.” Since leaving the pastorate, Brother Atkinson now travels as an itinerant preacher. He makes his home in northern Indiana.