gospel for more than four decades, specialized in Christian

education. Long concerned with the struggle most people have

in understanding the Bible, he set out to write a study course

that would bring believers more knowledge and a greater

appreciation of God's Word. He wrote Through the Bible in One

Year, Great Truths of the Bible, and Great Characters in the Bible

for laymen, to be taught by laymen. Dr. Stringfellow trained

at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,

Texas, after which he served at Travis Avenue Baptist Church

in Forth Worth; First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach,

Florida; First Baptist Church of Fresno, California; and First

Baptist Church of Van Nuys, California.